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Orchestina catarina Izquierdo 2017, new species

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Orchestina catarina Izquierdo, new species

Figures 125D–F, 126, 133, 136D, 139C, 140B, D, 143C, map 23

TYPES: Male from Brazil: Santa Catarina:

Paulo Lopes: Parque Estadual, -27.91666°, -48.70000°, Jan. 10, 2003, to Jan. 20, 2003, Equipe Biota, deposited in IBSP 67309, PBI_OON 30754; same data, 1 female paratype deposited in IBSP 67309, PBI_OON 30754; São Paulo: São Paulo: Reserva CUASO, USP, 784 m (-23.56583°, -46.73027°), Aug. 04, 1999, R.P. Indicatti, 1 female paratype deposited in IBSP 30035, PBI_ OON 30292; São Paulo: Ilhabela: Parque Estadual de Ilhabela (-23.84277°, -45.36083°), Oct. 09, 2001, to Oct. 15, 2001, Equipe Biota, 1 female paratype deposited in IBSP 67332, PBI_OON 30281; Rio de Janeiro: Volta Redonda: Floresta da Cicuta, 445 m (-22.52305°, -44.10416°), June 11, 2001, to June 18, 2001, Equipe Biota, 1 female paratype deposited in IBSP 67238, PBI_OON 30272.

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be distinguished by long chelicerae, short embolus, and a short, curved apophysis covered by small peaks (figs. 133, 140B, D). Females are similar to those of O. itapety and O. saudade but can be distinguished by the widely separated external pockets (figs. 136D, 143C).

MALE (PBI_OON 30754): Total length 1.28. Habitus as in figure 126A–C. CEPHALOTHO- RAX (fig. 126D, E): Carapace orange, clypeus sinuous in front view. Sternum as long as wide. Chelicerae long, anterior face with small basal conical projections. Labium rectangular.

ABDOMEN: Dorsum soft portions white, round. LEGS: Yellow; patella plus tibia I shorter than carapace. GENITALIA: Bulb with short apophysis with small peaks on its surface; emboulus short; sperm duct slightly coiled (figs. 133, 140B, D).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 30754): Total length 1.37. Habitus as in figure 125D–F. CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace pale orange. ABDOMEN: Ovoid. GENI-

TALIA: As in diagnosis, internal pockets absent, anterior receptaculum small, widened anteriorly; posterior receptaculum small, posterior apodeme formed by entire plate (figs. 136D, 143C).

DISTRIBUTION: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina, Brazil (map 23).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Ilha Grande: Ensenada das Palmas, 12 m (-23.15805°, -44.13972°), Jan. 16, 1996, to Jan. 22, 1996, M. Ramírez, 1♀ (MACN 28685, PBI _OON 14874). São Paulo: Ilhabela: Parque Estadual de Ilhabela, -23.84277°, -45.36083°, Oct. 09, 2001, to Oct. 15, 2001, Equipe Biota, 1♀ (IBSP 67328, PBI _OON 15095); Salesópolis, Barragem do Rio Paraitinga, Jun. 11, 2002, Eq. IBSP, batedor, 1♀ (IBSP 147212, PBI _OON 42640). Santa Catarina: Blumenau: Parque Natural Municipal Nascentes do Garcia, -27.03916°, -49.06888°, Jan. 21, 2003, to Jan. 28, 2003, Equipe Biota, 13 (IBSP 66808, PBI _OON 42233). Same data as holotype, 1♀ (IBSP 67306, PBI _OON 42235); same data, 1♀ (IBSP, PBI _ OON 42248). Rio Grande do Sul: São Francisco de Paula: Floresta Nacional de São Francisco de Paula, -29.38333°, -50.38333°, Jan. 01, 2003, to Jan. 01, 2004, R. Baldissere, 1♀ (IBSP, PBI _OON 42418).

Notes

Published as part of Izquierdo, Matías Andrés & Ramírez, Martín J., 2017, Taxonomic Revision Of The Jumping Goblin Spiders Of The Genus Orchestina Simon, 1882, In The Americas (Araneae: Oonopidae), pp. 1 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2017 (410) on page 1, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-410.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5405613

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