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Chickering, 1960
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(
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F342156EFF04FAC7FEED5A7B" box="[159,281,1343,1367]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 1 8" captionStart-1="FIGURES 9 18" captionStartId-0="3.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionStartId-1="4.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox-0="[238,1338,196,1841]" captionTargetBox-1="[156,1431,212,1886]" captionTargetId-0="figure@3.[223,1347,195,1854]" captionTargetId-1="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId-0="3" captionTargetPageId-1="4" captionText-0="FIGURES 1 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 7, male from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856); body view (1, dorsal; 2, front; 3, ventral; 4, lateral), and palpal morphology (5, prolateral; 6, ventral; 7, retrolateral). 8, female (cleared epigynum, ventral). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; pm = paramedian apophysis; sr = seminal receptacles; t = tegulum. Scale bars: (1, 3 4) 1 mm; (2) 0.5 mm; (5 8) 0.2 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 9 18. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 9 11, left palp (9, prolateral; 10, ventral; 11, retrolateral); 12 13, expanded left palp (12, prolateral; 13, retrolateral); 14, coxal hook; 15, groove on the second femur; 16, epigynum (ventral); 17 18, habitus in nature (Cochuna, Tucumán, 2011). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; p = paracymbium; pm = paramedian apophysis; t = tegulum; y = cymbium. Scale bars: (9 16) 0.2 mm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/207327/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/207328/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="53">Figs. 118</figureCitation>
; Map 19)
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, figs. 1317 (
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female from Sunchal,
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, deposited in Invertebrate Zoology Collection of Museum Comparative Zoology—MCZ 23053, not examined).
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:
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: 458
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, figs. 7478;
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: Yala (
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,
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.a.s.l.),
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(P. Goloboff),
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(MACN-Ar 25178); Calilegua, Parque Nacional Calilegua, Seccional Aguas Negras (
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.
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a.s.l.),
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(M. Izquierdo, L. Zapata &amp; M. Akmentis),
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(MACN-Ar 27850); same loc., near Monolito (
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(G. Rubio &amp; M. Pocco),
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: Quebrada de San Lorenzo, site 1 (
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(G. Rubio, J. Corronca, B. Cava, V. Olivo &amp; A. González-Reyes),
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(IEBI); road to El Carmen, site 1 (
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,
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,
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.a.s.l.), same date (same leg.),
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(IEBI); same loc., site 2 (
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,
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,
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.a.s.l.), same date (same leg.),
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(IEBI); same loc., site 3 (
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,
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,
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.a.s.l.), same date (same leg.),
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(IEBI).
<emphasis id="B9260232F342156EFB2CF84FFAD158FC" bold="true" box="[1207,1317,1975,2000]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53">Tucumán</emphasis>
: Cochuna (
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,
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,
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.a.s.l.),
<date id="FFECF8E0F342156EFD35F824FCA858D8" box="[686,860,2012,2036]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53" value="2011-03-25">25 March 2011</date>
(C. Argañaraz),
<specimenCount id="9D5415A9F342156EFB84F824FB9858D8" box="[1055,1132,2012,2036]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
(MACN-Ar 27853); same loc., 0
<date id="FFECF8E0F341156DFF44FF6FFE855F83" box="[223,369,151,175]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" value="2011-04-09">9 April 2011</date>
(C. Argañaraz &amp; G. Rubio),
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,
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(MACN-Ar 27854), and
<specimenCount id="9D5415A9F341156DFB5BFF6FFAFA5F83" box="[1216,1294,151,175]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
(MACN-Ar 27856); monument to El Indio (
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,
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,
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.a.s.l.),
<date id="FFECF8E0F341156DFB8BFF44FB2A5FF8" box="[1040,1246,188,212]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" value="2011-02-21">21 February 2011</date>
(G. Rubio &amp; L. Acosta), 1 sub-adult male (MACN-Ar 27855).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3488DABF341156DFF5CFEFBFB185D3B" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BEDDE20F341156DFF5CFEFBFB185D3B" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFF5CFEFBFEB55E30" bold="true" box="[199,321,259,284]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
<taxonomicName id="4C52A5A3F341156DFE21FEFDFDC55E30" box="[442,561,260,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Micrathena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shealsi">
<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFE21FEFDFDC55E30" box="[442,561,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">M. shealsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFDD9FEFCFD455E30" box="[578,689,260,284]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 8" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionTargetBox="[238,1338,196,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[223,1347,195,1854]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 7, male from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856); body view (1, dorsal; 2, front; 3, ventral; 4, lateral), and palpal morphology (5, prolateral; 6, ventral; 7, retrolateral). 8, female (cleared epigynum, ventral). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; pm = paramedian apophysis; sr = seminal receptacles; t = tegulum. Scale bars: (1, 3 4) 1 mm; (2) 0.5 mm; (5 8) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207327/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFD24FEFCFD0C5E30" box="[703,760,260,284]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 18" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,212,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 9 18. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 9 11, left palp (9, prolateral; 10, ventral; 11, retrolateral); 12 13, expanded left palp (12, prolateral; 13, retrolateral); 14, coxal hook; 15, groove on the second femur; 16, epigynum (ventral); 17 18, habitus in nature (Cochuna, Tucumán, 2011). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; p = paracymbium; pm = paramedian apophysis; t = tegulum; y = cymbium. Scale bars: (9 16) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207328/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">915</figureCitation>
) resembles
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFC1FFEFDFC1B5E30" box="[900,1007,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">M. bifida</emphasis>
(Taczanowski)
</taxonomicName>
from
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by general habitus, and by the palp bearing a tegulum lobe in ectal view (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3A3D1F341156DFCC0FEDFFB965E13" author="Levi" box="[859,1122,295,319]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" refString="Levi, H. W. (1985) The Spiny Orb-Weaver Genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 150, 429 - 618." type="journal article" year="1985">Levi 1985: figs. 45, 47</bibRefCitation>
) but it can be distinguished from it by the palpal morphology (
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFD84FEB4FD7F5E48" box="[543,651,332,356]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 8" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionTargetBox="[238,1338,196,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[223,1347,195,1854]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 7, male from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856); body view (1, dorsal; 2, front; 3, ventral; 4, lateral), and palpal morphology (5, prolateral; 6, ventral; 7, retrolateral). 8, female (cleared epigynum, ventral). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; pm = paramedian apophysis; sr = seminal receptacles; t = tegulum. Scale bars: (1, 3 4) 1 mm; (2) 0.5 mm; (5 8) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207327/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Figs. 57</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFD03FEB4FD255E48" box="[664,721,332,356]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 18" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,212,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 9 18. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 9 11, left palp (9, prolateral; 10, ventral; 11, retrolateral); 12 13, expanded left palp (12, prolateral; 13, retrolateral); 14, coxal hook; 15, groove on the second femur; 16, epigynum (ventral); 17 18, habitus in nature (Cochuna, Tucumán, 2011). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; p = paracymbium; pm = paramedian apophysis; t = tegulum; y = cymbium. Scale bars: (9 16) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207328/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">913</figureCitation>
) (
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFD71FEB5FCAA5E48" box="[746,862,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">M. shealsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a distinctive shape of the median and terminal apophyses,
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFE87FE97FE955EAB" box="[284,353,367,391]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 8" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionTargetBox="[238,1338,196,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[223,1347,195,1854]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 7, male from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856); body view (1, dorsal; 2, front; 3, ventral; 4, lateral), and palpal morphology (5, prolateral; 6, ventral; 7, retrolateral). 8, female (cleared epigynum, ventral). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; pm = paramedian apophysis; sr = seminal receptacles; t = tegulum. Scale bars: (1, 3 4) 1 mm; (2) 0.5 mm; (5 8) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207327/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFEF4FE97FE7A5EAB" box="[367,398,367,391]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 18" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,212,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 9 18. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 9 11, left palp (9, prolateral; 10, ventral; 11, retrolateral); 12 13, expanded left palp (12, prolateral; 13, retrolateral); 14, coxal hook; 15, groove on the second femur; 16, epigynum (ventral); 17 18, habitus in nature (Cochuna, Tucumán, 2011). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; p = paracymbium; pm = paramedian apophysis; t = tegulum; y = cymbium. Scale bars: (9 16) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207328/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">10</figureCitation>
). Females of
<taxonomicName id="4C52A5A3F341156DFDB7FE89FD555EA4" box="[556,673,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Micrathena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shealsi">
<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFDB7FE89FD555EA4" box="[556,673,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">M. shealsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from congeners by the absence of a scape on the epigynum (
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) and by the ventral coloration (light sternum, and depigmented median area of the abdomen venter:
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3A3D1F341156DFAF2FE6CFF275EE3" author="Levi" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" refString="Levi, H. W. (1985) The Spiny Orb-Weaver Genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 150, 429 - 618." type="journal article" year="1985">Levi 1985</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C52A5A3F341156DFF7DFE40FE4A5EFC" box="[230,446,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Micrathena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shealsi">
<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFF7DFE40FE4A5EFC" box="[230,446,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Micrathena shealsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was erroneously taken as “
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFD6AFE41FC7A5EFC" box="[753,910,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">M. nigrichelis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with scape of epigynum torn off” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3A3D1F341156DFA83FE4FFA7B5EE3" author="Levi" box="[1304,1423,439,463]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" refString="Levi, H. W. (1985) The Spiny Orb-Weaver Genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 150, 429 - 618." type="journal article" year="1985">Levi 1985</bibRefCitation>
). However, these species can be easily separated by the above-mentioned chromatic pattern (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3A3D1F341156DFB01FE24FAE65ED8" author="Levi" box="[1178,1298,476,500]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" refString="Levi, H. W. (1985) The Spiny Orb-Weaver Genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 150, 429 - 618." type="journal article" year="1985">Levi 1985</bibRefCitation>
), and by the dimensions of the cephalic region (smaller in
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFD0CFDF9FCFE5D34" box="[663,778,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">M. shealsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the latter feature is also present in males.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3488DABF341156DFF5CFDDBFC7C5924" pageId="2" pageNumber="54" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BEDDE20F341156DFF5CFDDBFAC05CC0" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFF5CFDDBFEAD5D10" bold="true" box="[199,345,547,572]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFEC4FDDCFE6C5D10" box="[351,408,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Male</emphasis>
from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856): Carapace orange (in nature—Fig. 18) or yellowish (in alcohol), black on sides and with a blackish longitudinal strip starting near the posterior eyes towards thoracic groove (
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFECCFD94FE515DA8" box="[343,421,620,644]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 8" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionTargetBox="[238,1338,196,1841]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[223,1347,195,1854]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 7, male from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856); body view (1, dorsal; 2, front; 3, ventral; 4, lateral), and palpal morphology (5, prolateral; 6, ventral; 7, retrolateral). 8, female (cleared epigynum, ventral). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; pm = paramedian apophysis; sr = seminal receptacles; t = tegulum. Scale bars: (1, 3 4) 1 mm; (2) 0.5 mm; (5 8) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207327/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFE2FFD94FE275DA8" box="[436,467,620,644]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 18" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,212,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 9 18. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 9 11, left palp (9, prolateral; 10, ventral; 11, retrolateral); 12 13, expanded left palp (12, prolateral; 13, retrolateral); 14, coxal hook; 15, groove on the second femur; 16, epigynum (ventral); 17 18, habitus in nature (Cochuna, Tucumán, 2011). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; p = paracymbium; pm = paramedian apophysis; t = tegulum; y = cymbium. Scale bars: (9 16) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207328/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">18</figureCitation>
). Very shallow dimples on each side of thoracic groove. Chelicerae pale yellow. Sternum and coxae light yellow, with dark pigment near the articulation. Legs orange-brown, first pair darker. Coxa I with hook, femur II with groove (
<figureCitation id="1369C2A5F341156DFD94FD4CFD6C5DE0" box="[527,664,692,716]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 18" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[156,1431,212,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 9 18. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 9 11, left palp (9, prolateral; 10, ventral; 11, retrolateral); 12 13, expanded left palp (12, prolateral; 13, retrolateral); 14, coxal hook; 15, groove on the second femur; 16, epigynum (ventral); 17 18, habitus in nature (Cochuna, Tucumán, 2011). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; p = paracymbium; pm = paramedian apophysis; t = tegulum; y = cymbium. Scale bars: (9 16) 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/207328/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Figs. 1415</figureCitation>
). Tibia I-II with macrosetae; ventral side of femur II with row of 89 spines. Abdomen longer than wide, rectangle-shaped, without humps; yellowish-white dorsally (slightly orange in nature) with three black marks on each side, one dark median longitudinal strip on posterior two thirds; end of abdomen black; venter between epigastric furrow and spinnerets pale yellow, spinnerets and the rest of venter black-grayish (
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). Palp with reddish-brown general color (
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). Body total length from AME to tip of abdomen 5.51; carapace length 2.10, width 1.47; sternum length 0.91, width 0.52; abdomen length 3.57, width 0.98. Leg formula I/IV/II/III. Leg lengths (I/II/III/IV): femur 2.03/1.78/1.12/2.17; patella 0.64/0.58/0.38/0.49; tibia 1.54/1.22/0.63/1.20; metatarsus 1.15/1.12/0.56/1.33; tarsus 0.63/0.63/0.35/0.66; total leg 5.99/5.33/3.04/5.85.
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(
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, MCZ 23053): See
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. Internal genitalia as in figure 8.
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFF5CFC0FFECF5B3C" bold="true" box="[199,315,1015,1040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Variation.</emphasis>
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(n=6): Body total length 4.835.51; carapace length 2.032.17, width 1.41.5; sternum width 0.500.56; abdomen length 3.013.57, width 0.871.05. Total leg (I/II/III/IV) 5.986.12/5.285.37/3.013.11/ 5.856.04.
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFF5CFB9CFE755B50" bold="true" box="[199,385,1123,1148]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Natural history</emphasis>
(
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). Males of
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were found in most cases on the upper periphery of the female webs, hanging from a silk line. In only one case, a male was found in a small orb-web located under the female site. Females of
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sometimes build their web near other female webs, forming groups (of 2 to 5 individuals) in the lower stratum of vegetation, no higher than
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. In such cases males were not observed. Ongoing ecological research (G. D. Rubio, unpublished) suggests that this species is strongly associated with the Yungas rainforest habitat.
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<emphasis id="B9260232F341156DFF5CFAC3FE1F5A78" bold="true" box="[199,491,1339,1364]" pageId="2" pageNumber="54">Geographic distribution</emphasis>
(
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).
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was only known from the
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locality “Sunchal,
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” (
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). Although
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assigned this locality to Salta Province, “Sunchal” in the latter does not fall within the rainforests region (
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); in contrast, “Sunchal” or “El Sunchal” in Tucumán Province, seems more likely for a rainforest-dwelling spider. New records here provided reveal that
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has an extensive distribution in the Yungas, corresponding to the higher altitudinal belt (~
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.) of the mountain forests and rainforests from Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy Provinces (
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).
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