A new species of Chileotrecha Maury, 1987 (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae) from Argentina with notes on the genus
Author
Iuri, Hernán A.
Author
Iglesias, Mónica S.
Author
Ojanguren Affilastro, Andrés A.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3827
1
journal volume
45313
10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.2
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1175-5326
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Chileotrecha atacamensis
Maury, 1987
Figs. 1–2
,
7
,
9
Examined material.
MACN
(7978):
1 ♂
Holotype
.
Chile
, Atacama, access to “La Silla” observatory,
18 km
S Domeyko, [
29°07'27.98"S
70°56'07.54"W
].
3-X-1983
. E. Maury coll.
MACN
(7979):
1 ♂
Paratype
.
Chile
, Atacama, Caldera, [
27°04'00.21"S
70°49'03.90"W
].
4-X-1983
. E. Maury coll.
MACN
(7980):
1 ♂
Paratype
.
Chile
, Atacama,
70 km
S. Copiapó, [
27°58'00.37"S
70°33'20.72"W
].
4-X-1983
. E. Maury coll.
MACN
(7981): 1 immature.
Chile
, Coquimbo, “Quebrada Playa de Agua Dulce”,
51 km
N Los Vilos, [
31°31'09.97"S
71°33'56.83"W
].
2-X-1983
. E. Maury coll.
MACN
(7982): 1 immature
Chile
, Coquimbo, “Quebrada Playa de Agua Dulce”,
51 km
N Los Vilos, [
31°31'09.97"S
71°33'56.83"W
].
8-I-1984
. E. Maury coll.
MACN
(7983); ♀.
Chile
, Atacama,
77 km
S Copiapó, [
28°01'38.03"S
70°34'34.52"W
].
4-X-1983
. E. Maury coll.
MACN
(7980):
MACN
(7984); 1 ♀. Same data as
holotype
.
Remarks
.
Maury (1987)
mentions the presence of 1.1.1.1.1 dorsal spines on metatarsus II and III but from the study of
type
material, we observed that three are retrolaterodorsal and two intercalated retrolateral spines: 1.(1).1.(1).1.
Maury (1987)
mentions that
Chileotrecha
bears 4 ventral spines in the apical segment of tarsi II–IV; however that distribution should be mentioned as 2.2, since it is not a single row of four setae.
Maury (1987)
states that some males have a small ventral projection on fixed finger tip of the chelicerae. We have only detected this feature in one of the
paratypes
(MACN 7979), a specimen that could represent an undescribed species because it also shows morphological differences in the fixed finger tip and the position of flagellum.
FIGURES 1–6.
1–2―
Chileotrecha atacamensis
Maury 1987
, male. 1. Right chelicera, ectal view (scale bar = 0,5 mm). 2. Detail of flagellum (scale bar = 0,5 mm). 3–6.―
Chileotrecha argentinensis
n. sp.
3. Male, right chelicera, ectal view (scale = 0,5 mm). 4. Detail of male flagellum. (scale bar = 0,5 mm). 5. Female, right chelicera, ectal view (scale bar = 1 mm). 6. Genital plate of female, ventral view, arrows indicate position of microsetae. (scale bar = 0,3 mm).
Chileotrecha atacamensis
has been recorded by
Maury (1987)
in eight localities of
Chile
(
Fig. 7
), from sea level to
1600 m
asl. Other records of the genus from
Chile
reach
3000 m
asl. (Las Hedionditas to Embalse Laguna).