Schismatothelinae spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Colombia: four new species and an approach to their diversity
Author
Valencia-Cuéllar, Dayana
Author
Perafán, Carlos
Author
Guerrero, Roberto J.
Author
Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-21
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.6
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Euthycaelus norae
Guadanucci & Weinmann 2014
Euthycaelus norae
Guadanucci & Weinmann 2014
: 278
, figs 2A–H.
Type material.
VENEZUELA
:
Holotype
male,
MZSP 28436
,
La Azulita
,
Mérida
;
Paratypes
:
1 female
,
MZSP 28442
;
1 male
,
MZSP
, same data as holotype, examined
.
Additional material examined.
COLOMBIA
:
Norte de Santander
: Bochalema,
1 male
,
MZSP 28433
;
La Donjuana
,
1 female
,
MZSP 28437
.
Diagnosis.
Males of
E. norae
can be distinguished from those of their congeners by the shape of palpal bulb which has a distinct embolus tip with a small keel on the dorsal face. The retrolateral spines on the palpal tibia are arranged in two non-aligned rows (in its proximal area) and without an evident gap. Females are recognized by the flat shape of spermathecae receptacles (
Guadanucci & Weinmann 2014: fig. 2
).
Distribution and natural history.
Colombia
,
Norte de Santander
: Bochalema and La Donjuana (
Fig. 36
).
Venezuela
:
Mérida
, La Azulita;
Táchira
, San Juan de Colón. The species occurs north of the Eastern Cordillera between the border between
Colombia
and
Venezuela
, at an altitude about
1000 masl
. This tarantula inhabits relatively humid environments with an annual mean temperature about 24 °C.