3567
Author
Cruz Da Silva, Estevam L.
Author
Carico, James E.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-11-29
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64
journal article
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Thaumasia acreana
new species
Figs 2
,
23
,
130–136
Types.
Male
holotype
from
Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor
,
Cruzeiro do Sul
,
Acre
,
Brazil
[
07°40’S
,
72°39’W
],
20.III.1997
,
L. Resende
&
S. Vieira
leg
. (
IBSP 12253
).
Paratype
:
one female
, same locality and data as
holotype
(
MCTP 33352
)
.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun and refers to the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
The males of
T. acreana
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 130
) resemble those of
T. onca
sp. nov.
in the divided apex of the median apophysis (
Fig. 112
), but can be distinguished by a prolateral expansion on the median apophysis (
Fig. 131
), by the short and thick tip of the ental branch of RTA (
Fig. 132
) and by the blunt projection at the base of EnB (
Fig. 133
, white arrow). The females resemble those of
T. caracarai
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 119
) in the excavated middle field of the epigynum, but can be distinguished by the wider copulatory ducts and slender head of spermathecae (
Fig. 135
).
Description.
Male (
Holotype
,
Acre
,
Brazil
, IBSP 12253). Total length 4.98. Carapace 2.82 long, 2.65 wide, light brown, with a thin lateral band formed by small white bristles; fovea elongated. Clypeus yellow to light brown, 0.32 high. Anterior eye row straight, 0.68 wide (
Fig. 23
); posterior recurved, 1.22 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.14, ALE 0.10, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.26, PME-PLE 0.24, OQA 0.38, OQP 0.60, OQH 0.44. Chelicerae light yellow, laterally depressed and with a small tuft of white bristles laterally (
Fig. 23
). Sternum yellow, glabrous; 1.42 long, 1.48 wide. Labium light brown, 0.40 long, 0.46 wide. Legs light brown; relative length: I-II-IV-III, I—femur 4.06/ patella-tibia 5.22/ metatarsus 3.32/ tarsus 1.41/ total 14.01; II—4.23/ 4.99/ 3.23/ 1.49/ 13.94; III—3.23/ 3.73/ 2.57/ 1.24/ 10.77; IV—4.15/ 5.06/ 2.49/ 1.66/ 13.36. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-4; III-3; IV-4. Abdomen 1.90 long, dark yellow with a small group of dark brown bristles anteriorly; with two pairs of sigillae. Venter yellow, with scattered bristles. Palpus with a lateral expanded median apophysis (
Figs 130, 131
). Ental branch of RTA with a lateral expansion and with a small blunt projection at the base (
Figs 132, 133
). Ectal branch of RTA short, with a thin and folded apex (
Fig. 133
).
Female (
Paratype
,
Acre
,
Brazil
, MCTP 33352). Total length 6.64. Carapace 3.56 long, 2.65 wide, colour as in male. Clypeus yellow, 0.30 high. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, 0.84 wide; posterior recurved, 1.34 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.14, ALE 0.10, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18; AME- AME 0.16, AME-ALE 0.11, PME-PME 0.28, PME-PLE 0.26, OQA 0.48, OQP 0.68, OQH 0.42. Chelicerae light brown, glabrous. Sternum yellow, 1.82 long, 1.84 wide. Labium as in male, 0.48 long, 0.49 wide. Legs yellow, unmarked; relative length: IV-I-II-III, I—femur 4.73/ patella-tibia 6.64/ metatarsus 3.81/ tarsus 1.66/ total 16.84; II—4.81/ 5.72/ 3.73/ 1.65/ 15.91; III—3.65/ 4.73/ 2.82/ 1.32/ 12.52; IV—4.98/ 5.97/ 4.15/ 2.05/ 17.15. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-4; III-3; IV-4. Superior tarsal claw with seven teeth and inferior with one tooth (
Fig. 136
). Abdomen 3.54 long, colour as in male. Epigynum with deep lateral excavation on the middle field (
Fig. 134
). Copulatory ducts wide and with a thick border (
Fig. 135
). Head of spermathecae slender (
Fig. 135
).
Other material examined.
BRAZIL
,
Acre
:
Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor
[
09º04'S
,
72º45'W
],
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
19.III.1997
,
L. Resende
&
S. Vieira
(
IBSP 12098
)
;
Amazonas
:
Manaus
,
Ilha
da Marchantaria
[
03°15’S
,
59°58’W
],
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
21.IX.1987
,
H. Höfer
(
SMNK
)
;
Novo Airão
,
Arquipélago
de Anavilhanas
[
02º14'S
,
61º06'W
],
1 ♀
,
VIII.1999
,
A. J. Santos
(
IBSP 39929
)
.
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Acre
, Amazonas) (
Fig. 2
).