Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)
Author
Jimmy Cabra-García
Author
Antonio D. Brescovit
text
Zootaxa
2016
2016-01-27
4069
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journal article
31381
10.11646/zootaxa.4069.1.1
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Glenognatha timbira
new species
(
Figs. 118–121
,
135
)
Types
.
Male
holotype
from
Parque Nacional da Serra
dos Órgãos
,
Teresópolis
,
Rio
de Janeiro
,
Brazil
, [
22º29´35´´S
,
43º4´24´´W
], elev. [
1700m
],
20–23.x.2006
,
Exped. Arachné
leg., deposited in
MNRJ 6399
;
paratypes
:
3♂
3♀
2 immature with the same data of the
holotype
, deposited in
MNRJ 6598
;
1♂
from
Túnel do Garrafão
,
Alagoa
,
Minas Gerais
,
Brazil
,
22º11´S
,
44º44´W
, elev. [
1340m
],
31.ix.2008
,
L.F.O. Bernardi
leg., deposited in
UFMG 8790
.
FIGURE 119.
Glenognatha timbira
new species
from Brazil (Paratypes, MNRJ 6598). A–C, male left chelicerae. A, anterior. B, posterior. C, mesal. D–F, female left chelicerae. D, anterior. E, posterior. F, mesal. Scale bars, 200 µm. Prt: promarginal tooth. Ret: retromarginal tooth.
Etymology.
The species epithet is a noun in apposition that refers to the Timbiras indigenous tribes, first inhabitants of the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Males of
G. timbira
resemble those of
G. emertoni
,
G. minuta
and
G
.
gouldi
by the enlarged Ret2 and Ret3 (
Figs. 119B–C
). It can be distinguished from
G. emertoni
by the absence of a mesally oriented distal projection on the cheliceral basal segment (
Fig. 119
A
); distinguished from
G. minuta
by the smaller size of the Ret3 relative to Ret2 (
Fig. 119B
) and from
G
.
gouldi
by the slightly curved Ret2 (
Fig. 119B
). Females can be distinguished from all other
Glenognatha
species by the enlarged base of the Prt1 (
Fig. 119D
).
FIGURE 120.
Glenognatha timbira
new species
from Brazil (Paratype, MNRJ 6598). A–D, male left palp, schematic. A, ventral. B, conductor, ventral. C, conductor, dorsal. D, embolus, ventral. E–H, male left palp. E, ventral. F, dorsal. G, prolateral. H, retrolateral. Scale bars, 100 µm. C: conductor. CB: cymbium. CRa: conductor retrolateral apophysis. E: embolus. ED: ejaculatory duct. EMg: embolic medial groove. P: paracymbium. T: tegulum. TO: tarsal organ.
Male (
holotype
)
. Habitus as in
Figures 118
A
–D
. Carapace pale brown, darker along furrows. Sternum brown, darker on sides. Abdomen oval, dorsally with irregular pattern of two longitudinal black bands on sides that join medially at the posterior region forming thin transverse bands. Silver guanine spots scattered in two median longitudinal bands and on lateral surfaces. Venter with a pale black median band that ramifies towards the lateral surface from the tracheal spiracle. Silver guanine spots scattered in two lighter longitudinal bands between the tracheal spiracle and the epigastric furrow. Legs yellow-brownish. Tracheal spiracle well-sclerotized. Total length 3.75. Cephalothorax 1.75 long, 1.35 wide, 0.95 high. Abdomen 2.30 long, 1.80 wide, 1.80 high. Sternum 0.90 long, 0.90 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.12. ALE 0.10. PME 0.15. PLE 0.12. AME-AME 0.09, AME- ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.13, ALE-PLE 0.01. Clypeus height 1.80. Chelicerae with the same coloration of the cephalothorax and anteriorly projected (
Fig. 118C
). Three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth. (
Figs. 119
A
–C
). Cheliceral fang curved (
Fig. 119C
). Leg measurements: I: femur 2.40, patella 0.65, tibia 2.50, metatarsus 2.20, tarsus 1.10, total 8.85; II: 2.40, 0.65, 2.45, 2.00, 1.00, 8.50; III: 1.60, 0.40, 1.25, 1.15, 0.57, 4.97; IV: 1.80, 0.45, 1.60, 1.40, 0.62, 5.87. DTS 0.32. DTE 0.70. Palp as in
Figures 120E–H
. Paracymbium with distal and basal portions subequal (
Fig. 120H
). Embolus long with a nearly 90º curved tip (
Figs. 120
A
, D, G
).
FIGURE 121.
Glenognatha timbira
new species
. A–C, female genitalia. A, dorsal (arrow, median projection). B, ventral. C, lateral (arrow, median projection). D–G, female tracheal system. D, dorsal. E, median and lateral trunks. F, tracheal spiracle, posterior view. G, median trunk distal. H, ALS. I, PMS. J, PLS. Scale bars, 100 µm (A–E), 10 µm (F–J). AC: aciniform gland spigot. AG: aggregate gland spigots. CY: cylindrical gland spigot. FL: flagelliform gland spigot. LT: lateral trunk. MAP: major ampullate gland spigot. mAP: minor ampullate gland spigot. MC: membranous chamber. MT: median trunk. PI: piriform gland spigots. UE: uterus externus. TAG: tracheal atrium gland.
Female (MNRJ 6400)
. Coloration and general habitus as in male (
Figs. 118E–H
). Abdomen with four dusky longitudinal bands. Pale patch anterior to the gonopore. Tracheal spiracle well-sclerotized. Total length 3.85. Cephalothorax 1.75 long, 1.50 wide, 1.15 high. Abdomen 2.35 long, 2.00 wide, 1.85 high. Sternum 1.00 long, 0.95 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.12. ALE 0.12. PME 0.15. PLE 0.13. AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.16, PME-PME 0.17, PME-PLE 0.16, ALE-PLE 0.01. Clypeus height 1.70. Chelicerae with the same coloration of the cephalothorax. Three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth (
Figs. 119D–F
). Ret1 with a basal enlargement (
Fig. 119D
). Leg measurements: I: femur 2.80, patella 0.75, tibia 2.75, metatarsus 2.25, tarsus 1.10, total 9.65; II: 2.50, 0.65, 2.37, 2.10, 1.05, 8.67; III: 1.60, 0.50, 1.20, 1.25, 0.70, 5.25; IV: 2.00, 0.40, 1.95, 1.50, 0.75, 6.60. DTS 0.27. DTE 0.25. Tracheal system as in
Figures 121D–G
. Spinnerets as in
Figures 121H–J
. Genitalia without spermathecae (
Fig. 121
A
–C
). Uterus externus rectangular, with a median projection (
Fig. 121
A
, C
).
Variation.
Male total length 3.2–3.7 (
N
= 5; average 3.5), cephalothorax length 1.5–1.7 (
N
= 5; average 1.6), femur I length 2.2–2.5 (
N
= 5; average 2.3). Female total length 3.7–4.5 (
N
= 5; average 3.9), cephalothorax length 1.6–2.0 (
N
= 5; average 1.8), femur I length 2.0–2.8 (
N
= 5; average 2.4).
Distribution.
Known from
São Paulo
,
Rio
de Janeiro
and
Minas Gerais
states in
Brazil
(
Fig. 135
).
Additional material examined (N = 3).
BRAZIL
:
Minas Gerais
:
Bocaina
de Minas
, [
22º9´53.85´´S
,
44º23´27.55´´W
], elev. [
1169m
],
1–3.i.2008
,
E. H. Wienskoski
leg., 1 immature (
MNRJ 5034
)
.
Rio
de Janeiro
:
Teresópolis
,
Parque Nacional da Serra
dos Órgãos
,, [
22º29´35´´S
,
43º4´24´´W
], elev. [
1700m
],
4.viii.1996
,
1♀
(
MNRJ 6400
)
.
São Paulo
:
São José do Barreiro
,
Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina
, [
22º43´S
,
44º36´W
], elev. [
900m
],
28.iv –3.v.2002
,
Equipe Biota
leg.,
1♀
(
IBSP 68554
)
.