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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FF28FBB6FE0DFBA8" bold="true" box="[151,410,1042,1068]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Aculepeira morenoae</emphasis>
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)
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female (MACN-Ar 28655; temporary preparation GDR-0245) from Campos del Tuyú National Park (36º21´24.3˝S, 56º51´38.7˝W,
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a.s.l.), General Lavalle, Buenos Aires Province,
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,
<date id="FFB01044FFFF1826FF28FB61FEE2FB59" box="[151,373,1221,1245]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549" value="2012-03-24" valueMax="2012-03-26" valueMin="2012-03-24">2426 March 2012</date>
, G. Rubio, L. Piacentini and M. Izquierdo coll.
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: same data, one male (MACN-Ar 28656; temporary preparation GDR-0244), one male (MACN-Ar 28657; temporary preparation GDR-0242), one female (MACN-Ar 28658; temporary preparation GDR-0247, LNP-4192[tissue sample]), one female and two immatures (MACN-Ar 28659; temporary preparation GDR-0243).
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FF76FAF1FE9FFAE9" bold="true" box="[201,264,1365,1389]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Note.</emphasis>
The female was selected as
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because in the revisions of American
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the 86% of species have female
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, and the greatest diversity of shapes is illustrated in the epigyna (see Levi 1991), thus provides more accurate diagnostic comparisons than males.
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FF76FA66FED8FA5E" bold="true" box="[201,335,1474,1498]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is a patronymic in honor to Dr. Claudia E. Moreno, ecologist of Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo,
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.
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Female and male of
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FD62F9AEFC88F9A6" bold="true" box="[733,799,1546,1570]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">n. sp.</emphasis>
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(
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,
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) resembles
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FBDCF9ADFB68F9A5" box="[1123,1279,1545,1569]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">A. albovittata</emphasis>
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in having an elongate abdomen and a triangle-shaped scape (Levi 1991: figs 560, 562), and a sickle-shaped terminal apophysis respectively (Levi 1991: figs 563) (
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,
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,
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FD51F9F5FC99F9ED" box="[750,782,1617,1641]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 30" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1792,1815]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,193,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1771]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 24 30. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp SEM. 24, retrolateral-ventral; 25, retrolateral; 26, dorsal; 27, apical; 28 30, close up views (28, median apophysis; 29 30, dentate end of median apophysis. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221078/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">27</figureCitation>
); also, male resembles
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Álvares, Loyola &amp; De Maria 2005
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by having median apophysis with a similar dentate structure in its retrolateral end (Álvares
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FAA2F9D2FAD9F909" box="[1309,1358,1653,1677]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">et al</emphasis>
. 2005: fig 1) (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FF5CF93DFEF2F935" box="[227,357,1689,1713]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 13 15" captionStart-1="FIGURES 16 23" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1231,1254]" captionStartId-1="6.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1435,213,1179]" captionTargetBox-1="[230,1326,215,1861]" captionTargetId-0="figure@5.[151,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetId-1="figure@6.[223,1365,195,1873]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionText-0="FIGURES 13 15. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp. 13, prolateral; 14, ventral; 15, retrolateral. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.2 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 16 23. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., expanded left palp. 16 18, ventral from different angle; 19, prolateral; 20, retrolateral; 21, retrolateral-basal; 22, prolateral-apical; 23, apical. (bh = basal hematodocha; c = conductor; cy = cymbium; dh = distal hematodocha; e = embolus; f = fundus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; r = radix; sa = subterminal apophysis; sd = sperm duct; t = tegulum; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/221076/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/221077/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Figs 1420</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FECEF93DFE2BF935" box="[369,444,1689,1713]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 30" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1792,1815]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,193,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1771]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 24 30. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp SEM. 24, retrolateral-ventral; 25, retrolateral; 26, dorsal; 27, apical; 28 30, close up views (28, median apophysis; 29 30, dentate end of median apophysis. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221078/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">2830</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FE71F93DFD28F935" box="[462,703,1689,1713]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Aculepeira morenoae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FD79F93EFC92F936" bold="true" box="[710,773,1690,1714]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">n. sp.</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguished from similar species by having a uniform colored abdomen in dorsal view (present in both sexes, figures 1, 3), scape ending gradually toward a shorter tip (long in
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FEC7F945FD84F97D" box="[376,531,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">A. albovittata</emphasis>
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) (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FD92F945FD02F97D" box="[557,661,1761,1785]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 12" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1895,1918]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,303,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,303,1873]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 12. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., female genitalia. 7 9, epigynum (7, ventral; 8, lateral; 9, digested ventral). 10 12, digested vulva (10, posterior; 11, anterior; 12, dorsal)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221075/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Figs 79</figureCitation>
), lateral plates converging dorsally on the median plate (a different shaped and not convergent in
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FE50F8A1FD1EF899" box="[495,649,1797,1821]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">A. albovittata</emphasis>
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) (figure 10; compare with fig 561 Levi 1991), males with irregular rows of 912 strong spines in prolateral side of femur I (six in
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FC3BF88DFB88F8C5" box="[900,1055,1833,1857]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">A. albovittata</emphasis>
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) (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FB84F88DFB10F8C5" box="[1083,1159,1833,1857]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Figs 3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FB28F88DFB30F8C5" box="[1175,1191,1833,1857]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,681,704]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5 6. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., frontal view. 5, female holotype. 6, male paratype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221074/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">6</figureCitation>
), and by a particular arrangement of six (three large and three small) teeth on the retrolateral side of median apophysis (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FB57F8E9FAFCF8E1" box="[1256,1387,1869,1893]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 30" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1792,1815]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,193,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1771]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 24 30. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp SEM. 24, retrolateral-ventral; 25, retrolateral; 26, dorsal; 27, apical; 28 30, close up views (28, median apophysis; 29 30, dentate end of median apophysis. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.5 mm" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221078/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Figs 2630</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C314650FFFFF1824FF76F8D5FB26F8B8" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="551" pageId="1" pageNumber="549" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BB13684FFFF1824FF76F8D5FB36FBE8" blockId="1.[151,1436,1149,2038]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,748,2033]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="551" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFF1826FF76F8D5FECCF80E" bold="true" box="[201,347,1905,1930]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Description.</emphasis>
Female (
<typeStatus id="54B58826FFFF1826FE70F8D5FDAFF80D" box="[463,568,1905,1929]" pageId="1" pageNumber="549" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
): Carapace yellowish, with a blackish longitudinal strip starting near the posterior eyes towards the thoracic groove (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FD1BF831FD66F829" box="[676,753,1941,1965]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">Figs 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFF1826FCBBF831FC83F829" box="[772,788,1941,1965]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,681,704]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5 6. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., frontal view. 5, female holotype. 6, male paratype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221074/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="549">5</figureCitation>
). Four to six setae behind lateral eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: anterior median eye (AME) 0.14, anterior lateral eye (ALE) 0.10, posterior median eye (PME) 0.12, posterior lateral eye (PLE) 0.09, AME-PME 0.23, AME-ALE 0.42, AME-PLE 0.57, PME-ALE 0.54, PME-PLE 0.55, ALE-PLE 0.07. Chelicerae pale yellow with four smaller retromarginal teeth and four larger promarginal teeth (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FF5EFCB4FEB8FCAC" box="[225,303,784,808]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Figs 2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FEFFFCB4FEC7FCAC" box="[320,336,784,808]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,681,704]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5 6. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., frontal view. 5, female holotype. 6, male paratype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221074/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">5</figureCitation>
); sternum with irregular dark spots, coxae light yellow (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FC4AFCB4FBAFFCAC" box="[1013,1080,784,808]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Fig 2</figureCitation>
). Legs pale yellow. Tibia and metatarsus I-IV with macrosetae. Abdomen elongate oval, pale yellow dorsally with four black spots forming a square, and irregularly distributed guanine dots (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FD0BFCFCFD79FCF4" box="[692,750,856,880]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Fig 1</figureCitation>
). Venter of abdomen with a median dark brown band slightly bordered by a white strip on each side, spinnerets brown, and the rest of venter pale yellow, without median white band (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FF64FC04FE8EFC3C" box="[219,281,928,952]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Fig 2</figureCitation>
). Epigynum (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FE0FFC04FDB6FC3C" box="[432,545,928,952]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 12" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1895,1918]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,303,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,303,1873]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 12. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., female genitalia. 7 9, epigynum (7, ventral; 8, lateral; 9, digested ventral). 10 12, digested vulva (10, posterior; 11, anterior; 12, dorsal)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221075/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Figs 710</figureCitation>
) with triangular scape, pointed at tip; median plate wider than long; lateral plate converging dorsally on the median plate; spermathecae spherical; fertilization ducts relatively straight, dorsally directed; copulatory ducts in ventral posterior position with spermathecae (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FC66FC4CFBD8FB84" box="[985,1103,1000,1024]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 12" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1895,1918]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,303,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,303,1873]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 12. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., female genitalia. 7 9, epigynum (7, ventral; 8, lateral; 9, digested ventral). 10 12, digested vulva (10, posterior; 11, anterior; 12, dorsal)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221075/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Fig 1112</figureCitation>
). Total length 11.18; carapace length 4.55, width 3.22; sternum length 2.24, width 1.54; abdomen length 7.80, width 4.20. Leg formula I/II/IV/III. Leg lengths (I/II/III/IV): femur 4.58/4.55/3.15/4.06; patella 2.10/2.03/1.33/1.75; tibia 4.83/4.35/2.10/3.81; metatarsus 4.55/3.85/2.06/3.71; tarsus 1.78/1.61/0.98/1.09; total leg 17.84/16.39/9.62/14.42.
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFC1825FF28F81AFEA9F850" bold="true" box="[151,318,1982,2005]" pageId="2" pageNumber="550">FIGURES 14.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFC1825FEF7F81BFDB2F851" box="[328,549,1983,2005]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="550">Aculepeira morenoae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFC1825FD90F81BFDFBF850" bold="true" box="[559,620,1983,2004]" pageId="2" pageNumber="550">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, habitus. 12, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 34, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FF28FD0DFEADFD3B" bold="true" box="[151,314,681,704]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">FIGURES 56.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FEFFFD0EFD8DFD44" box="[320,538,682,704]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Aculepeira morenoae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FD9FFD0EFDCEFD3B" bold="true" box="[544,601,682,703]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, frontal view. 5, female holotype. 6, male paratype.
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<paragraph id="8BB13684FFFD1824FF76FBDCFDD2F998" blockId="3.[151,1437,748,2033]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">
Male (
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MACN-Ar 28656): Coloration as in the female except as noted (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FB29FBDCFA94FB14" box="[1174,1283,1144,1168]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 4" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1982,2005]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,193,1963]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1400,193,1965]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 4. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., habitus. 1 2, female holotype (1, dorsal; 2, ventral). 3 4, male paratype (3, dorsal; 4, ventral)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221073/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Figs 34</figureCitation>
). With some macrosetae instead setae (unlike the female) behind lateral eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.075, PME 0.09, PLE 0.075, AME-PME 0.21, AME-ALE 0.21, AME-PLE 0.33, PME-ALE 0.33, PME-PLE 0.33, ALE-PLE 0.06. Chelicerae with four small promarginal teeth. Coxa I without hook. Tibia and metatarsus I-IV with macrosetae. Ventral side of femur I with three approximately irregular rows of 912 strong spines. Abdomen shape and color as in the female, but ventrally more pigmented. Palp segments pale yellow, bulb gray to reddishyellow (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FF4CFAF4FEA9FAEC" box="[243,318,1360,1384]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,681,704]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,181,660]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5 6. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., frontal view. 5, female holotype. 6, male paratype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221074/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Figs 6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FEF4FAF4FE03FAEC" box="[331,404,1360,1384]" captionStart="FIGURES 13 15" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1231,1254]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,213,1179]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 13 15. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp. 13, prolateral; 14, ventral; 15, retrolateral. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/221076/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">1315</figureCitation>
); broad terminal apophysis, long embolus visible, membranous conductor; bilobed median aphophysis bearing two slender flagellae on its prolateral end, and six (three large and three small) teeth on retrolateral side (
<figureCitation id="13352A01FFFD1824FEEBFA3CFE40FA34" box="[340,471,1432,1456]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 13 15" captionStart-1="FIGURES 16 23" captionStart-2="FIGURES 24 30" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1231,1254]" captionStartId-1="6.[151,264,1898,1921]" captionStartId-2="7.[151,264,1792,1815]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1435,213,1179]" captionTargetBox-1="[230,1326,215,1861]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1435,193,1771]" captionTargetId-0="figure@5.[151,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetId-1="figure@6.[223,1365,195,1873]" captionTargetId-2="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1771]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionTargetPageId-2="7" captionText-0="FIGURES 13 15. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp. 13, prolateral; 14, ventral; 15, retrolateral. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.2 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 16 23. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., expanded left palp. 16 18, ventral from different angle; 19, prolateral; 20, retrolateral; 21, retrolateral-basal; 22, prolateral-apical; 23, apical. (bh = basal hematodocha; c = conductor; cy = cymbium; dh = distal hematodocha; e = embolus; f = fundus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; r = radix; sa = subterminal apophysis; sd = sperm duct; t = tegulum; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma)." captionText-2="FIGURES 24 30. Aculepeira morenoae n. sp., left palp SEM. 24, retrolateral-ventral; 25, retrolateral; 26, dorsal; 27, apical; 28 30, close up views (28, median apophysis; 29 30, dentate end of median apophysis. (c = conductor; cy = cymbium; e = embolus; ma = median apophysis; pc = paracymbium; sa = subterminal apophysis; ta = terminal apophysis; * = flagellae of ma; + = dentate end of ma). Scale bars: 0.5 mm" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/221076/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/221077/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/221078/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Figs 1330</figureCitation>
). Total length 7.00; carapace length 3.15, width 2.26; sternum length 1.24, width 0.81; abdomen length 4.13, width 2.17. Leg formula as in the female. Leg lengths (I/II/III/IV): femur 3.99/3.57/2.38/ 2.87; patella 1.40/1.40/0.70/1.05; tibia 3.57/3.01/1.50/2.59; metatarsus 3.85/2.87/1.40/2.73; tarsus 1.54/1.12/0.77/ 0.91; total leg 14.35/11.97/6.75/10.15.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB13684FFFD1824FF76F98CFC9AF90C" blockId="3.[151,1437,748,2033]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Variation. Females: total length 9.4911.18; carapace length 4.064.55, width 2.733.22; abdomen length 6.657.80, width 3.084.20; one female has three teeth in retromargin of the chelicerae. Males: carapace width 2.202.26; abdomen length 4.134.27, width 2.102.17.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB13684FFFD1824FF76F931FB26F8B8" blockId="3.[151,1437,748,2033]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FF76F931FE1CF929" bold="true" box="[201,395,1684,1709]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Natural history.</emphasis>
These spiders build a complete orb-web at one meter height on the grasses, where they inhabit in sympatry with
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFD1824FE7BF91EFBABF954" authority="Harrod, Levi &amp; Leibensperger 1991" authorityName="Harrod, Levi &amp; Leibensperger" authorityYear="1991" box="[452,1084,1720,1745]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Larinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tucuman">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FE7BF91EFD12F955" box="[452,645,1722,1745]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Larinia tucuman</emphasis>
Harrod, Levi &amp; Leibensperger 1991
</taxonomicName>
. Periodically flooded areas in sectors near to the coastal lagoons are the natural habitat of
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFD1824FCDBF979FC60F971" box="[868,1015,1757,1781]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Aculepeira" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morenoae">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FCDBF979FC60F971" box="[868,1015,1757,1781]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">A. morenoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where the &quot;espartillar&quot; of
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFD1824FA83F979FE9EF89D" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Spartina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="densiflora">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FA83F979FE9EF89D" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Spartina densiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFD1824FEA6F8A5FD9CF89D" box="[281,523,1793,1817]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Sarcocornia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="perennis">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FEA6F8A5FD9CF89D" box="[281,523,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Sarcocornia perennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(“cangrejal”), and
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFD1824FD55F8A5FC58F89D" box="[746,975,1793,1817]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Cortaderia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="selloana">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FD55F8A5FC58F89D" box="[746,975,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Cortaderia selloana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(large pampa grass) are dominant (
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). The spiders were collected both during night and day resting at the hub of their webs.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C314650FFFFD1824FF76F8ECFE21F874" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB13684FFFD1824FF76F8ECFE21F874" blockId="3.[151,1437,748,2033]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FF76F8ECFEF5F8E5" bold="true" box="[201,354,1864,1889]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Distribution.</emphasis>
Only known from the
<typeStatus id="54B58826FFFD1824FDD8F8EDFD00F8E5" box="[615,663,1865,1889]" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">type</typeStatus>
locality. No additional material was found in the MACN collection, despite having done extensive samplings in Buenos Aires province. A potential explanation for this may be offered by the reduced geographic range of the natural flooding pampas grasses (Bilenca &amp; Miñarro 2004) where the specimens were found. A similar situation/distribution is observed and reported for the uloborid spider
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFD1824FAEFF811FE25F874" authority="Grismado 2001" authorityName="Grismado" authorityYear="2001" class="Arachnida" family="Uloboridae" genus="Sybota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="551" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atlantica">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFD1824FAEFF811FF6CF875" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="551">Sybota atlantica</emphasis>
Grismado 2001
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C314650FFFFA1823FF76FF33FD8CFF73" pageId="4" pageNumber="552" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BB13684FFFA1823FF76FF33FD8CFF73" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,247]" pageId="4" pageNumber="552">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFA1823FF76FF33FDF9FF34" bold="true" box="[201,622,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="552">Material examined for comparison.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D07FFFA1823FDCBFF3CFCF8FF34" box="[628,879,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Aculepeira" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="552" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albovittata">
<emphasis id="B97AEA96FFFA1823FDCBFF3CFCF8FF34" box="[628,879,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="552">Aculepeira albovittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mello-Leitão 1941: 214, f. 20) (
<typeStatus id="54B58826FFFA1823FB60FF33FADEFF2B" box="[1247,1353,151,175]" pageId="4" pageNumber="552" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
female from
<collectingCountry id="F3197614FFFA1823FF6AFF18FEEAFF50" box="[213,381,188,212]" name="Argentina" pageId="4" pageNumber="552">ARGENTINA</collectingCountry>
: Santa Fe, Caraguatay,
<date id="FFB01044FFFA1823FD39FF18FCA8FF50" box="[646,831,188,212]" pageId="4" pageNumber="552" value="1939-11">November 1939</date>
, Birabén coll., deposited in the arachnid collection of Museo de La Plata—MLP 15150).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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