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Catumiri uruguayense Guadanucci, 2004, n. sp.

Description

Catumiri uruguayense n. sp.

(Figs. 10–15)

Oligoxystre argentinense; Costa et al., 2000 (misidentification).

Material examined — Holotype: Male, IBSP 9491, Uruguay, Lavalleja, Águas Blancas; F. Pérez­Miles leg., 22.XI.1993. Paratypes: Female, IBSP 9507, Uruguay, Lavalleja, Águas Blancas; F. Pérez­Miles leg., 22.XI.1993. Male, MCN 4658, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande; C. J. Becker leg., 17.IX.1976; Female, MCN 15746, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande; A. Lise leg., 2.IX.1986.

Distribution — Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, 1ɗ (MCN 2336), 1juvenile (MCN 14232); Pelotas, 1ɗ (AMNH­ no number). Uruguay, Maldonado 1ɗ (MHNM 1247); Lavalleja, Águas Blancas 2Ψ (MHNM­no number); Lavalleja 3ɗ (MHNM­no number).

Etymology — named after the type locality.

Diagnosis — Males differ from those of other species by the tibial spur having two short straight spines on the apical region of the external branch (Fig. 10). Females differ from those of C. petropolium by the termini of their spermathecae being straight, rather than inward facing (Figs. 11–12). No morphological characters are known to distinguish female C. uruguayense from C. argentinense. For now, these two species can only be distinguished by their zoogeographical distribution (C. uruguayense occurs in southern Rio Grande do Sul State in Brazil and Uruguay).

Description — Male (Holotype). Total length: 13.25. Carapace: length 6.00; width 4.78. Eye tubercle: length 0.65; width 0.95. Labium: length 0.40; width 1.00. Sternum: length 2.84; width 2.54. Cheliceral furrow with 9 teeth on the prolateral margin. Labium without cuspules. Gnathocoxae with 32 cuspules. Sternum oval. Palp: femur 3.09/ patella 2.03/ tibia 2.84/ cymbium 1.06/ total 7.96. Legs I: femur 4.22/ patella 2.90/ tibia 3.10/ metatarsus 2.85/ tarsus 1.73/ total 14.80. II: 3.81/ 2.54/ 2.59/ 3.25/ 1.73/ 13.92. III: 3.66/ 2.08/ 2.49/ 3.36/ 1.98/ 13.57. IV: 4.93/ 2.59/ 3.97/ 5.19/ 2.44/ 19.12. Spines: tarsi without spines; Palp: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 0­p1­0, (p) 0­d1­0; Legs: I: femur (d) 0­ 0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 1­1­ap1, metatarsus (v) 1­0­ap1, (p) v1 ­0­0; II: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 1­1­ap2, (p)1­1­0, metatarsus (v) 1­1­ap1, (p) 0­1­0; III: femur 0­2­2, patella 0, tibia (r) 1­1­0, (v) 3­3­ap3, (p) 1­2­1, metatarsus (r) 1­1­1, (v) 3­2­ap3, (p) 1­1­1; IV: femur (d) 0­3­2, patella 0, tibia (r) 1­2­0, (v) 2­2­ap3, (p) 1­1­0, metatarsus (r) 1­1­1, (v) 2­2­ap3, (p) 1­1­1. Carapace brown. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior straight. Retrolateral lobe of cymbium stronger than the prolateral. Male palpal bulb long, straight and thin (Figs. 13–14). Tibial spur formed by two branches, prolateral strongly reduced, retrolateral well developed with two short straight spines on its apical end (Fig 10). Metatarsus I bends retrolaterally to the retrolateral branch of tibial spur. Paired tarsal claws I and II with teeth. Paired tarsal claws III and IV smooth. Scopulae on metatarsi: I half occupied by scopula, II less than half occupied by scopula, one third of metatarsus III occupied by scopula, one quarter of metatarsus IV occupied by scopula. Tarsal scopula divided by a longitudinal band of setae on all legs (Fig. 15). Opisthosoma brown (darker than carapace).

Female (Paratype). Total length: 11.78. Carapace: length 4.88; width 4.02. Eye tubercle: length 0.61; width 0.88. Labium: length 0.41; width 0.83. Sternum: length 2.24; width 1.99. Cheliceral furrow with 9–10 teeth on the prolateral margin. Labium without cuspules. Gnathocoxae with 26–32 cuspules. Sternum oval. Palp: femur 2.46/ patella 1.69/ tibia 1.48/ tarsus 1.82/ total 7.45. Legs I: femur 3.26/ patella 2.37/ tibia 2.29/ metatarsus 1.82/ tarsus 1.27/ total 11.01. II: 2.8/ 2.07/ 1.95/ 1.74/ 1.31/ 9.87. III: 2.75/ 1.69/ 1.86/ 2.41/ 1.52/ 10.23. IV: 3.77/ 2.12/ 3.01/ 3.6/ 1.86/ 14.36. Spines: tarsi without spines; Palp: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 0­0­ap3; Legs: I: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 0­0­ap2, metatarsus (v) 0­1­1; II: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 0­1­p ap1, (p) 0­d1­ 0, metatarsus (v) 0­1­1; III: femur (d) 0­4­2, patella (p) 1, tibia (r) 1­1­0, (v) 2­2­ap3, (p) 1­1­0, metatarsus (r) 0­1­1, (v) 2­p1­ap3, (p) 1­1­1; IV: femur (d) 0­0­r1, patella 0, tibia (r) 1­2­0, (v) 2­2­ap3, (p) 0­0­1, metatarsus (r) 1­1­2, (v) 1­2­3, (p) 0­0­1. Spermatheca paired with straight termini (Fig. 11–12). Paired tarsal claws smooth. Scopulae on metatarsi: one half of metatarsi I and II occupied by scopula, III and IV restricted to some setae on the apical quarter. Tarsal scopulae divided by a longitudinal band of setae on all legs. Coloration and eye arrangement same as in male.

Notes

Published as part of Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2004, Description of Catumiri n. gen. and three new species (Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae), pp. 1-14 in Zootaxa 671 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158271

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Theraphosidae
Genus
Catumiri
Species
uruguayense
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Catumiri uruguayense Guadanucci, 2004

References

  • Costa, F. G., Perez-Miles, F. & Corte, S. (2000) Which spermatheca is inseminated by each palp in Theraphosidae spiders?: A study of Oligoxystre argentinensis (Ischnocolinae). Journal of Arachnology, 28, 131 - 132.