Revision of the spider genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise (Araneae: Caponiidae) with proposition of the new genus Nopsma, from Central and South America
Author
Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
Author
Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-18
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.3
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Nopsma florencia
new species
Figure 18
Types
. Male
holotype
(ICN-Ar 10354) from CIMAZ Macagual, (
1°30’5.364’’N
;
75°39’46.26’’W
), Florencia,
Caquetá
,
Colombia
,
29.iii–04.iv.2017
, E. Flórez
et al
. Male
paratype
(ICN-Ar 10658), same data as
holotype
.
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis
. Males of
N. florencia
n. sp.
resemble those of
N. juchuy
n. comb.
by the small tegulum not reaching the palpal tibia length, but are readily recognized by relatively conspicuous smaller tegulum, only one-fifth the cymbium length (
Figs 18
B–C).
Description
.
Male
(
holotype
): Total length 6.38. Carapace 2.91 long, 1.93 wide. Sternum 2.45 long, 2.01 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.70; II: 3.95; III: 3.82; IV: 4.75. Carapace orange with remarkable dorsal pattern (
Fig. 18F
). Chelicerae, palps, sternum and labium orange, endites orange, pales in distal edge (
Fig. 18E
), and legs orange; coxae and trochanters light orange. Abdomen gray, with not defined dorsal pattern (
Fig. 18A
). Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Palp with a conspicuous small oval tegulum and a very long, procurved embolus (
Fig. 18
B–C) with short projection on the tip.
Female
: unknown.
Variation
. Males (n=2): total length: 6.38–6.44; carapace length: 2.91–2.96.
Remark
. The specimens were collected with pitfall traps in a conserved wet forest ecosystem.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality in
Colombia
(
Fig. 18G
).