Actinopus puelche Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018

Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2020, Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae), Megataxa 2 (1), pp. 1-256 : 147

Actinopus puelche Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018

Actinopus puelche Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018: 62 , fig. 31 A–G, 45 (holotype ♂, [38º 08’ S 61º 48’ W], Sierra de La Ventana, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18.iv.2009, G. Pompozzi leg., MACN-Ar 36611, not examined); World Spider Catalog, 2020.

Diagnosis. Males of A.puelche ( Ríos-Tamayo &Goloboff, 2018, fig. 62 D–F) resembles A. magnus ( Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018, fig. 6 D–F) by the BTA medialy placed, differing by the embolus distally wide, as in A. laventana ( Fig. 129 A–C), from which they Males differ from those of PA originating at PAc. Additionally, they resemble A. patagonia ( Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018, fig. 29 E–G) by PA continuous to PAc and A. laventana , A. patagonia by the shape of the embolus with three keels in prolateral view and a developed serrated area.

Description. See Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff (2018: 62).

Distribution. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires. URUGUAY: Rocha.

Figures

FIGURE 129. Actinopus laventana sp. nov., male: A–C LZI M135: A. Copulatory bulb, prolateral; B. Copulatory bulb, dorsal; C. Copulatory bulb, retrolateral. PA-Paraembolic apophysis; BTA-Basal Tegular Apophysis; PAc-Prolateral Accessory keel; PI- Prolateral Inferior keel; PS-Prolateral Superior keel; Arrows: Serrated area. Paratype, female: D FCE-MY 977: D. Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scales lines: 1 mm.