New species of the Neotropical spider genus Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae)
Author
Polotow, Daniele
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
text
Zootaxa
2013
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139
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3637.2.5
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Celaetycheus beiju
new species
Figures 8
,
14–15
Type
material.
Male
holotype
from Prado (Fazenda Furado) [17°20ʹ27ʺS, 39°13ʹ15ʺW], Bahia,
Brazil
,
13–26.IX.1970
, CEPLAC, deposited in IBSP 163485.
Paratypes
:
1 female
, same data as the
holotype
, deposited in IBSP 163486;
1 male
, same locality as the
holotype
,
08.VIII.1970
, CEPLAC, deposited in IBSP 163487;
1 male
from Itamarajú (Fazenda Nossa Senhora das Neves) [17°02ʹ20ʺS, 39°31ʹ51ʺW], Bahia,
Brazil
,
09.X.1978
, J.S. Santos, deposited in IBSP 163488.
Etymology.
“
Beiju
” is a typical meal of the Brazilian culinary tradition, very popular in the northeast of
Brazil
. It is prepared with cassava starch as a kind of pancake or crepe, traditionally filled with coconut and cheese. The other common name for this meal is “Tapioca”.
Diagnosis.
Males of
Celaetycheus beiju
sp. nov.
(
Figs 8A–B
) can be distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the male palp with an elongated and large median tegular projection pointing prolaterally and embolus with a basal projection. Females of
C. beiju
sp. nov.
(
Figs 8C–D
) resemble those of
C. caruru
sp. nov.
(
Figs 10C–D
) by the subtriangular shape of the median sector of the epigynum, but can be distinguished from those by the presence of elongated lateral lobes on the lateral sector of epigynum (
Fig. 8C
).
FIGURE 8.
A–D
Celaetycheus beiju
sp. nov.
: A–B Male palp (scale bar 1mm); A. Ventral view; B. Retrolateral view. C–D Epigynum (scale bar 0.5mm); C. Ventral view; D. Dorsal view.
Description. Male
(
holotype
IBSP 163485). Total length 3.4. Carapace 1.8 long, 1.55 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.10, ALE 0.08, PME 0.16, PLE 0.16. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.65/ patella 0.63/ tibia 1.5/ metatarsus 1.55/ tarsus 0.85/ total 6.18; II: 1.55/ 0.65/ 1.25/ 1.45/ 0.75/ 5.65; III: 1.5/ 0.6/ 1.15/ 1.6/ 0.75/ 5.6; IV: 2.0/ 0.65/ 1.6/ 2.2/ 1.05/ 7.5. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I–II
v2-2
-2-2-2, p1-1, r1-1, III–IV
v2-2
-2, p1-1, r1-1; metatarsus I–IV
v2-2
-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Palpal femur with short spines close to the proximal area; coxa and trochanter of leg II with short and thick spines (
Fig. 14
B). Palp (
Figs 8A–B
): tibia straight, slightly longer than cymbium; retrolateral tibial apophysis with bifid tip; ventral tibial apophysis short; short median apophysis with a prolateral cup-shaped projection; embolus thin and elongated.
Female
(
paratype
IBSP 163486). Total length 4.7. Carapace 1.9 long, 1.7 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.12, ALE 0.10, PME 0.17, PLA 0.17. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.45/ patella 0.65/ tibia 1.35/ metatarsus 1.3/ tarsus 0.6/ total 5.35; II: 1.5/ 0.65/ 1.2/ 1.25/ 0.6/ 5.2; III: 1.4/ 0.6/ 1.2/ 1.2/ 0.6/ 5.0; IV: 1.8/ 0.6/ 1.5/ 1.95/ 0.85/ 6.7. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I–II
v2-2
-2-2-2, p0, r0, III–IV
v2-2
-2, p1-1, r1-1; metatarsus I–II
v2-2
-2, p0, r0, III–IV
v2-2
-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Epigynum (
Figs 8C–D
): median sector, short and large, not covering the lateral lobes on the lateral fields; copulatory duct projected; head and base and head of spermathecae small; fertilization ducts thin.
Distribution.
Prado and Itamarajú, State of Bahia, northeast
Brazil
(
Fig. 15
B).