New species of Otiothopinae (Araneae: Palpimanidae) from Colombia
Author
Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn
Author
Quijano-Cuervo, Luis
Author
Sabogal-González, Alexander
Author
Agnarsson, Ingi
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-03
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.4
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Fernandezina eduardoi
sp. n.
Cala-Riquelme, Quijano-Cuervo & Sabogal-Gonzáles, 2018
(
Figs 29–34
)
Type
material.
Male
holotype
from
Reserva Campesina
‘
La Montaña’
,
Usiacurí
,
Atlántico
,
Colombia
,
10.741163°N
,
74.976528°W
,
20–21 December 2013
, tropical dry forest litter,
L. Quijano Cuervo
(ICN-Ar10685)
.
Paratypes
:
1 female
, same data as holotype (ICN-AR10686)
;
2 females
,
Reserva
‘
La Flecha’
,
San Jacinto
,
Bolívar
,
Colombia
,
9.8498556°N
,
75.1668972°W
,
10 September 2015
, dry forest leaf litter,
L. Quijano
(ICN-Ar10687)
;
1 male
,
Reserva Primates
,
Colosó
,
Sucre
,
Colombia
,
9.49551°N
,
75.352179°W
,
1 October 2016
, dry forest leaf litter,
E. Villarreal
(ICN-Ar10688).
Diagnosis.
Males of
Fernandezina eduardoi
sp. n.
resemble those of
F. ilheus
Platnick, Grismado & Ramírez, 1999
by the distally constricted bulb (
Figs 31–33
; see also
Platnick
et al.
1999
, figs 22–24), but can be distinguished by the considerably longer, curved embolus, and by the longer narrow neck of the palpal bulb (
Figs 31–33
). Female can be distinguished from other congeners by the short and curved receptacles (
Fig. 34
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Dr. Eduardo Florez Daza, a researcher of Colombian arachnids and professor of the Universidad Nacional de
Colombia
.
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, ICN-Ar10685): Total length 2.63. Carapace: reddish-brown; 1.35 long, 1.05 wide (at leg II), 0.57 high (at leg II). Posterior median eyes separated by almost 3.0 x their own diameter. Legs: orange-brown, first legs slightly darker; femur 0.92 long, 0.46 wide. Abdomen: yellowish-brown; 1.18 long; abdominal scute covering ca. 42% of dorsum. Palpal femur not thickened, 2.5 x longer than wide; tibia longer than wide; bulb funnel-shaped, narrowed in the apical quarter; embolus 0.63 long, 2.0 x longer than cymbium, slightly curved with strongly curved tip (
Figs 31–33
).
Female
(
paratype
, ICN-Ar10686): Total length 2.85. Carapace: reddish brown; 1.40 long, 1.03 wide (at leg II), 0.65 high (at leg II). Posterior median eyes separated by almost 3.0 x their own diameter. Legs: orange-brown, first legs slightly darker; femur 1.24 long, 0.38 wide. Abdomen: yellowish-brown; 1.45 long; scute covering ca. 15% of dorsum. Internal genitalia with two short receptacles, thin and curved at the tip, wider at the base (
Fig. 34
).
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality at Usiacurí,
Atlántico
,
Colombia
.
Natural history.
The holotype and paratype were found in leaf litter in tropical dry forest.