Breda notata Chickering, 1946

Figs 4, 32, 76–80, 104

Breda notata Chickering, 1946: 39, fig. 20–22 (Male holotype from Isla Barro Colorado, Provincia de Panamá, Panama, VIII.1939, A.M. Chickering (MCZ 22332); Allotype from Isla Barro Colorado, Provincia de Panamá, Panama, VI.1939, A.M. Chickering (MCZ 25761); Paratypes: Panama: Provincia de Panamá: France Field, 3m, 4j, VIII.1939 (MCZ 26023); Fort Davis, 1m, VIII.1936 (MCZ 26126); Fort Randolph, 1m, 2f, VIII.1936 (MCZ 26127); Porto Bello, R.P., 6m, 7f, 3j, VIII.1936 (MCZ 26128); Isla Barro Colorado: 1m, 3f, 8j, VI–VII.1934 (MCZ 26129); 13m, 1f, 22j, VII.1939 (MCZ 26130); 14m, 5f, 6j, VI–VII.1936 (MCZ 26135); Gamboa, 3m, 3j, VIII.1939 (MCZ 26131); Arraiján, R.P., 1f, VIII.1936 (MCZ 26132); Fort Sherman, 1m, 2f, 2j, VIII.1939 (MCZ 26133); El Valle, 1f, 2j, VII.1936 (MCZ 26134); Madden Dam, 4m, 2f, 4j, VIII.1939 (MCZ 26136), all collected by A.M. Chickering, examined); Platnick, 2013.

Additional material examined. PANAMA: Provincia de Colón: Gamboa: 2j, 25.VII.1954 (MCZ 60381); 1j, 25.VII.1954 (MCZ 60418); Forest Preserve: 1m, 23.VII.1950 (MCZ 60423); Madden Dam: 1m, 8.VII.1950 (MCZ 60431); all collected by A.M. Chickering; Juan Mina, Chagas, 1f, VIII.1952, Duret (MACN); Provincia de Panamá: Arraiján: 1f, 1j, 6.VII.1950 (MCZ 60426); Isla de Barro Colorado: 1f, 2j, VI.1950 (MCZ 60413); 1m, VI.1950 (MCZ 60414); 1m, 1f, VI.1950 (MCZ 60422); 1m, 2f, 2j, VI.1950 (MCZ 60425); 1f, 1–4.VI.1950 (MCZ 60412); 1f, 11–20.VII.1950 (MCZ 60411); 1f, 18.VII.1950 (MCZ 60416); 1j, VIII.1950 (MCZ 60430); 1m, 3j, 16.VII.1954 (MCZ 60417); 1m, 1j, 17.VII. 1954 (MCZ 60415); 1m, 4j, 30.VII.1954 (MCZ 60428); 2f 15.VIII.1954 (MCZ 60427); Experimental Gardens: 1j, 11–26.VII.1954 (MCZ 60424); 1j, 13.VII.1954 (MCZ 60429); 2j, 29.VII.1954 (MCZ 60420); Summit Park: 1m, 1957 (MCZ 60419); 1f, 25.II.1958 (MCZ 60432); Road to Chiva: 1f, 2j, 1954 (MCZ 60421).

Diagnosis. Breda notata differs from the other species of Breda by the dorsal coloration pattern, with a pair of longitudinal light stripes on the abdomen, and by the pentagonal dark stain on the carapace in both sexes (Fig. 4, 76). It is also recognized by the tibial apophysis curved dorsally in the male palp (Fig. 78), and by the elliptical atrium in the female epigyne (Fig. 79).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 5.90. Carapace length: 2.80; width: 1.90; height: 0.95. Carapace brown with a darker pentagonal stain on the cephalic region (as in the female, Fig. 76). Length of the ocular quadrangle: 1.35. Width of the anterior eye row: 1.60; posterior: 1.60. Chelicera light brown, with four teeth on promargin and one on retromargin. Labium, sternum and endites light brown. RvTA with distal end curved dorsally and embolus tip very short (Figs 77–78, 32). Legs 4123, I light brown, II–IV yellow; distal patella I and tibia I darker, distal patella IV, tibia IV, metatarsus IV and tarsus IV prolaterally and retrolaterally dark brown. Femur I 1.85x0.81; II 1.45x0.56; III 1.40; IV 1.80. Patella I 1.13; II 0.90; III 0.76; IV 0.83. Tibia I 1.60x0.55; II 1.16x0.33; III 0.98; IV 1.58. Metatarsus I 1.00; II 0.76; III 1.00; IV 1.40. Tarsus I 0.37; II 0.38; III 0.37; IV 0.40. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p2di; II d1-1-1, p1di; III d1-1-1, p1-2, r1di (r0); IV d1-1-1, r1di (r0); patella I, II, III, IV 0; tibia I v1 p-0-1p (v1 pdi); II v0-1p-1p; III v0-1p-1p (v1 pdi), p1di; IV v1 p-1p-2 (v1 p-0-2), p1di, r1di; metatarsus I v2-2; II v1 r-2 (v1 pdi); III v2 di, p2di, r1di; IV v1 pdi, p1di, r1di. Abdomen as in female. Spinnerets light brown.

Female (allotype). Total length: 10.40. Carapace length: 3.92; width: 2.64; height: 1.3. Carapace as in male (Fig. 76). Length of the ocular quadrangle: 1.65. Width of the anterior eye row: 1.95; posterior: 2.05. Chelicera as in male, with four or five teeth on promargin and one on retromargin. Labium, sternum and endites as in male. Palp yellow. Legs 4123, as in male. Femur I 2.1x1.03; II 1.75x0.76; III 1.70; IV 2.30. Patella I 1.34; II 1.11; III 0.94; IV 1.12. Tibia I 1.66x0.68; II 1.42x0.49; III 1.15; IV 1.98. Metatarsus I 0.78; II 0.66; III 1.00; IV 1.52. Tarsus I 0.66; II 0.63; III 0.66; IV 0.67. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1; II, III d1-1-1, p1di; IV d1-1-1; patella I, II, III, IV 0; tibia I v2 di; II 0; III v1 pdi, p1di (p0); IV v1 pdi; metatarsus I v2-2; II v1 r-2; III v1 pdi, p2di, r1di; IV v1 pdi, p1di, r1di. Abdomen dark brown with a pair of longitudinal light stripes (Fig. 76) and a transverse stripe of white scales delineating the distal darker tip; ventrally yellow. Epigyne as in Figs 79–80. Spinnerets as in male.

Distribution. Known only from Central Panama.