Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Araneae: Sparassidae)
Author
Rheims, Cristina A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2630
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198317
197f64b7-86ce-4a89-bd9e-6835bc2ed52a
1175-5326
198317
Caayguara ybytyriguara
sp. nov.
Figs 54–58
,
79
,
86
Type
material.
Holotype
:
ɞ from Estação Biológica de Boracéia, Salesópolis [
23º37' S
;
45º52' W
], São Paulo,
Brazil
,
18–24 May 2001
, Equipe Biota leg. (
IBSP
54408).
Paratypes
:
5ɞ, 5Ƥ, with the same data as
holotype
(
IBSP
54414; 54504–54505; 54509–54510;
SMF
;
MZSP
31780); 1ɞ, 1Ƥ, Vale do Jurubatuba [
25º51'53" S
;
46º18'15.7" W
], Santos, São Paulo,
March – December 2007
, A.A. Nogueira leg. (
MZSP
31781).
Additional material examined.
BRAZIL
.
São Paulo
:
8ɞ, 1Ƥ, Caucaia do Alto [
23°37' S
;
46°55' W
], Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande (
IBSP
124306–124307; 124330–124332; 124334; 124340; 124342; 124347); 2Ƥ, Mogi das Cruzes [
23º31' S
;
46º11' W
], Parque Natural Municipal da Serra do Itapety (
IBSP
54032; 54035); 45ɞ, 14Ƥ, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia [
23º37' S
;
45º52' W
] (
IBSP
54401– 54403; 54405–54406; 54409–54413; 54417–54421; 54424–54426; 54503; 54507; 54577; 27083; 38297; 43279–43281;
130860
;
MZSP
17476); 7ɞ, 1Ƥ,
2 juveniles
, Santo André [
23º46' S
;
46º19' W
] Estação Biológica Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba (
MZSP
20701;
IBSP
23879; 52049; 52073); 1ɞ, Santos [
23º57' S
;
46º19' W
] (
IBSP
118408); 15ɞ, 12Ƥ, Vale do Jurubatuba [
25º51'53" S
;
46º18'15.7" W
] (
IBSP
119754– 119756; 119758–119775); 1ɞ, Peruíbe [
24º25' S
;
47º03' W
], Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins (
IBSP
13583).
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the Tupi Indian language that means “mountain inhabitant”, and refers to the distribution of this species along the coastal mountains of São Paulo.
Diagnosis
. The males of
Caayaguara ybytyriguara
sp. nov.
resemble those of
C. itajucamussi
sp. nov
.
by the general conformation of the male palp, with RTA lacking both dorsal and ventral branches and embolus with a triangular subdistal projection (
Figs 49
,
54
; sp). They are distinguished from the latter by the RTA with a triangular subdistal lobe (
Figs 54–55
; sl) and by the embolus with an inconspicuous
pars pendula
and small ventral keel (
Fig. 54
; ppl, vk). The females are distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the touching part of the lateral lobes more than twice as long as the small median septum (
Fig. 56
).
Description. Male (IBSP 54408):
Dorsal shield of prosoma orange, slightly darker along fovea and thoracic striae. Chelicerae slightly darker than prosoma. Legs and pedipalps orange. Sternum cream colored with pale orange margins. Labium and endites grayish orange, distally cream colored. Opisthosoma brownish gray, dorsally with two pairs of small marks anteriorly and one large mark posteriorly. Total length 9.7. Prosoma: 4.2 long, 3.9 wide. Opisthosoma: 5.4 long, 2.7 wide. Eye diameters: 0.28, 0.28, 0.20, 0.26; interdistances: 0.14, 0.04, 0.30, 0.28, 0.12, 0.10. Leg measurements: I: 27.5 (7.1, 2.5, 7.7, 7.8, 2.4); II: 31.3 (8.2, 2.6, 9.0, 8.9, 2.6); III: 19.4 (5.8, 1.8, 5.2, 5.1, 1.5); IV: 21.8 (6.2, 1.9, 5.6, 6.3, 1.8). Spination follows the generic pattern. Palp (
Fig. 79
): RTA with triangular subdistal lobe and no dorsal projection (
Figs 54–55
). Embolus bifid, bent at tip (
Fig. 54
).
FIGURES 54–58.
Caayguara ybytyriguara
sp. nov.
54 male, left palp, ventral view (sp = subdistal projection; vk = ventral keel; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis); 55 ditto, retrolateral view (sl = subdistal lobe); 56 female, epigynum, ventral view; 57 ditto, vulva, dorsal view; 58 schematic course of internal duct system. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
Female (IBSP 54504):
Coloration pattern as in male, except opisthosoma orange brown, mottled with brown spots. Total length 11.2. Prosoma: 4.7 long, 4.3 wide. Opisthosoma: 6.6 long, 3.8 wide. Eye diameters: 0.30, 0.30, 0.20, 0.28; interdistances: 0.22, 0.06, 0.38, 0.34, 0.20, 0.14. Leg measurements: I: 21.0 (5.8, 2.6, 5.5, 5.4, 1.7); II: 6.7, 2.7, 6.5, 6.3, 1.9); III: 16.4 (5.0, 2.1, 4.1, 3.9, 1.3); IV: 17.9 (5.5, 2.0, 4.4, 4.6, 1.4). Spination follows the generic pattern, except tibiae I–II: d1-0-1. Epigynum: epigynal field rounded anteriorly, slightly longer than wide; lateral lobes large; median septum small, wider than long (
Fig. 56
). Vulva: pp longitudinal, 8–10 linearly arranged lobes; fd, transversal, almost 1.5 times longer than pp (
Fig. 57–58
).
Variation.
Males (n = 10): total length 8.1–10.5; prosoma 3.6–4.3; femur I 6.5–7.2. Females (n = 10): total length 7.9–11.6; prosoma: 3.7–4.8; femur I 4.6–6.0.
Distribution.
Known only from the state of São Paulo (
Fig. 86
).