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 poi
sp. nov.
Figs 64–65
,
81
,
87
Type
material
.
Holotype
:
ɞ from São Paulo [
23º32' S
;
46º38' W
], São Paulo,
Brazil
, no date, no collector (
IBSP
27478).
Etymology.
The specific name is taken from the Tupi Indian language and means “long and slender” and refers to the tip of the embolus of the male palp. Unchangeable.
Diagnosis.
The males of
Caayguara poi
sp. nov.
resemble those of
C. atyaia
sp. nov.
by the very slender tip of the embolus bent prolaterally (
Figs 59
,
64
). They are distinguished from the latter by the bifid embolus with small ventral keel and inconspicuous
pars pendula
(
Fig. 64
; vk) and RTA with smooth spine-like dorsal projection and no ventral spines in the male palp (
Figs 64–65
; dp).
Description. Male (IBSP 27478):
Dorsal shield of prosoma orange, with very faint brown marks at the base of cephalic region. Chelicerae, legs and pedipalps orange. Sternum pale yellow, with orange margins. Labium orange. Endites pale orange, distally lighter. Opisthosoma brownish gray. Dorsally mottled with white spots and distally brown. Total length 8.2. Prosoma: 3.7 long, 3.3 wide. Opisthosoma: 4.4 long, 2.3 wide. Eye diameters: 0.24, 0.24, 0.20, 0.24; interdistances: 0.16, 0.04, 0.32, 0.24, 0.16, 0.12. Leg measurements: I: 23.9 (6.2, 2.3, 6.9, 6.5, 2.0); II: absent; III: 17.8 (5.2, 1.8, 4.8, 4.6, 1.4); IV: 20.0 (5.7, 1.7, 5.4, 5.5, 1.7). Spination follows the generic pattern (leg II absent). Palp (
Fig. 81
): RTA with long dorsal projection and subdistal lobe (
Figs 64–65
; dp, sl). Embolus with bifid tip, long ventral keel and inconspicuous
pendula
(
Fig. 64
; vk).
Female:
Unknown.
Distribution.
Only known from the
type
locality (
Fig. 87
).