Taxonomic Revision And Morphology Of The Trapdoor Spider Genus Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) In Argentina
Author
Ríos-Tamayo, D.
Author
Goloboff, P. A.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2018
2018-03-20
2018
419
1
84
journal article
0003-0090
Actinopus palmar
,
sp. nov.
Figures 26A–G
,
45
TYPE MATERIAL
:
HOLOTYPE
♂
(MACN-Ar
19826):
Entre Ríos
: Parque Nacional “El Palmar”
FIGURE 26.
Actinopus palmar
,
sp. nov.
, male holotype (MACN-Ar 19826).
A
, carapace.
B
, tibia II, retrolateral.
C
, pedipalp.
D–F
, copulatory bulb showing the PA, three different views.
G
, sternum. Scale bars = 1 mm.
[
31°51′ S
58°19′ W
],
12–16 Feb. 1980
, P. Grosso and P. Goloboff,
1♂
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition that refers to the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of
Actinopus palmar
can be distinguished from those of all other Argentinian species by their copulatory bulb with a welldeveloped paraembolic apophysis (fig. 26D–F).
Female: Unknown
DESCRIPTION:
Holotype
male (MACN-Ar 19826, fig. 26A–G):
Total length:
8.40.
Carapace
(fig. 26A): length 4.20, width 3.72.
Cephalic region:
length 2.40, width 2.76; clypeus short with a large central bristle and numerous to the sides; 9 bristles between PME and 3–4 behind each PME-PLE dyad; 6 bristles to the sides of the OQ, a central larger.
Fovea:
length 1.28, width 0.68.
Eyes, diameters and interdistances:
AME 0.16, ALE 0.24, PME 0.16, PLE 0.16, OQ length 0.60, anterior width 1.72, posterior width 1.52; AME- ALE 0.40, PME-PLE 0.08, AME-PME 0.20, ALE- PLE 0.28, AME-AME 0.16.
Chelicerae:
Length 2.40, width 1.00; cheliceral apex with 10 recumbent and elongated bristles which cover the base of the fang. Rastellum with 8 marginal, blunt cusps, and 2–3 small dorsal ones; fang groove with 3/4 large promarginal teeth and 5 retromarginal and 8 denticles, near the promarginal teeth.
Labium:
length 0.64, width 0.80.
Maxillae:
superior length 1.00, inferior length 1.68, width 1.08.
Sternum
(fig. 26G): Center flat; length 2.88, maximum width 2.16, minimum width 0.80. Postlabial sigillum shallow, posterior sigilla poorly defined.
Abdomen:
Length 4.44, median with dark bristles, larger on dorsum. PMS: length 1.08; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.56:1.08:0.48.
Spigots:
1 large, 18 small on PMS; PLS, numbers of large(small) spigots on basal:medial:apical article 2(23):4(33):2(39).
Lengths of legs and palp:
I: 2.52, 1.04, 1.44, 1.88, 1.08, 7.96. II: 2.40, 1.00, 1.44, 1.88, 1.08, 7.80. III: 1.80, 1.00, 1.00, 1.76, 1.12, 6.68. IV: 2.40, 1.04, 1.80, 1.92, 1.16, 8.32. Palp: 2.88, 1.16, 2.64, –, 0.64, 7.32.
Chaetotaxy:
Femora: I-II-IV, 0; III, 1-2-2-1-2- 2-2 d. Patellae: I, 0; II, 1 V POST; III, 12 P SUP-D ANT, +9 on the margin, 2 R A +7 on the margin; IV, 38 P SUP-D ANT +3 near the edge. Tibiae: I, 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 R INF, 1-1-2-1-2-4 V; II, 1-1-1- 2-2-2-1-2-3 R INF, 1-2-1-2-1-1-4 V; III, 1 D B, 2-1- 1-3 V, with an apical crown of 14 thorns; IV, 2-2-2-4 V. Metatarsi: I, 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-3-1-2 R INF, 1-1-1- 1-1-2-2-2 V; II, 1-1-2-2-2-1-1-3-2 R INF, 2-2-2-1- 1-3 V; III, 1-1-1-1-1 D ANT, 1-1-1-4 on row D POST—R, 1-1-2-3 V; IV, 1-1-2-2-2 P, 2 V A. Tarsi: I, 1-1-1-1 P INF, 1-2-1-2-2-3-2-1-2-6 R INF, 1-1-2- 1-1 V; II, 1-1-1-2-1-2 P INF, 1-2-3-2-3-4-3-4-5 R INF, 1-1-2-1-2 V; III, 1-1-2-1-4 P INF, 1-2-2 R INF; IV, 2-2-3-3-2-2 P INF, 1-1-1-1-1 R INF. Total number of retrolateral spines on tibiae I and II (fig. 26B): 9 and 15 respectively.
Palp:
tibia long and slender (width/length: 0.29±0.01) (fig. 26C); copulatory bulb (fig. 26D-F) with ATA and BTA well developed, embolus with small MRk and a series of denticles at the base, with well-developed PA.
Pseudoscopula:
Tarsi: I-II sparse (3:4 A); III-IV, dense and uniform; Metatarsi: without pseudoscopula.
Trichobothria:
Tibiae: I 4-4; II 4-5; III 4-7; IV 5-6. Metatarsi: I-II 7; III 5; IV 6. Tarsi: I 9; II-IV 6.
Color:
Carapace reddish brown, abdomen dark brown, booklungs with dark markings. Spinnerets yellowish. Legs like carapace with tarsi-metatarsi-tibiae lighter; palp tibia light.
DISTRIBUTION: Only from the
type
locality.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.