The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae)
Author
Medrano, Miguel
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Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20.940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.
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Author
Ázara, Ludson Neves de
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Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20.940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.
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Author
Kury, Adriano Brilhante
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Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20.940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-04-24
634
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25
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.634
6531d570-f61a-49ae-a7a2-8167a41981fc
2118-9773
3778764
66AEE1D7-51BF-4583-9A19-947F61ECC7DE
Libitia iguaque
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
E1CD5C3A-5C52-461C-A2D5-F0785E40A931
Figs 11–12
,
14
Diagnosis
Can be separated from all the other species of the genus in having the coda shorter than mid-bulge, maximum width of dorsal scutum equal to maximum length (
Fig. 11A
). Three basitarsomeres in legs I and III (
Fig. 11
B–C). VP of the penis with MS D1 equally distanced from MS D2 and MS C2 (
Fig. 12
A–D).
Etymology
Noun in apposition from Iguaque, which in the Chibcha language means ‘vigorous mountain’ and was the cultural epicenter in the Amerindian period; as sacred territory it represented, for the Muiscas, the universe in continuous regeneration: birth, fecundity, fertility and initiation, symbol of ascent and interior knowledge. Also, it is the name of the Sanctuary that is the
type
locality of the species.
Material examined
Holotype
COLOMBIA
•
♂
;
Boyacá Department
,
Santuario de Fauna
y
Flora Iguaque
;
5.70175° N
,
73.456222° W
;
2941 m
a.s.l.
;
26–27 Nov. 2011
;
A. García
and
A.B. Kury
leg.;
MNRJ 19765
.
Paratypes
COLOMBIA
–
Boyacá Department
•
3 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
; same collection data as for holotype;
MNRJ 19379
•
1 ♀
;
Qda. Los Francos
;
IAvH-I-82
•
1 ♀
;
Cabaña Carrizal
;
5.6833° N
,
73.4500° W
;
2850 m
a.s.l.;
IAvH-I-91
•
1 ♀
; same collection data as for preceding;
IAvH-I-92
•
1 ♀
;
Villa de Leyva
;
5.720016° N
,
73.457901° W
;
2900 m
a.s.l.
;
20 Aug. 1998
;
IAvH-I-17
•
1 ♀
;
Villa de Leyva
, S.F.F Iguaque;
5.697856° N
,
73.453133° W
;
10 Apr. 2001
;
coprotrampa
;
ICN-AO 771
.
Fig. 11.
Libitia iguaque
sp. nov.
, ♂ (MNRJ 19765), habitus.
A
. Dorsal view.
B
. Dorsal view, panoramic.
C
. Frontal view.
D
. Lateral right view.
E–F
. Right femur IV, dorsal and ventral view, respectively. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Fig. 12.
Libitia iguaque
sp. nov.
, ♂ (MNRJ 17379).
A–D
. Distal part of penis.
A
. Dorsal view.
B
. Ventral view.
C
. Left lateral view.
D
. Right lateral view.
E
. Right pedipalp, ventral view.
F–G
. Left chelicera, dorsal and frontal view, respectively. Scale bars: A–D = 50 μm; E–F = 200 μm; G = 100 μm.
Description
Male
holotype
(MNRJ 19765)
MEASUREMENTS. CL = 1.5, AL = 2.6, CW = 2.7, AW = 3.6, IOD = 0.6, Fe I = 2, Ti I = 1.3, Fe II = 3, Ti I = 2.1, Fe III = 2.8, Ti III = 1.6, Fe IV = 2.9, Ti IV = 2.5.
DORSUM (
Fig. 11
A–D). Dorsal scutum alpha-type, areas I–III, anterior and posterior margin of scutum, and lateral margins with granules. Free tergites with rows of granules and anal operculum finely granular. Posterior margin of dorsal scutum convex. Marginal lateral grooves of areas I and II with fragmented yellow rails.
VENTER. Free sternites finely granular; coxae II–IV finely and uniformly granular; coxa I with longitudinal row of tubercles and smooth area corresponding to lace area of pedipalp. Anal operculum finely granular.
CHELICERAE (
Fig. 12
F–G). Basichelicerite finely and uniformly granular covered without notable tubercles, ectodistal small setiferous protuberance; movable finger with row of eight sharp teeth; fixed finger with seven triangular teeth (the middle teeth are larger).
PEDIPALPS (
Fig. 12E
). Trochanter with strong ventral apophysis. Femur dorsally convex without pronounced dorsal keel or tubercles, with ventral row of three well-formed setiferous tubercles and a mesodistal process. Patella with mesal keel. Shallow slit along tibia mesal surface, separating dorsal and ventral sides.
LEGS (
Fig. 11
E–F). Coxa IV granulated with distal prodorsal small apophysis. Femur IV substraight, with two longitudinal ventral rows of small tubercles along entire length. Tarsal counts: 6(3)/8-7(3)/6/6.
COLOR (
Fig. 11
). Body background Strong Yellowish Brown (74) mottled in Deep Yellowish Brown (75), ladder mask Pale Greenish Yellow (104). Appendages (except coxae) Brilliant Yellow (83).
Female
Similar to males, with coda longer. Basitarsomeres I, III and IV not enlarged. Tarsal counts (MNRJ 19379): 6(3)/7-6(3)/6/6.
Variation
No remarkable variation was encountered in spots of DS in the specimens examined.