Apopyllus aeolicus, Azevedo, Guilherme H. F., Ott, Ricardo, Griswold, Charles E. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2016

Azevedo, Guilherme H. F., Ott, Ricardo, Griswold, Charles E. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2016, A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4178 (3), pp. 301-327 : 312-313

Apopyllus aeolicus new species

Figs 3 E, 4E, 5E, 6E, 7E, 8E, 14A, 16F

Type material. Male holotype from Parque Eólico de Guanambi, Caetité, Bahia, Brazil (14º6’41.7”S 42º36’27.7”W, 998m), 13.IV.2015, L.S. Carvalho col., deposited in CHNUFPI 1567.

Etymology. The specific name is taken from the Greek mythological character Aeolus, the god of wind, and is a reference to type locality, which is in a wind power plant.

Diagnosis. Males can be distinguished by the proximal spine on the apical keel of the RTA ( Figs 5 E, 6E, arrow).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 5.24. Carapace 2.32 long, 1.80 wide. Femur II 1.44 long. Carapace dark brown to black with white setae. Legs and palps dark brown, lighter on patellae, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi. Femur I and palpal femur with a lighter area on the prolateral part. Sternum and labium dark brown. Endites light brown with white anterior border and lighter oval area on the basal part. Opisthosoma dorsum dark gray with a longitudinal stripe of white setae and a dark brown scutum ( Fig. 16 F). Ventral side of opisthosoma light brown. Eyes sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.1, PME 0.06, PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.02, ALE–PLE 0.04, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.06. MOQ 0.44 wide. RTA with proximal spine on the apical keel. Leg spination: femora: I, II d1-1-1, p0-0-1; III d1-1-1, r0-1-1, p0-1-1; patellae: III, IV p0-1-0, r0-1-0; tibiae: I, II v1 -0-1; III p1-1-0, v1 p-2-2, r2-1d-0; IV d1-0-1, p1-0-1, v1 p-2-2, r2-0-2; metatarsi: I, II v2 -0-0; III p1-2-1, v1 p-2-2, r1-1-2; IV p1-2-1d, v2-2 -2, r1-2-2.

Female: Unknown.

Material examined. Only the holotype.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Parque Eólico de Guanambi, Caetité, Bahia, Brazil ( Fig. 14 A).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Apopyllus spp., male left palp in ventral view, drawings. A A. silvestrii (MCTP 26293). B A. suavis (IBSP 129024). C A. now (MCZ 22335). D A. ivieorum (AMNH). E A. aeolicus new. sp. (CHNUFPI 1567). F A. centralis new sp. (UFMG 4395). G A. atlanticus new sp. (UFMG 16828).

FIGURE 5. Apopyllus spp., male left palp in retrolateral view, drawings. A A. silvestrii (MCTP 26293). B A. suavis (IBSP 129024). C A. now (MCZ 22335). D A. ivieorum (AMNH). E A. aeolicus new. sp. (CHNUFPI 1567). F A. centralis new sp. (UFMG 4395). G A. atlanticus new sp. (UFMG 16828).

FIGURE 14. Geographic distribution records of Apopyllus species.

FIGURE 16. Apopyllus spp. habitus, dorsal view. A A. suavis, female (MACN-Ar 34513; photo credits I. L. F Magalhães, M. Izquierdo and L. Piacentini). B A. suavis, male (MACN-Ar 34545; photo credits I. L. F Magalhães, M. Izquierdo and L. Piacentini). C A. suavis, male (UFMG 19959). D A. centralis new sp., female (UFMG 19961). E A. gandarela new sp., female (type). F A. aeolicus new sp., male (holotype).