Revisiting the spider genus Eutichurus Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Eutichuridae): new species and complementary descriptions
Author
Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
Author
Lise, Arno A.
Author
Ramírez, Martín J.
Author
Saturnino, Regiane
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-21
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10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.6
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Eutichurus madre
Bonaldo, 1994
Figs 23
̄26, Map 1
Eutichurus madre
Bonaldo, 1994
: 129
, fig. 79.
Female
holotype
from
Peru
,
Madre de Dios
,
Zona Reservada Tambopata
,
Laguna Chica
,
290 m
,
12°50’S
69°17’W
,
01.VI.1988
,
D. Silva
leg (
MUSM
, not re-examined).
Diagnosis.
Males of
E. madre
resemble those of
E. paredesi
n. sp.
and
E. marquesae
by the MA with a long, retrolaterally directed median prong (
Figs 1
,
27
) but can be distinguished from the former by the presence of an embolar prolateral process and from the later by that process being inserted sub-apically (
Figs 23
, 24). Females share with those of
E. marquesae
the relatively small epigynal anterior projections, presenting a semi-circular sclerotized area at its inner margin, and posterior plates projected anteriorly over the median field (
Fig. 52
;
Bonaldo 1994
: fig. 80). They differ by the larger semi-circular sclerotized area on the anterior projections, which are projected over the posterior plates (
Bonaldo 1994: fig. 79
).
FIGURES 23¯26.
Eutichurus madre
Bonaldo, 1994
. Male: 23 palp, ventral view; 24 embolus, prolateral view; 25 palp, retrolateral view. Female: 26 epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bar = 0,25 mm.
Description.
Male
(MPEG 21927). Colour in ethanol: carapace brownish red, cephalic region darker, thoracic groove mark reddish. Chelicerae, endites and labium brownish red. Sternum orange with brown margins. Legs yellow. Chelicerae with 4 promarginal teeth, the third the largest, the first a denticle; and 4 closely placed retromarginal teeth. Tarsi III–IV with dense scopulae, metatarsi III–IV with moderate scopulae. Total length 10.1. Carapace 5.0 long, 3.8 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.28, ALE 0.27, PME 0.24, PLE 0.26. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.29, AME–ALE 0.31, PME–PME 0.40, PME–PLE 0.55, AME–PME 0.30, ALE–PLE 0.10, clypeus AME 0.17, clypeus ALE 0.17. Leg and palp measurements: palp 5.4 (2.0, 0.6, 1.2, -, 1.6); leg I missing; leg II missing; leg III 13.4 (3.7, 1.6, 3.0, 3.6, 1.5); leg IV 19.6 (4.8, 1.9, 3.9, 5.0, 1.7). Spination: palp femur: d 0-1-1; tibia p 2-0. Leg. I absent. II—absent. III—femur d 1-1-0, p 0-d1-d1, r 0-d1-d2; tibia d 0, p 2-1, r 1-1,
v 2-2
-2; metatarsus d p1r1-p1r1-p1r1, p 0-0-1, r 0-0-1,
v 2-2
-1. IV—femur d 1-1-0, p 0-d1-d1, r 0-0-d1; tibia d 0, p 1-1, r 1- 1,
v 2-2
-2; metatarsus d p1r1-p1r1-p1r1, p 0-0-1, r 0-0-1,
v 2-2
-1. Palp: tibia thin, long, almost the same length of cymbium; RTA excavated, projected retrolaterally. Tegular process absent; MA apically placed, median prong large; conductor hyaline. Embolus inserted sub-basally; embolus long, thin, base rounded, prolateral process hyaline, apices hook-shaped (
Figs 23
̄25).
Female
. Described by
Bonaldo (1994: 129)
. Complementary description: vulva composed by large primary spermathecae with short fertilization ducts; secondary spermathecae inconspicuous (Fig. 26).
Distribution
. Southeastern
Peru
and Brazilian Amazonia (Map 1).
New Records.
PERU
.
Madre de Dios
: Cuenca
Rio Los
Aruegos—CICRA,
1 female
(
UNALM 787
),
28.IX.2005
,
M. Deza
leg.
; 1 male (UNALM 793),
29.X.2005
;
Zona Reservada Pakitza
,
11°56’S
71°17W,
356 m
,
1 male
(MUSM-Ent 504414),
11.V.1991
, D
.
Silva
leg;
Cusco
,
La Convención
,
Echarate
, C.N.
Monte Carmelo
,
12°26’S
72°59’W
,
1370 m
,
1 male
(MUSM-Ent 503623),
30.IX.2010
, J
.
Peralta
leg.
BRAZIL
.
Pará
:
Juruti
[
02°09’47.00”S
56°05’43.5”W
],
1 male
(
MPEG 21927
)
;
Amazonas
: Humaitá, Reserva Extrativista Humaitá [
07°31’1.00”S
63°01’47.3”W
],
1 male
(
IBSP 7161
)
.