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<figureCitation id="DC83514C4581E898CB58543D7CE4D7F5" captionStart="Figures 2123" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 2123. Live specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 21. Pair of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. collected to be used in feeding trials, showing color pattern of living specimens; 22, 23. Male and female living specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. each feeding on an Azteca sericeasur ant; 22. Male; 23. Female." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures21-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106093">2123</figureCitation>
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; same data as for holotype;
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,
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;
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a. s. l.
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;
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<collectingDate id="9082775114BB6B7BFFB0F7A1B1B177EB" value="2011-07-31">31 Jul. 2011</collectingDate>
</date>
; (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWLAC" xlink_title="Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, México">
<collectionCode id="A75405D094BDF23B3A7E96F43F157D11">CNAN</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
)
</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCount id="270DA72160D976A1A7767498079D2B7C" count="1" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding; (
<specimenCode id="B86BEFFE43E0D2AD2277C94503436D26">ECOTAAR-11491</specimenCode>
)
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<materialsCitation id="AB6408074AC898CF00E2CCE6F01F3F21" collectedFrom="in soil of coffee orchard" collectingDate="2011-07-31" collectingDateMax="2012-12-07" collectingDateMin="2012-10-24" collectionCode="CNAN" collectorName="L. Marin" country="Mexico" elevation="830" latitude="15.1554" location="Finca Santa Anita" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="-92.3403" municipality="Municipio de Tapachula" specimenCode="ECOTAAR- 11492" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Chiapas" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="8DC14B301AC671F57F61BAE35B6D32B3" count="1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; same data as for allotype; (
<specimenCode id="FD05E9078921620DFE4E9F708DFB81E3">ECOTAAR- 11492</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCount id="10A75E379151ACE482140DFEC636F3AC" count="1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
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,
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,
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;
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EB864E38F82DA320C9158609B08B14FC" degrees="92.3096" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-92.3096">92.3096 ° W</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
;
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<quantity id="C60981DBE3C169D908A8D573A0ABC844" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
</elevation>
;
<date id="ADFE4BA1F4D11CFFC8B18C5139C1C4A4" value="2015-10-15">
<collectingDate id="E3018D7DD8E7017608A1CEE16634C79F" value="2015-10-15">15 Oct. 2015</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectorName id="E4A661E88FC66604645E3C23B4D875C4">E. Chamé-Vázquez</collectorName>
leg.;
<collectedFrom id="A2FA1E6A6EB7CC4281261033B35F796A">in suburban cacao orchard</collectedFrom>
(
<specimenCode id="E91A10237A5C32CF9A9EDC4E4EEDA976">ECOTAAR-011498</specimenCode>
)
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ECMAC" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="662FAD73E477743FF29C56B9E232085E">
<heading id="59B8DC964018110C751FB18B5C2D2494" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08591AB85A14A97A4B2AECF93ED4B75B">The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters derived from the Spanish word for coffee plantation, “ finca cafetalera, ” where this species was first collected.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EHMAC" type="Differential diagnosis">
<paragraph id="1B6A28B867C1489A56D332D1EE1CCA7E">
<heading id="9230671B4F2AA3F749883D214C1878E3" reason="title">Differential diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B1B79C7FC73E6B9FA37E1C05939C7DA2">
Males and females differ from all other species by having most of their opisthosoma light in color with some dark patches (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="72708DD238E589AF3FE26C25BD0EAC6F" captionStart="Figures 2123" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 2123. Live specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 21. Pair of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. collected to be used in feeding trials, showing color pattern of living specimens; 22, 23. Male and female living specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. each feeding on an Azteca sericeasur ant; 22. Male; 23. Female." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures21-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106093">21</figureCitation>
), while in all other species it is mostly dark with some light patches. Males of
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<emphasis id="5F8DC57C83AF0EF23B5CC33F009E7FA5" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are similar to
<taxonomicName id="F3F7B94B04645339006E2A6C8BCD58FC" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="F4BEEC903AC88549748EE5C155A935FF" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by sharing a long apical spur, by having only two lobes (ventral and median) on the retrolateral tibial apophysis, and by having a lighter, less sclerotized, longitudinal stripe (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELNAC" xlink_title="less sclerotized stripe on tegular process">TPlss</abbrev>
) on the sclerotized tegular process (Figs
<figureCitation id="AE2166A18C797DAC8DC326868E19588C" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="6018D9BCE123DC443EDA7A88AEEB3866" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">16</figureCitation>
; figs 13 A, 14 A in
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). Males of
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<emphasis id="840CF4CD6FA3BEA312F6D6AF8DC72D17" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E00B0AF254E376FC4CBCBD96D877EF84" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differ from
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<emphasis id="E36032498DD12AC78E85DE6846D8E785" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a prominent prolateral tibial apophysis (small in
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<emphasis id="C50B8CA4153F91F5088D1F0ECE287455" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a relatively longer tibia, with the length of the prolateral margin of the tibia (including
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3OAC" xlink_title="prolateral tibial apophysis">PTA</abbrev>
) about two thirds the cymbium length on its prolateral margin (about half the cymbium length in
<taxonomicName id="3C1999772EA53EF486C3CBDCAADB07A6" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="D60726BE221846EB29156EB63CB9DE5E" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a massive cymbial retrolateral basal process (smaller in
<taxonomicName id="7101E38D4BBE377A36AB9A405318053D" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="A940084D2DE337D402FA1CF594EB4531" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
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; fig. 13 A in
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); the apical spur slender (thicker in
<taxonomicName id="42E5B6430A5164081EF4F6823B1DF527" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="4873CDE77FEF7D73BC4D7710A130D136" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and the median lobe of the
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKAAE" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
subtriangular (squared in
<taxonomicName id="8D7691383E671615CE20ED4345F533BB" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="D2EE05723BC2715C9B125E8DC9CB1305" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8D62114C45549DF55852FA62CF7C06B0" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">7</figureCitation>
; fig. 13 B in
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). The epigynum of
<taxonomicName id="CB020392C7FE6FA848AB6FF8AA9E13CB" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A9FF2814412A2CEC38FE6B7A59D1CABA" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5031A8D7B0EE1AAA168989F4C144C399" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
females is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="0DA854653EF8D0CC7EE43E4BEFA81CAE" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the posterior margin of the anterior epigynal plate procurved and close to the posterior margin of epigynum,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXBAE" xlink_title="posterior vulvar plate">PVP</abbrev>
slightly projected posteriorly (Fig.
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; fig. 14 C in
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), and dorsally by having copulatory ducts in heavily sclerotized, wide chambers (Fig.
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; fig. 14 D in
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);
<taxonomicName id="9E731171B57B58D6A835273CCBE19F4A" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F7FB7FDE6F403F99D63133903C85DFBD" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9281BC9E8F68A343E258FACDCBCA9DD2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
females differ from
<taxonomicName id="121AA74B5E0B9E2F020E97C0B9E7EB33" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="28BDE2F22A989E697D9332C52C5A8EC0" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the posterior margin of the anterior epigynal plate with a shallow notch (notch pronounced in
<taxonomicName id="9219DBA9D815ACE79644418962729E31" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="B2AF45C7B55AEAEA181E44DECE711081" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the posterior margin of the posterior vulvar plate almost straight (procurved in
<taxonomicName id="B2B445794C292CF011529FF9BA1E0951" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="8D2C83D41C617A5887A3F3CE61312060" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0C946063F9F2773933EEA43404ABC8E6" captionStart="Figures 1720" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 1720. Female epigynum of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1718. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011491); 1920. Drawings based on figures 1718; 17, 19. Ventral view; 18, 20. Dorsal view (cleared); AEP — anterior epigynal plate; CD — copulatory duct; CO — copulatory opening; ExPVP — extension of posterior vulvar plate; FD — fertilization duct; PmEP — posterior margin of the epigynal plate; PVP — posterior vulvar plate; S 1 — primary spermatheca; S 2 — secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (17)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106092">17</figureCitation>
; fig. 14 C in
<bibRefCitation id="6C8E1D85744F530AEAB8EF572F8A65A2" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.1" author="Garcia and Bonaldo" firstAuthor="Garcia" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="201-242" refId="B7" refString="García F, Bonaldo AB (2023) Taxonomic revision of the soldier spider genus Falconina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae). Zootaxa 5343 (3): 201242. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.1" title="Taxonomic revision of the soldier spider genus Falconina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae)." volume="5343" year="2023">García and Bonaldo 2023</bibRefCitation>
), in dorsal view the posterior vulvar plate wider than long (about as wide as long in
<taxonomicName id="3E43CB571868B25494A71A57A47F0AB3" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="932D8E6670B6119962E785C02C37FA37" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), with its anterior margin straight (procurved in
<taxonomicName id="A485819150BF7C8AD5C02A6D281B2BA8" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="53672ADCBEEDB73F2C254ECDAFA329D5" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), primary spermathecae separated by about four times their own diameter (separated by less than three diameters in
<taxonomicName id="030215ABDD1F693FC5795A5599247717" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="E0C364AF0850959CD92EF011C80AAE1B" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and by having secondary spermathecae inserted anteriorly in relation to primary spermathecae (secondary spermathecae inserted medially in
<taxonomicName id="4B11BD310955B7AD4639839FB72C3500" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albomaculosa">
<emphasis id="775D6C816311F72620FBA2E0A3CF7515" italics="true">F. albomaculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B7B39F3B6959974D40C09F22B85C39E0" captionStart="Figures 1720" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 1720. Female epigynum of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1718. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011491); 1920. Drawings based on figures 1718; 17, 19. Ventral view; 18, 20. Dorsal view (cleared); AEP — anterior epigynal plate; CD — copulatory duct; CO — copulatory opening; ExPVP — extension of posterior vulvar plate; FD — fertilization duct; PmEP — posterior margin of the epigynal plate; PVP — posterior vulvar plate; S 1 — primary spermatheca; S 2 — secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (17)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106092">18</figureCitation>
; fig. 14 D in
<bibRefCitation id="F3A7798672C8D958E0A81F884DCAF789" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.1" author="Garcia and Bonaldo" firstAuthor="Garcia" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="201-242" refId="B7" refString="García F, Bonaldo AB (2023) Taxonomic revision of the soldier spider genus Falconina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae). Zootaxa 5343 (3): 201242. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.1" title="Taxonomic revision of the soldier spider genus Falconina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae)." volume="5343" year="2023">García and Bonaldo 2023</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="B4C49B2CF21FDD26209781E4981FB1B3" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures1-4" ID-arpha="D88C807A-B29D-563C-9FE5-031039F56B88" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106089" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="E83E66FDD1F6E7223887302D92C52598">
<label id="623394112CE6C005085802507FA9B775">Figures 14.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6BF3B75A7C9E48541FE732C69EF3548C">
Habitus of
<taxonomicName id="F5E5B42273D262831EE40C7381120A17" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="FB7AD2573FD424C55E0DCFF456FC32F8" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AC11FD8326874B11355D54CC75427794" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="9822E0A2B97C560E07F00F8DD7F6B054" bold="true">1, 2.</emphasis>
male;
<emphasis id="95952F108361B019C2FD5E29DC7ED88E" bold="true">3, 4.</emphasis>
female;
<emphasis id="E43F8D3059A67AAC7BBCA0758D8DF240" bold="true">1, 3.</emphasis>
dorsal view;
<emphasis id="5D9DDCFC2F497AFD7B818A228B395A21" bold="true">2, 4.</emphasis>
ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis id="ADA38F8FD0B7A3A39EB8A7A8E92D9B86" bold="true">14</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="E78292A13222E66DCF1668E2A06A9471" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" ID-arpha="0A3C9C25-CB34-5253-B426-282CBF4DE35A" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="A23F872371E347D50BC2B0AE58BA1C2F">
<label id="9963E214701A9127E72CBDB48F810BF2">Figures 510.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8E163A089DF985E2924D9C9F8435C30B">
Male palp of
<taxonomicName id="A421F262558EF24026DC927657233225" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ED7C6512EE5F6737EEF4DD5066C7FECE" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4EA5CD0CDF466AE50B6CCBE74CB7EC82" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="B597179EA1C093410B93FA6B6B5C37B7" bold="true">57.</emphasis>
Field-collected specimen (
<specimenCode id="EA9DA68B35D34D70FD85D798CE929844">ECOTAAR- 011492</specimenCode>
);
<emphasis id="A39DC29D22FF73661A34838DCCC501EF" bold="true">810.</emphasis>
Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (
<specimenCode id="63F45FA991C15E789A5EAF926FB3DFF1">ECOTAAR- 011489</specimenCode>
);
<emphasis id="A6068F9A048EDBDAA2FDF8B6140E6A69" bold="true">5, 8</emphasis>
. Prolateral view;
<emphasis id="4DE0894ADDE84F1E06C11CA6BDB31166" bold="true">6, 9.</emphasis>
Ventral view;
<emphasis id="320B63D3D0FFBE24A547F33EB24A094D" bold="true">7, 10.</emphasis>
Retrolateral view;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETHAE" xlink_title="apical spur of RTA">
<emphasis id="488F16A12AF411DDCD997B5B769D7A26" bold="true">AS</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— apical spur of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXHAE" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
;
<emphasis id="297D1A68F9524A53184D6B0B2B6E295E" bold="true">C</emphasis>
— conductor;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5HAE" xlink_title="cymbium">
<emphasis id="8E85680D3DD753D2BE947BD99A5F3F1B" bold="true">Cb</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— cymbium;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDIAE" xlink_title="cymbial retrolateral basal process">
<emphasis id="71B09167E81494D7D6E91ED98F211C4A" bold="true">CRP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— cymbial retrolateral basal process;
<emphasis id="839D70BFF076DFB1F1243CF3E9E63DD8" bold="true">E</emphasis>
— embolus;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKIAE" xlink_title="embolar base">
<emphasis id="955F836D6921AC45146AC55407A39744" bold="true">EB</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— embolar base;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPIAE" xlink_title="median lobe of RTA">
<emphasis id="22FA5C07A4EDD1D06348391610A0C19E" bold="true">ML</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— median lobe of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETIAE" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYIAE" xlink_title="prolateral tibial apophysis">
<emphasis id="C9C1ACADF44C1769DBA99DF30840BDD5" bold="true">PTA</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— prolateral tibial apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4IAE" xlink_title="retrolateral process of embolar base">
<emphasis id="4B1FBA3BD56EFBFD4C486DCC5E31550A" bold="true">RPE</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— retrolateral process of embolar base;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECJAE" xlink_title="spermophore">
<emphasis id="EC2CE438A969B8603CB486BDC125620B" bold="true">Sp</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— spermophore;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHJAE" xlink_title="subtegulum">
<emphasis id="F8EE1CE50E0E27DD0DA92944B35FC9C4" bold="true">ST</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— subtegulum;
<emphasis id="681CE10892203359F1B79C09E86143A4" bold="true">T</emphasis>
— tegulum;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOJAE" xlink_title="tegular process">
<emphasis id="BE9DA7F7DC09D931C5562CD168A24E73" bold="true">TP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— tegular process;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETJAE" xlink_title="ventral lobe of RTA">
<emphasis id="206C3CCF2C3539B13CDBAFE22B24B6B7" bold="true">VL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— ventral lobe of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXJAE" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3JAE" xlink_title="ventral process of embolar base">
<emphasis id="40F406A2FC6AA505CD36A07538C8FB54" bold="true">VPE</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="D77C4A235422ACF5351B85E5872F65E7" bold="true">510</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="C517B628AA9A54E2A5ED72C096C1F3F7" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" ID-arpha="2FE79DBE-B725-5332-9236-50CF84BE17A3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="5975C7FB5ECA3ADEA47F66BE524F4256">
<label id="9316A549A41F50C55A780DE502848FF4">Figures 1116.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08778B6C18D34D3A1165E42A1EE34D16">
Expanded male palp of
<taxonomicName id="4DAB118BE152684F7D34EA90E178D23B" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="004EC1E8FFFFE6851B2B5057B7570A50" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B2AAC5D38A5D1790CFD0E4BD72727DC1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="5738F43148711B049AFFC2FAD86E1267" bold="true">1113</emphasis>
. Field-collected specimen (
<specimenCode id="E4C9151EE5A6D3F7CAF6F06CC2A4E266">ECOTAAR- 011492</specimenCode>
);
<emphasis id="51286EE6A41CA35DE2B38A9EEB38FE51" bold="true">1416.</emphasis>
Drawings based on figures
<emphasis id="F44C405A48B9EBA82C233938D06A02AD" bold="true">1113</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="981BDD526B120FC2F8FA15DF22304142" bold="true">11, 14.</emphasis>
Prolateral view;
<emphasis id="3F10615E053BF08E9DA6E6A5E522C748" bold="true">12, 15.</emphasis>
Ventral view;
<emphasis id="DF30CAE149A64D7CBB27D12774963987" bold="true">13, 16.</emphasis>
Retrolateral view;
<emphasis id="C68351ED2C50B3FCBA24CA25774F3BE6" bold="true">C</emphasis>
— conductor;
<emphasis id="918B24FA6CBF2F079EA858BE9601301F" bold="true">E</emphasis>
— embolus;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELLAE" xlink_title="embolar base">
<emphasis id="08501E3F39982E47691A2C3BC3E19420" bold="true">EB</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— embolar base;
<emphasis id="D71A17557C5360CDD25921F3A32EF6A1" bold="true">H</emphasis>
— hematodocha;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESLAE" xlink_title="petiole">
<emphasis id="79A80F40672C726DB7922290A427A006" bold="true">Pe</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— petiole;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXLAE" xlink_title="retrolateral process of embolar base">
<emphasis id="69699735F279B64037A54003A7026962" bold="true">RPE</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— retrolateral process of embolar base;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3LAE" xlink_title="subtegulum">
<emphasis id="EE7D8BFAB8267027F98DAC81516A919E" bold="true">ST</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— subtegulum;
<emphasis id="797B401B2872A471D25A4417BB5B2EBB" bold="true">T</emphasis>
— tegulum;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDMAE" xlink_title="tegular process">
<emphasis id="02526E081B9FDDCE1AE66A897086BA76" bold="true">TP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— tegular process;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIMAE" xlink_title="ventral process of embolar base">
<emphasis id="7579D01F23F31959153170F827EAD561" bold="true">VPE</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— ventral process of embolar base.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ERMAE" type="description">
<paragraph id="C2AA7D63D90F0D6C405C55298F0D9FBC">
<heading id="1ED9C206557A7F1AD29FD2103F7DF5F5" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1FF10BA26D5F063CB1D4D762329982B3">
<emphasis id="D0EE928BCE5317DFE8413B83A09E574E" bold="true">
Male (
<typeStatus id="6671D261BB0706D75CF458CE5236621B" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
).
<emphasis id="DB096F366AEC5EF1CD616136467A490B" bold="true" italics="true">Color pattern and habitus</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Carapace dark brown, pars thoracica lighter, eyes surrounded by narrow black rings; chelicerae dark brown, labium and endites brown, distal margins of endites white; sternum light brown with brown margin; palpal trochanter to patella light brown, tibia dark brown, cymbium brown; legs: coxa, trochanter yellowish brown, femur to metatarsus dark brown, with dorsal lighter patches, tarsus light brown; opisthosoma orange (light yellow in ethanol), with two small oval black patches at the sides of anterior half, a thick, transversal black band at posterior half, with a thin, transverse orange (light-yellow in ethanol) line near its posterior margin, the thick black band continues to the sides, narrowing, posteriorly directed, surrounding the spinnerets, dorsum with an orange (yellow in ethanol), narrow, coriaceous dorsal scutum on the anterior two thirds (Figs
<figureCitation id="7AD2A54185C4E23C417D5BFED7696A38" captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 14. Habitus of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1, 2. male; 3, 4. female; 1, 3. dorsal view; 2, 4. ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (14)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106089">12</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="9FB5C87BFD7A6D18B736BCA26DD83B6A" captionStart="Figures 2123" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 2123. Live specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 21. Pair of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. collected to be used in feeding trials, showing color pattern of living specimens; 22, 23. Male and female living specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. each feeding on an Azteca sericeasur ant; 22. Male; 23. Female." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures21-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106093">21</figureCitation>
). Carapace mostly glabrous, with very short, sparse, translucid setae, with a few sparse long setae on the ocular area; fovea longitudinal; chelicera geniculate, with prominent cheliceral boss, anterior face with abundant small tubercles supporting small erect setae and a few sparse long setae, promargin of cheliceral furrow with rows of long bristles, with three teeth (second tooth largest), retromargin with four teeth; sternum with scattered small tubercles and a few long, scattered setae. Dorsum of opisthosoma covered with abundant, small, translucid setae, darker over and around the black patches, with scattered long setae, venter with abundant, small, gray setae (Figs
<figureCitation id="3959F103F7ECCA0E32B1795469E5736A" captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 14. Habitus of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1, 2. male; 3, 4. female; 1, 3. dorsal view; 2, 4. ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (14)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106089">12</figureCitation>
). Metatarsi III IV with dense preening brush.
<emphasis id="64B9EDDDD4170E9C5F80C69A66302A3B" bold="true">
<emphasis id="9461F47DAC59AC211738AE44FEEDC332" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Total length 5.94; carapace length 2.81, width 2.25, sternum length 1.45, width 1.40; opisthosoma length 3.05, width 2.16. Anterior, posterior eye rows procurved; anterior median eyes largest, separated by a little less their diameter; anterior eye row width 0.76, posterior eye row width 0.90; median ocular quadrangle length 0.40, anterior width 0.46, posterior width 0.44; clypeus height 0.28.
<emphasis id="97FC27C837E038AF8A62047C00FC954D" bold="true">
<emphasis id="1AAA27F4E8398A7919AA4DCDB1D3BFE4" bold="true" italics="true">Legs measurements</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
I total 9.04 (femur 2.40 / patella 1.00 / tibia 2.20 / metatarsus 1.84 / tarsus 1.60); II 8.04 (2.32 / 0.92 / 1.84 / 1.76 / 1.20); III 7.57 (2.06 / 0.76 / 1.55 / 1.84 / 1.36); IV 9.97 (2.60 / 0.91 / 2.12 / 2.76 / 1.58). Leg formula 4123.
<emphasis id="424BE48F93C3EBF652090E94C426DFD4" bold="true">
<emphasis id="0A095862DA5711295D0828210B3FBE78" bold="true" italics="true">Legs spination</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Femora: I d 1-1, p 0-0 - 1; II d 1-1, p 0-0 - 2; III IV d 1-1 - 1, p 0-1 - 1, r 0-0 - 1; tibiae: I v 4-4 - 4; II v 4-4, p 1; III IV d 0-0 - 1, p 1-0 - 1, r 1-0 - 1, v 2-2 - 2; metatarsi: I II v 2-2; III IV p 1-1, r 1-1, v 2-2 - 2.
<emphasis id="412CC8738A188BFAF6B1DB9DFDCDFBCA" bold="true">
<emphasis id="DB38B6E253F76712B2E65C6EA2E4C465" bold="true" italics="true">Male Palp</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Tibia heavily sclerotized, conoid, wider than long, its length about two thirds the cymbium length, with a rounded, prolateral apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYNAE" xlink_title="prolateral tibial apophysis">
<collectionCode id="1ADE23B284A0D659BD663E5644B383D9">PTA</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) conspicuous, distally oriented,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3NAE" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
bilobed, with a massive, subtriangular, median lobe (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAOAE" xlink_title="median lobe of RTA">
<collectionCode id="9E6A0C4CAB1F17011646C9AEAE995219" country="France" name="Musee de Lectoure">ML</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) projected retrodistally, concave on its inner face, and with a smaller ventral lobe (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEOAE" xlink_title="ventral lobe of RTA">
<collectionCode id="B9DB18BC69D597800775FAD045604691">VL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) with conical base, its retrolateral face membranous, where arises a long, straight, thin apical spur (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIOAE" xlink_title="apical spur of RTA">
<collectingCountry id="3F73EEB303A9DFD7D6ABAD5A830B19E2" name="American Samoa">AS</collectingCountry>
</abbrev>
) pointing ventrodistally, its tip slightly sinuous (Figs
<figureCitation id="C9228BE16B820A6FD1251B1F3D53F644" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">57</figureCitation>
). Cymbium (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQOAE" xlink_title="cymbium">Cb</abbrev>
) about twice as long as wide, with a heavily sclerotized, wide, squared, prolateral basal process, having a shallow grove facing the
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUOAE" xlink_title="prolateral tibial apophysis">PTA</abbrev>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="FCCC94453562C33FD75DB5BD9CAAC3EF" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">89</figureCitation>
); with a massive, heavily sclerotized cymbial retrolateral basal process (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAPAE" xlink_title="cymbial retrolateral basal process">
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</abbrev>
) much extended proximally, opposite to
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEPAE" xlink_title="median lobe of RTA">ML</abbrev>
, subquadrate, somewhat ear-like in ventral view (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="5AE7D5878CBE7EB14C13CA28CF864143" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">7</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5D09789222BC3C053F59874A78E43EAD" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">9</figureCitation>
), its dorsal face convex, its ventral face concave (Figs
<figureCitation id="E9443FBB98CEDFABD4C2017B9B24A74F" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="DBA554AEBBB020B684835C89FD71E1B5" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">9</figureCitation>
). Bulb structures heavily sclerotized, subtegulum (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3PAE" xlink_title="subtegulum">ST</abbrev>
) long, partially visible on prolateral view (Figs
<figureCitation id="9030C709FDCE700A0525113AE4ABBE95" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="53358ACD9688E30AE37A9A7419252A69" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">8</figureCitation>
), completely visible in the expanded bulb (Figs
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), in which is also visible the petiole (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMQAE" xlink_title="petiole">Pe</abbrev>
), as a slightly sclerotized rectangular plate at the dorsal part of alveolus, united to the basal hematodocha (Fig.
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,
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). The spermophore (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYQAE" xlink_title="spermophore">Sp</abbrev>
) occupies the basal half of bulb; tegulum (
<collectionCode id="60B1B263BB69327AE5881236A1D1A9FC" name="Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics">T</collectionCode>
) convex, occupying almost all width of alveolus, narrowed on its proximal margin (Figs
<figureCitation id="0CB04AEB9D320FDAEA9DA1D4857F5645" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">510</figureCitation>
), prolonged distally as a prolateral, laminar tegular process (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EARAE" xlink_title="tegular process">
<collectionCode id="AB9DC2D86952B0FB3EDA35C36F8F8BED">TP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
), longer than wide, subrectangular, slightly convex, with a longitudinal, lighter, less sclerotized stripe (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EERAE" xlink_title="less sclerotized stripe on tegular process">TPlss</abbrev>
), its distal prolateral corner rounded, its distal retrolateral corner pointed, its retrolateral margin (next to the less sclerotized stripe) hidden by the ventral process of the embolar base (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIRAE" xlink_title="ventral process of embolar base">
<collectionCode id="D3EDF81B4A3E5ACDC4AF3327F5D98C70">VPE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="C86B49B9DAE8B1A62C5AB9DCAA6BCF62" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E46A333CD2758C23E46B60B08C4975ED" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="2130FC708213E288F1AC8C44587A4431" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">9</figureCitation>
); embolar base (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3RAE" xlink_title="embolar base">
<collectionCode id="39875EF7CBD8D5350DE6E1822F982108">EB</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) rounded, heavily sclerotized, arising on the dorsal, distal tegulum, in ventral view hidden by the tegular process, in prolateral view between subtegulum and tegular process (Figs
<figureCitation id="A32DAD89C1E0B197B8356688AE374161" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="67890C4F5579049CFB417A205F3120C3" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">8</figureCitation>
); embolus (E) starting on the ventral side of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EISAE" xlink_title="embolar base">EB</abbrev>
, spine-like, angled at mid length (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="E73B34841A17D9FE3675145C47E3605B" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">10</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="384E9B98AE912D7B6A1723AAA5ED0948" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">1116</figureCitation>
), embolar base with two processes beyond embolus, a short, blunt retrolateral process (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYSAE" xlink_title="retrolateral process of embolar base">
<collectionCode id="5C613CE782143ED5F0022751605712C2">RPE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) (Figs
<figureCitation id="B28DFF9658FBBE9F96EE7E3FB3D4135E" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A9368A4FD70400E9B06FFB4A3382E5AE" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="082C81E7CF930BA371643B444B6AB96C" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">9</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="8B35F4BF6103A48328D534664A7C9821" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">10</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="534C15B432F031EAA9A459E4CD1253F6" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">12</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="E2E59B9DE4925ED2475D69DA9E9FF058" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">13</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="36BEA4FA745DC80B6C14FF824BF18308" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">15</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="9309BF2E97AA5DBF000F60B097BCAD92" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">16</figureCitation>
), and a greatly developed U-shaped ventral process (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3TAE" xlink_title="ventral process of embolar base">
<collectionCode id="38E269AFA467A321D6C18AAC2BD5D59B">VPE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) issuing from
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAUAE" xlink_title="embolar base">EB</abbrev>
, proximally directed, overlapping the distal-retrolateral area of the tegulum, then making an U-twist (Figs
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<figureCitation id="07A03855AE66D4F5CFB9B2A47094102F" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">10</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="1400B5143E79FADBD8637E1FAFA50374" captionStart="Figures 1116" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 1116. Expanded male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1113. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 1416. Drawings based on figures 1113; 11, 14. Prolateral view; 12, 15. Ventral view; 13, 16. Retrolateral view; C — conductor; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; H — hematodocha; Pe — petiole; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VPE — ventral process of embolar base." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures11-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106091">16</figureCitation>
), widening to form a heavily sclerotized, convex, subtriangular plate distally oriented, adjacent and overlapping the retrolateral margin of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUUAE" xlink_title="tegular process">TP</abbrev>
, in ventral view hiding the E and part of the
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYUAE" xlink_title="embolar base">EB</abbrev>
(Figs
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); conductor (C) membranous, slender, sinuous, arising from the distal, retrolateral corner of T, flattened and slightly widened distally, ending in front of embolus tip (Figs
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<figureCitation id="47858B38CB5FAB21F5393FE934548C6E" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="E104D7AA2937FDDD75ED4BDBD5190CA3" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">9</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="1024576F5D5AA6D37C106F79EEFA39FB" captionStart="Figures 510" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 510. Male palp of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 57. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011492); 810. Laboratory-reared specimen recently molted (ECOTAAR- 011489); 5, 8. Prolateral view; 6, 9. Ventral view; 7, 10. Retrolateral view; AS — apical spur of RTA; C — conductor; Cb — cymbium; CRP — cymbial retrolateral basal process; E — embolus; EB — embolar base; ML — median lobe of RTA; PTA — prolateral tibial apophysis; RPE — retrolateral process of embolar base; Sp — spermophore; ST — subtegulum; T — tegulum; TP — tegular process; VL — ventral lobe of RTA; VPE — ventral process of embolar base. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (510)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures5-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106090">10</figureCitation>
,
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,
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).
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<paragraph id="C00E15CD3134DB7798CD1852DFF06C8B">
<label id="505DA83BF7743DD825A5B7C21FAFD53C">Figures 1720.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6DBE721DBFA95E81900E11E07C1AC110">
Female epigynum of
<taxonomicName id="79842F498FD2FBC02A705325BE056063" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="06F36ADEC9F26BA5E66B25CB2156F9AE" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="869FFD5A15E2DA6304327B192255067B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="52AF66B2693E9594BABB25DC0B1B6834" bold="true">1718.</emphasis>
Field-collected specimen (
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);
<emphasis id="5711B3DCD0718B5891295B87692306B7" bold="true">1920.</emphasis>
Drawings based on figures
<emphasis id="52FFACB5095BFDEFBE31F31F28784701" bold="true">1718</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="978F6D413295907F99CECC592B740B25" bold="true">17, 19.</emphasis>
Ventral view;
<emphasis id="1EA6871171843FF09F877EA5D492BBFA" bold="true">18, 20.</emphasis>
Dorsal view (cleared);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1WAE" xlink_title="anterior epigynal plate">
<emphasis id="69AFB78DC711DF337DE7F4EBE5E7BDEC" bold="true">AEP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— anterior epigynal plate;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6WAE" xlink_title="copulatory duct">
<emphasis id="BD00D52DF894DB7A0411C77E77B70FBF" bold="true">CD</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— copulatory duct;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEXAE" xlink_title="copulatory opening">
<emphasis id="4CD2E679E8C4089A876D3E40BE209EEC" bold="true">CO</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— copulatory opening;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJXAE" xlink_title="extension of posterior vulvar plate">
<emphasis id="D2BD798521552CC261B7D1B4442983C4" bold="true">ExPVP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— extension of posterior vulvar plate;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOXAE" xlink_title="fertilization duct">
<emphasis id="B239E64B343114C7D733879E931CC990" bold="true">FD</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— fertilization duct;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETXAE" xlink_title="posterior margin of the epigynal plate">
<emphasis id="382CBD1AA83FE7C4EBBBA891DED491DE" bold="true">PmEP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— posterior margin of the epigynal plate;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYXAE" xlink_title="posterior vulvar plate">
<emphasis id="18A8AE144A34D7C8A2E11F203294C095" bold="true">PVP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— posterior vulvar plate;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4XAE" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">
<emphasis id="DDDBB203A9C87CC3CF9BB58CA682091F" bold="true">S 1</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— primary spermatheca;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECYAE" xlink_title="secondary spermatheca">
<emphasis id="F489A5BF04D9705A5878BD0B28902DF6" bold="true">S 2</emphasis>
</abbrev>
— secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="3C9D1B7F9303EB7B4C66EB1690641D87" bold="true">17</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="FC3EBB3E2A3C310EA17F5951C3441C89" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures21-23" ID-arpha="66A46321-D532-51FD-9790-B23508EDA9EA" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106093" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="E86217A1DE95D45E78EEFCBF430D173D">
<label id="21D4318599A5A1B6AF27A1B11355ED3A">Figures 2123.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="961ED0079E3687423E1730863FDEB5DE">
Live specimens of
<taxonomicName id="D5CC105E2C99D7FEF1086617042B37E0" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A780A938D693F232962C2CB81095C6DB" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7D71965386775E2F5755DB803BCBA5B3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="57F74FE9E76A7CB792AC856544F8CD1C" bold="true">21.</emphasis>
Pair of
<taxonomicName id="BAB6BF77844E4658947D5FA75EA344D4" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="18686F7D42990116942F3EC128E0E823" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8052597E8FB449B2892BACD3FA856A71" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
collected to be used in feeding trials, showing color pattern of living specimens;
<emphasis id="C8673EFC7A2F433392BD32E66C1B419B" bold="true">22, 23.</emphasis>
Male and female living specimens of
<taxonomicName id="19A5E4E05CA856E8E6628D8B2E4A4402" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1E34C4967EBA452AC0A7045671633932" italics="true">Falconina cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0C540522AE40744679727702E4BE27F6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
each feeding on an
<taxonomicName id="5DA45E7D00D9B6F3720923603DE5F57E" authorityName="Longino" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">
<emphasis id="72C7AEC5286C7E631F337F215BBC5BD7" italics="true">Azteca sericeasur</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ant;
<emphasis id="C8384982B87DCC707CF45D3D9CFCB190" bold="true">22.</emphasis>
Male;
<emphasis id="B8B6C1FEF8AEF538AF4D0118690A7D5D" bold="true">23.</emphasis>
Female.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="D24D9D68CB52E01A490CFF580348323F">
<emphasis id="46790F8AB79E6A04F2E458F0DEBD0B83" bold="true">
Female (
<typeStatus id="581FDB75E7263EC3B4DF286212020B4A" type="allotype">allotype</typeStatus>
).
</emphasis>
Color pattern as in male, except palpal tibia, tarsus brown, tip of tarsi light brown; opisthosoma without dorsal scutum, posterior thick transversal black band with two middle, orange (light yellow in ethanol), threadlike chevrons (Figs
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).
<emphasis id="C15763C5FCB65EFA353CA993B46F1C33" bold="true">
<emphasis id="4BEC752437511CC7D34F32EBB073432E" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Total length 5.32; carapace length 2.40, width 1.90, sternum length 1.27, width 1.20; opisthosoma length 2.92, width 2.20. Anterior eye row width 0.68, posterior eye row width 0.78; median ocular quadrangle length 0.34, anterior width 0.36, posterior width 0.38; clypeus height 0.18.
<emphasis id="E485F9B2F1FE2D5F24FF1F462209FE45" bold="true">
<emphasis id="4E4FD79EF6BB370A0181A79FF1171BA5" bold="true" italics="true">Legs measurements</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
I total 6.20 + (2.10 / 0.84 / 1.80 / 1.46 / lacking); II 7.03 (1.98 / 0.78 / 1.61 / 1.40 / 1.26); III 6.45 (1.80 / 0.61 / 1.43 / 1.65 / 0.96); IV 8.74 (2.28 / 0.79 / 1.91 / 2.44 / 1.32).
<emphasis id="F27216B00E417EC5178FE1E60660BB89" bold="true">
<emphasis id="E2AA1850F0E2BE5AC5C0540F278029FB" bold="true" italics="true">Leg spination</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
As in male, except femora: II d 1-1, p 0-0 - 1; IV d 1-1 - 1, p 1-0 - 1, r 0-0 - 1; tibiae: II v 4-4, p 2; IV p 1-0 - 1, r 1-0 - 1, v 2-2 - 2; metatarsus: III p 1-1 - 1, r 1-1 - 1, v 2-2 - 1 r.
<emphasis id="C61736FA597EBBD961353355C27EA25A" bold="true">
<emphasis id="D5D24699222E7728DBD34CA3B848CA42" bold="true" italics="true">Female genitalia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Epigynum heavily sclerotized, wider than long, maximum width at posterior half; anterior plate (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG2AE" xlink_title="anterior epigynal plate">
<collectionCode id="85532D6D4753A3D440830DD3358F3718">AEP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) occupying about nine-tenths of epigynum length, posterior margin (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK2AE" xlink_title="posterior margin of the epigynal plate">PmEP</abbrev>
) procurved, close to posterior margin of posterior vulvar plate (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO2AE" xlink_title="posterior vulvar plate">
<collectionCode id="C44B0E3E76D70AE9439DFF3C748F8E30">PVP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
), with a median, small, copulatory opening (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES2AE" xlink_title="copulatory opening">CO</abbrev>
) partially covered by a shallow hood (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="604223C5917948528DE6AD8092A54C85" captionStart="Figures 1720" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 1720. Female epigynum of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1718. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011491); 1920. Drawings based on figures 1718; 17, 19. Ventral view; 18, 20. Dorsal view (cleared); AEP — anterior epigynal plate; CD — copulatory duct; CO — copulatory opening; ExPVP — extension of posterior vulvar plate; FD — fertilization duct; PmEP — posterior margin of the epigynal plate; PVP — posterior vulvar plate; S 1 — primary spermatheca; S 2 — secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (17)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106092">19</figureCitation>
); with posterior margin of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E52AE" xlink_title="posterior vulvar plate">PVP</abbrev>
almost straight, slightly projected over epigastric furrow, occupying about four-fifths of epigynum width (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="6637A6510DB992C547421A3E9B8B5F1E" captionStart="Figures 1720" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 1720. Female epigynum of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1718. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011491); 1920. Drawings based on figures 1718; 17, 19. Ventral view; 18, 20. Dorsal view (cleared); AEP — anterior epigynal plate; CD — copulatory duct; CO — copulatory opening; ExPVP — extension of posterior vulvar plate; FD — fertilization duct; PmEP — posterior margin of the epigynal plate; PVP — posterior vulvar plate; S 1 — primary spermatheca; S 2 — secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (17)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106092">19</figureCitation>
); dorsally, vulva with a wider than long, subrectangular
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK3AE" xlink_title="posterior vulvar plate">PVP</abbrev>
occupying the posterior two-fifths of epigynum, having anterolateral sclerotized extensions (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO3AE" xlink_title="extension of posterior vulvar plate">ExPVP</abbrev>
) joined to primary spermathecae (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES3AE" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">S 1</abbrev>
) (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="F2C04AFC2E11ED161A57D1952B011EA0" captionStart="Figures 1720" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 1720. Female epigynum of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1718. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011491); 1920. Drawings based on figures 1718; 17, 19. Ventral view; 18, 20. Dorsal view (cleared); AEP — anterior epigynal plate; CD — copulatory duct; CO — copulatory opening; ExPVP — extension of posterior vulvar plate; FD — fertilization duct; PmEP — posterior margin of the epigynal plate; PVP — posterior vulvar plate; S 1 — primary spermatheca; S 2 — secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (17)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106092">20</figureCitation>
); copulatory ducts (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E53AE" xlink_title="copulatory duct">
<collectionCode id="057F9BDBD21A22AB2DD0E2DB14533696">CD</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) visible in the cleared epigynum, long, slender, widening distally, ducts inside heavily sclerotized wide chambers, about half as long as epigynum, almost contiguous, ending at about one-tenth of anterior epigynum margin, where emerges on each, an anteriorly, small, globular secondary spermatheca (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EC4AE" xlink_title="secondary spermatheca">S 2</abbrev>
), separated one from the other by about five diameters, followed posteriorly by an elliptic, disk-like
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG4AE" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">S 1</abbrev>
, just lateral and closely joined to the anterior end of each wide chamber, separated one from the other by about three diameters, its width about two diameters that of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK4AE" xlink_title="secondary spermatheca">S 2</abbrev>
; fertilization duct (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO4AE" xlink_title="fertilization duct">
<collectionCode id="99D6A35D1C651E357C9D9F2D0230C348">FD</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) short, arc-shaped, sclerotized, originating on the posterior margin of each
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES4AE" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">S 1</abbrev>
, lateral to the point where extensions of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EW4AE" xlink_title="posterior vulvar plate">PVP</abbrev>
join to
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E14AE" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">S 1</abbrev>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="260CB451CB0A1F7198C68D0A14526AAA" captionStart="Figures 1720" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 1720. Female epigynum of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 1718. Field-collected specimen (ECOTAAR- 011491); 1920. Drawings based on figures 1718; 17, 19. Ventral view; 18, 20. Dorsal view (cleared); AEP — anterior epigynal plate; CD — copulatory duct; CO — copulatory opening; ExPVP — extension of posterior vulvar plate; FD — fertilization duct; PmEP — posterior margin of the epigynal plate; PVP — posterior vulvar plate; S 1 — primary spermatheca; S 2 — secondary spermatheca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (17)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures17-20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106092">20</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EG5AE" type="variation">
<paragraph id="A1D23D4BECD0F6388A2F5DE8C57B6066">
<heading id="4E61707A2E753C56D96771FAF7CF68DF" reason="title">Variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="27FD24310206E5AD0B2A2BFF69AEC9C2">
<emphasis id="FF61792E1EE1C56E20F52031F4558B47" bold="true" italics="true">Males</emphasis>
(n = 7): total body length 4.886.60; carapace length 2.423.00; carapace width 2.082.38; leg I: femur 2.302.63, patella 0.901.06, tibia 2.052.44, metatarsus 1.781.97, tarsus 1.491.90; leg IV: femur 2.482.78, patella 0.851.03, tibia 2.022.28, metatarsus 2.653.04, tarsus 1.491.70.
<emphasis id="82864D68945D885E60717A357EA4F108" bold="true" italics="true">Females</emphasis>
(n = 3): total body length 5.225.76; carapace length 2.302.44; carapace width 1.771.96; leg I: femur 1.952.10, patella 0.710.84, tibia 1.671.80, metatarsus 1.371.46, tarsus 1.241.25; leg IV: femur 1.962.28, patella 0.720.79, tibia 1.641.91, metatarsus 2.202.44, tarsus 1.211.32.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EU5AE" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="25DF97DA352102C49851CA657FB0CFB5">
<heading id="FC916F258AEEAEFFB1E6B8DE06FC3A4D" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CEAE4D28D5B39CEC5B481C4D509A29CD">
Known only from the collection localities in
<collectingRegion id="09263DC83F74FF29080B0AC755F87857" country="Mexico" name="Chiapas">Chiapas</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="C2FC63B98E9CAA8FEEE39123E819D541" name="Mexico">México</collectingCountry>
. This is the first record for a
<taxonomicName id="3EFB63285AA3A82627BF497700FDA900">
<emphasis id="BF8476B5653BFA40331D6C9B23293D76" italics="true">Falconina</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="BB067CBAEE3B75EB7541BD8ED1FB8ECB" name="Mexico">Mexico</collectingCountry>
and the northernmost native species of this genus in continental America.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EB6AE" type="Field observations and rearing trials">
<paragraph id="3E1A49F81B3186FBF4129A42389FD4C3">
<heading id="EB1A56A9DF899FC92905063EC638BD03" reason="title">Field observations and rearing trials.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0291F7E87D7D9F59119DFB61F4442D25">
In the coffee plantations, specimens of
<taxonomicName id="1F77AFDDE65C4C2FF1F584AB86D41742" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="4FAE2CABD20A18C9DEB1A190D5BCF43D" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2463C05B8B47D3F23C1AF4ADC76E7F9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
were observed wandering in tree trunks with
<taxonomicName id="0BC7101D5227497664C741505379A4CD" authority="Longino, 2007" authorityName="Longino" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">
<emphasis id="20D9213ED19022C2DD626ADF958A9BF0" italics="true">Azteca sericeasur</emphasis>
Longino, 2007
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="A9BC20FC65C39D3DC705380ADBEE25B9" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Formicidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="E32C64CEEF82D2B0B05F75FC5A4FEF76" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Dolichoderinae">Dolichoderinae</taxonomicName>
) nests (at heights between 1 and
<quantity id="AB661D56EF6C4D2E7CE8A163E4BE1F67" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="1.6">1.6 m</quantity>
above the ground) or in the soil leaf litter accumulated at the base of those trees, but rarely far away from trees with ant nests. In order to corroborate that
<taxonomicName id="C958B6C37EE6DCC6A8AFA498131270DB" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9FF5FD6F7C503D0116312C62CC3B2B55" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C06C65481FCFA3F4ECA5DE5F1B44951F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
lives in close proximity with
<taxonomicName id="5DCFE6BBE9525E3AF448688AC43D96E2" authorityName="Longino" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">
<emphasis id="A177B0177216ED5BC3945AA906E02F36" italics="true">A. sericeasur</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ants, nests of these ants were disturbed by stirring a fine stick into them. After the disturbance, active
<taxonomicName id="1C20052AE42A600A005E87B93B0F9D30" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BF1998CF03BFCA6A40CA768BE0CF0D5D" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="50C5165BBDF4F878B46F70D8695120EB" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
spiders were observed coming out of the nests along with some excited ants; however, when ants were very close to spiders, these tended to evade them. In order to test whether
<taxonomicName id="BF4597E74C2B84FD94A6FFE5BA18977B" authorityName="Ibarra-Núñez &amp; Marín" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Corinnidae" genus="Falconina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cafetera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="33F9B6FC1FC3C6B8F9D27E6A15B95D82" italics="true">F. cafetera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="51E90DB10B4820386354656B4F75642F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
consumed
<taxonomicName id="EA81576E17B74B32BB6939CA928E2C8D" authorityName="Longino" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">
<emphasis id="4BB50B124225B0C011ABB6A2228A9442" italics="true">A. sericeasur</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
individuals, feeding trials were carried out at Finca Irlanda. For these trials, 18 spiders were captured alive (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3337C3E873F8133CC38C845FB551E3D6" captionStart="Figures 2123" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 2123. Live specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 21. Pair of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. collected to be used in feeding trials, showing color pattern of living specimens; 22, 23. Male and female living specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. each feeding on an Azteca sericeasur ant; 22. Male; 23. Female." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures21-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106093">21</figureCitation>
), and each spider was put into a 1 - liter plastic container with approximately 25
<taxonomicName id="36E6F308C1A9D7997B3505B4856FAB81" authorityName="Longino" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">
<emphasis id="7FD77B4861C20334F7C704D62AFB0CA6" italics="true">A. sericeasur</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ants. After 24 hours, we found 11 ants dead, and two spiders were observed with an ant on their chelicerae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C5EB6D67FEDB7B308C6A9D57FAF90F69" captionStart="Figures 2123" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 2123. Live specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. 21. Pair of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. collected to be used in feeding trials, showing color pattern of living specimens; 22, 23. Male and female living specimens of Falconina cafetera sp. nov. each feeding on an Azteca sericeasur ant; 22. Male; 23. Female." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.127612.figures21-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1106093">2223</figureCitation>
). However, we do not know if the spiders preyed on alive, healthy ants or consumed dead or injured ants. Additionally,
<specimenCount id="4574614D6A03BB6C4295883A86AA4C68" count="6" type="juvenile">six juvenile</specimenCount>
spiders were collected alive and reared at the Colección de Arácnidos del Sureste de
<collectingRegion id="6982635E0EACADBA977D14C9E6EB624E" country="Mexico" name="Mexico">México</collectingRegion>
(
<quantity id="7C5702B3FB33AEE1110102944F4528FC" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" unit="km" value="32.0">32 km</quantity>
away from the coffee plantations, without the availability of
<taxonomicName id="C433B7937AD9F6EE6DD6F49165BB2479" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7C229655A5CEB33E6D2D438AD9820C78" italics="true">Azteca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ants). These juveniles were offered
<specimenCount id="6ED49D6F60E5CB4A61F27C9E43CFA717" count="2" type="generic" typeStatus="types">two types</specimenCount>
of prey. For the first two weeks, each juvenile received two
<taxonomicName id="4B47C7414BC51DDF6901832EC30B82FF" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="4460E41B033B6A00D1489211E5E6D41A" italics="true">Camponotus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
Mayr, 1861 ants (
<taxonomicName id="905F0358CD9541C56C1747A336B69F98" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Formicidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="AE5E3B30DDBC500EA41E31DD8A49A0E6" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Formicinae">Formicinae</taxonomicName>
). Every two days, the spiders accepted the
<taxonomicName id="4354FFF973156654C2BAD8E00C2B84DA" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E160E7AFBE48622D7756AD74C777DD00" italics="true">Camponotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ants as prey. Later, in lack of ants, one
<taxonomicName id="99BB432F3206366487917131CB7C9AE1" class="Insecta" family="Tephritidae" genus="Anastrepha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="E8877CC2BD412CD078F406271F39571B" italics="true">Anastrepha</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
Schiner, 1868 fruit fly (
<taxonomicName id="324815708BDB796D030A669FCB0AA22F" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Diptera</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9BD6533A249C72037BC8B3353597A8F" class="Insecta" family="Tephritidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Tephritidae</taxonomicName>
) was offered to each of these juveniles every three days; all flies were accepted as prey. All laboratory-reared individuals (except one that escaped its cage) reached adulthood.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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