The first Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Argentina: description and natural history of Hapalotremus martinorum sp. nov.
Author
Cavallo, Patricio E.
Universidad CAECE (Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas), Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Author
Ferretti, Nelson E.
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores CEPAVE (CCT- CONICET- La Plata) (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina
text
Journal of Natural History
2014
2014-06-30
49
15
873
887
journal article
21072
10.1080/00222933.2014.953226
70bc86d1-f7e8-48d1-bfb7-1ad323a24b36
1464-5262
4004661
Genus
Hapalotremus
Simon, 1903
Dolichothele
Mello-Leitão, 1923
. Considered a junior synonym by
Raven 1985: 152
.
Goniodontium
Mello-Leitão, 1923
. Considered a junior synonym by
Raven 1985: 153
.
Cyclothorax
Mello-Leitão, 1923
, preoccupied. Replacement name
Cyclothoracoides
Strand, (1929)
: 17. Considered a junior synonym by
Raven 1985: 151
.
Hemirrhagus
Simon, 1903
(in part:
H. major
Chamberlin, 1916
).
Diagnosis
Representatives of the genus can be distinguished from the remaining
Theraphosinae
by the presence of reddish or whitish setae (colour of live specimens) on dorsum abdomen, presence of
Type
III urticating hair, labium wider than long with reduced labial cuspules (from
5 to 7 in
H. albipes
and
H. major
), with the exception of
Hapalotremus martinorum
sp. nov.
with 28 labial cuspules in females. It is characterized by the tarsi fully scopulated and divided by rows of setae increasing in width from legs I to IV, with tarsus IV divided by five or six rows of setae. Males of
Hapalotremus
are also recognized by the following features: tibial apophysis present with two branches, the prolateral bearing a long stiff black thorn on inner side, slightly curved at tip and of similar size to the spur, the retrolateral with a long spine inserted on inner side at the middle of the spur, metatarsus of leg I noticeably curved at base, and male palpal bulb with embolus subcylindrical curved to the retrolateral side with conspicuous subapical keel. Females may be also recognized by the single spermathceal receptaculum.