Tupigea nadleri, HUBER, 2000
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ACD276-8E6A-FEAF-FCBB-FD5F42913B55 |
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Felipe |
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Tupigea nadleri |
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sp. nov. |
Tupigea nadleri View in CoL , new species Figures 170, 173 View Figs , 1287–1298
TYPES: Male holotype, 23 3♀ paratypes from Santa Teresa , Espírito Santo, Brazil ; Jan. 26, 1959 (A. M. Nadler), in AMNH .
ETYMOLOGY: Named for the collector of all the material seen.
DIAGNOSIS: Distinguished from congeners by the unmodified male chelicerae, and the simple sclerotized tip of the procursus with subdistal semitransparent lamina (figs. 1294– 1296).
MALE (holotype): Total length 1.3, carapace width 0.57; leg 1: (1.65+1.19+1.68 +2.10, tarsus missing), tibia 2 missing, tibia 3: 0.81, tibia 4: 1.06; tibia 1 l/d: 36. Habitus and prosoma shape as in figs. 1287–1289. Carapace light ochre-brown, with darker spot posteriorly, with distinct thoracic groove; ocular area with brown margins, AME reduced to black spot (fig. 1288); distance PME-ALE about 70% of PME diameter. Clypeus with brown markings (fig. 1288); sternum light ochre-brown, wide (fig. 1292). Chelicerae unmodified. Palps without retrolateral coxal apophysis, femur with basal apophyses (ventrally and retrolaterally), and distal (ventrally) apophysis (fig. 1291); procursus ending in simple sclerotized tip, with subdistal semitransparent lamina (figs. 1294–1296); bulb with prolateral flagellum and distal laminae (fig. 1293). Legs ochre-yellow, with darker rings on femora (subdistally), tibiae (proximally and subdistally), and metatarsi (prox- imally, very faint); some vertical hairs on tibiae; without spines and curved hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 23%; tarsus 1 (paratype) with ~ 15 pseudosegments. Opisthosoma gray with large blackish spots dorsally.
VARIATION: Tibia 1 in 2 males from Rio de Janeiro: 1.48, 1.52.
FEMALE (paratype): Total length 1.2; tibia 1: 1.16. In general very similar to male. Epigynum very simple in ventral view (fig. 1297); in dorsal view with pair of transparent globular structures of unknown significance, and valve in two arches (fig. 1298).
DISTRIBUTION: Known from Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil).
MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa: types above. Rio de Janeiro: Paineiras, Jan. 22, 1959 (A. M. Nadler), 33 1♀ 2 juveniles in AMNH.
Tupigea maza , new species Figures 1299–1302
TYPES: Male holotype, 13 paratype from Teresópolis , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; 900– 1000 m elev., Mar. 1946 (H. Sick), in AMNH .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition, referring to the club-shaped hairs on the male chelicerae ( maza is Spanish for ‘‘club’’).
DIAGNOSIS: Distinguished from congeners by the relatively large club-shaped hairs on the male chelicerae (fig. 1302), the two pointed apophyses ventrally on the palpal femur (fig. 1300), and the procursus tip with a subdistal lamina ending in splayed fringes (fig. 1301).
MALE (holotype): Total length 1.6, carapace width 0.67; leg 1: 14.1 (3.5+0.3+3.6 +5.5+1.2), tibia 2: 2.1, tibia 3: 1.6, tibia 4: 2.0; tibia 1 l/d: 60. Habitus and prosoma shape as in T. nadleri (cf. figs. 1287–1289). Carapace orange-ochre, with light brown spot behind ocular area and blackish spot shining through near posterior margin; ocular area orange-ochre, AME reduced to black spot as in T. nadleri (cf. fig. 1288); distance PME-ALE about 80% of PME diameter. Clypeus light brown, sternum light orangeochre. Chelicerae light brown, with four pairs of relatively large, club-shaped hairs on frontal face (fig. 1302). Palps as in figs. 1299–1300, with small, indistinct retrolateral coxal apophysis, femur with basal bulge ventrally, small retrolateral apophysis, and two ventral apophyses (fig. 1300); procursus ending in simple tip, with subdistal lamina ending in splayed fringes (fig. 1301); bulb with simple distal apophysis accompanying transparent fringe (figs. 1299–1300). Legs light ochre-yellow, with faint darker rings on femora (subdistally) and tibiae (distally); legs without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs proximally on tibiae; retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 18%; tarsus 1 with ~ 18 pseudosegments. Opisthosoma shape as in T. nadleri (cf. fig. 1287), grayish-ochre, with dark spots dorsally.
FEMALE: Unknown.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from type locality.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis: types above.
Tupigea paula , new species Figures 1303–1308
TYPES: Male holotype, 33 7♀ paratypes from São Francisco de Paula (29°27̍S, 50°35̍W), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ; May 14, 1993 (A. da Fonseca), in MCP (3230) .
ETYMOLOGY: Named for the type locality. The specific name is a noun in apposition.
DIAGNOSIS: Distinguished from congeners by the apophyses laterally on the male chelicerae (fig. 1303), the dorsal transparent projection on the bulb (figs. 1304, 1306), and the shapes of procursus (fig. 1305) and epigynum (fig. 1308).
MALE (holotype): Total length 1.6, carapace width 0.74; leg 1: 9.8 (2.5+0.3+2.6 +3.5+0.9), tibia 2: 1.6, tibia 3: 1.3, tibia 4: 1.5; tibia 1 l/d: 43. Habitus and prosoma shape as in T. nadleri (cf. figs. 1287–1289); distance PME-ALE about 60% of PME diameter. Carapace ochre to light brown, with darker median line, ocular area slightly dark- er than carapace, AME very small but with lenses; clypeus with pair of brown stripes; sternum brown. Chelicerae light brown, with pair of simple apophyses laterally (fig. 1303). Palps as in fig. 1304, ochre to brown, without retrolateral coxal apophysis, femur with basal retrolateral apophysis, without ventral apophysis, procursus as in figs. 1304–1305, bulb with distal apophysis accompanied by membranous structures and dorsal semitransparent projection (figs. 1304, 1306). Legs ochre-yellow, with slightly darker rings on femora (distally), and tibiae (proximally and distally); without spines, without curved and vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 20%; tarsus 1 with ~ 15–16 pseudosegments. Opisthosoma greenish-gray with large darker spots dorsally.
VARIATION: Tibia 1 in male paratypes: 2.5– 2.8.
FEMALE (paratypes): Tibia 1 (N = 6) 1.4– 1.8 (x¯ = 1.66). In general very similar to male. Epigynum relatively large, brown, apparently with pair of pockets laterally (fig. 1308); dorsal view as in fig. 1307, with pair of transparent globular structures between uterus externus and epigynal plate (cf. similar structure in T. nadleri : fig. 1298). Other females below, though from same locality as type material, differ slightly in epigynum shape and have slightly longer legs: tibia 1 (N = 6) 1.7–2.2 (x¯ = 1.94). They are assigned tentatively.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: São Francisco de Paula : types above ; same locality: Oct. 26, Nov. 8, Nov. 17, 1996 (R. Ott), 7♀ 1 juvenile in MCP (9996, 10016, 10024) ; May 18, 1995 (A. A. Lise ‘‘et al.’’), 1♀ in MCP (9959) .
Tupigea altiventer (Keyserling, 1891) , new combination Figures 1309–1312
Pholcus altiventer Keyserling, 1891: 175–176 , pl.
5: figs. 120, 120a.
Coryssocnemis altiventer: Moenkhaus, 1998: 94–
95. – Mello-Leitão, 1918: 103. (Both Moenk-
haus and Mello-Leitão simply translated Key-
serling’s original description; no new informa-
tion was added apart from poorly specified new
records). – Mello-Leitão, 1945: 214.
TYPE: Female holotype from ‘‘ Serra Vermelha ,’’ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; no date (E. A. Göldi), in BMNH (1890.7.1.8329), examined .
NOTE: The main point in the present context is that this species is certainly not con- generic with the type species of Coryssocnemis . (Moenkhaus himself noted that he had no certainty concerning the generic position.) It is here tentatively assigned to Tupigea , based on general morphology (small size, globular abdomen, small AME, moderately elevated ocular area), and geographic origin (southeastern Brazil). The illustrations and brief description may help in future identifi- cation and eventual generic placement, when both sexes are collected.
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (holotype): Measurements copied from Keyserling, 1891 (my measurements gave only slightly different values): Total length 1.7, carapace width 0.7; leg 1: 10.7 (3.0+0.2+2.7+3.9+0.9), tibia 2: 1.5, tibia 3: 1.1, tibia 4: 1.5; tibia 1 l/d: 46. Habitus as in figs. 1309 –1310. Carapace ochre-yellow with broad brown median band (fig. 1310); AME very small (fig. 1311); sternum light brown. Legs pale yellow, with distinct dark rings on femora (subdistally) and tibiae (subdistally); patellae also darker. Opisthosoma very high (fig. 1309), gray with some dark spots dorsally; epigynum simple, slightly protruding (figs. 1309, 1312).
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from type locality. Mello-Leitão (1918, 1945) claimed to have material from ‘‘various localities’’ in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, as well as from Argentina (Corrientes), but he probably never consulted the type, and did not describe the unknown male. I have not been able to locate his material.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: ‘‘Serra Vermelha’’: type above.
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