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(
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, revalidated, new combination
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,
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, figs. 79. Female
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, here designated, from Santa Tereza [
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, deposited respectively in MNRJ 2566 and MNRJ 4255. First synonymized with
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by
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334, figs. 15. Female
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from Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Floresta da
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, Volta Redonda [
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,
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, deposited in IBSP 36322, not examined, nor found after the Butantan fire of
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.
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<emphasis id="B970EAD3FFBAFFECFF7FE7C9FEF4D7E5" bold="true" box="[151,284,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">Synonymy.</emphasis>
As many of Mello-Leitãos
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specimens, that of
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was not available to H.W. Levi at the time of his
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revision. Based on the original description by Mello-Leitão, Levi placed
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as a doubtful synonym of
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. Examination of the
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specimens revealed that this species is, in fact, a senior synonym of the recently described
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. It comes from a locality which represents the northernmost record for the species, but is nonetheless not far away from the known range of
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. It is noteworthy, however, that Mello-Leitãos (1945) original illustrations and descriptions are not quite adequate for identifying the species, and that
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description should be used for this purpose.
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The palp morphology is most similar to that of
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Keyserling
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(
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), with whom it shares a squared median apophysis. It differs by having the terminal apophysis with a distal, sclerotized tooth that points towards the apex of the embolus, by the conductor apex divided in two sclerotized parts, by the lightly sclerotized paramedian apophysis that points posteriorly and by the wider margin of the tegulum (
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). For the diagnosis of the female, see
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.
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<emphasis id="B970EAD3FFBAFFECFF7FE1CCFEBCD1FD" bold="true" box="[151,340,1682,1705]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">FIGURES 1719.</emphasis>
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(Mello-Leitão, 1945)
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, male (UFMG 4987). 1718, habitus: 17, lateral view; 18, dorsal view. 19, mirror image of right palp, mesal view. Abbreviations: BP= basal projection of the median apophysis, C= conductor, CL= conductor lobe, Cy= cymbium, E=embolus, M=median apophysis, PM= paramedian apophysis, R= radix, TA= terminal apophysis, Ti= tibia. Scale bars: 1718, 1mm; 19, 0.1mm.
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<emphasis id="B970EAD3FFBAFFECFF2FE06FFEB1D01F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1841,1866]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">Description.</emphasis>
Male from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro,
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(UFMG 4987). Carapace yellow, with two light brown bands on the sides (
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). Chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum yellow. Legs yellow proximally, brown distally. Abdomen dorsally white, bordered with black on the sides of the anterior half and in the posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="133F2A44FFBAFFECFE33E0C3FDC7D0E0" box="[475,559,1949,1973]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 19" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1682,1705]" captionTargetBox="[167,1415,630,1647]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,621,1657]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 17 19. Micrathena ruschii (Mello-Leitão, 1945), male (UFMG 4987). 17 18, habitus: 17, lateral view; 18, dorsal view. 19, mirror image of right palp, mesal view. Abbreviations: BP = basal projection of the median apophysis, C = conductor, CL = conductor lobe, Cy = cymbium, E = embolus, M = median apophysis, PM = paramedian apophysis, R = radix, TA = terminal apophysis, Ti = tibia. Scale bars: 17 18, 1 mm; 19, 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205448/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
); venter whitish gray, with a median black band extending from the posterior margin of the spinnerets to the end of the abdomen. Carapace with rounded thoracic region, a circular fovea and no dimples (
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), slightly dorsoventrally flattened in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="133F2A44FFBBFFEDFC69E7C9FC3CD7FA" box="[897,980,151,175]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 19" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1682,1705]" captionTargetBox="[167,1415,630,1647]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,621,1657]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 17 19. Micrathena ruschii (Mello-Leitão, 1945), male (UFMG 4987). 17 18, habitus: 17, lateral view; 18, dorsal view. 19, mirror image of right palp, mesal view. Abbreviations: BP = basal projection of the median apophysis, C = conductor, CL = conductor lobe, Cy = cymbium, E = embolus, M = median apophysis, PM = paramedian apophysis, R = radix, TA = terminal apophysis, Ti = tibia. Scale bars: 17 18, 1 mm; 19, 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205448/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="48">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
). First coxa with hook and second femur with corresponding prolateral groove. Tibiae and femora I and II and tibia IV ornamented with macrosetae on the dorsal surface, strongest in femur I (
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). Abdomen rectangular, elongated, narrowest behind and with slightly undulated sides (
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). Total length, 4.95. Carapace 2.17 long, 1.81 wide at widest point. Abdomen 3.19 long. Length of first femur, 1.91; patella, 0.65; tibia, 1.35; metatarsus, 1.13; tarsus, 0.48. Second femur, 1.64; patella, 0.54; tibia, 1.07. Third femur, 0.99; patella, 0.41; tibia, 0.61. Fourth femur, 1.83; patella, 0.46; tibia, 1.03; metatarsus, 1.14; tarsus, 0.50.
<emphasis id="B970EAD3FFBBFFEDFE7FE62EFE25D6DD" bold="true" box="[407,461,368,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="48">Palp</emphasis>
with a large, membranous, flattened terminal apophysis with a distal sclerotized tooth, covering the embolus. Embolus thick, curved and with a truncate, almost bifid, apex. Conductor composed of two sclerotized parts, the larger posteriorly directed, and a membranous digitiform lobe. Paramedian apophysis lightly sclerotized, not attached to the conductor, posteriorly directed. Median apophysis comprised of three parts: a small basal projection located between the paramedian apophysis and the radix, a lobe and a bended rim (
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). Paracymbium large and bilobed, otherwise unmodified.
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Female. Described by
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.
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<emphasis id="B970EAD3FFBBFFEDFF2FE532FEF9D5D1" bold="true" box="[199,273,620,644]" pageId="9" pageNumber="48">Notes.</emphasis>
The male was collected at the periphery of a females orb-web, in one of the supporting threads, in an area where two other females had been collected. The collecting site is
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away from Floresta da
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locality of
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The specimen was collected with the left palp missing and the right one slightly expanded. To facilitate comparisons with other species, we illustrate the mirror image of this palp, as it was the right one (
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). The species is recorded for the first time for Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro; and Juiz de
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, Minas Gerais (both localities in
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="B970EAD3FFBBFFEDFF2FE41AFE6CD409" bold="true" box="[199,388,835,860]" pageId="9" pageNumber="48">Natural history.</emphasis>
Specimens were collected by visual searching in the understory vegetation of montane Atlantic rainforest.
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), G.H.F. Azevedo &amp; A.J. Santos coll.,
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5224). Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (
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4987).
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