Loxosceles vallenar Brescovit & Taucare-Ríos & Magalhaes & Santos 2017, sp.nov.

Loxosceles vallenar sp.nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C3AAF160-148A-483A-8976-7391C4754F29 Figs 8E, 10 Diagnosis

Females of Loxosceles vallenar sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Chilean species by the spermathecae with large base and slender, curved receptacles (Fig. 8E).

Etymology

The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Type material

Holotype

CHILE: ♀, III Región de Atacama: Huasco, Vallenar, 3 km S of Vallenar, 28.56667 S, 70.75 W, 460 m a.s.l., in scrubby mountain-side, under rocks, 7 Jan. 1985, N. Platnick and O. Francke leg. (AMNH).

Male

Unknown.

Female (holotype, AMNH)

Carapace anteriorly and laterally orange, posteriorly yellow, lacking the dark-coloured violin-shaped median band. Chelicerae red brown. Endites and labium orange. Sternum, legs and coxae, femur and patella of palps yellow. Palpal tibia and tarsus red brown. Opisthosoma uniformly grey. Total length 6.0. Carapace 2.2 long, 1.6 wide. Clypeus 0.25 high. Eye diameters: ALE 0.1, PME 0.12, PLE 0.1. Sternum 1.2 long, 0.9 wide. Leg I: femur 2.1, patella 0.6, tibia 2, metatarsus 1.8, tarsus 0.7, total 7.2. II: 2.2, 0.6, 2.0, 1.8, 0.7, 7.3. III: 1.9, 0.6, 1.5, 1.6, 0.5, 6.1. IV: 2.3, 0.7, 2.2, 2.1, 0.7, 8.0. Leg formula 4213. Palp tarsus 0.7 long, enlarged. Spermathecae with oval receptacle (Fig. 8E).

Known only from the type locality in the Atacama Region, Chile (Fig. 10).