Curicaberis zapotec, Rheims, Cristina A., 2015

Rheims, Cristina A., 2015, Curicaberis, a new genus of Sparassidae from North and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparassinae), Zootaxa 4012 (3), pp. 401-446 : 444-445

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC5C8A21-27D1-4D2F-B2B2-36CB1759A3F2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6092409
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1023879D-FFF4-CB46-A3FB-445CFC12627F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Curicaberis zapotec
status	sp. nov.

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Curicaberis zapotec View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 101−102, Map 5

Type material. Holotype: ♂ from Mitla [16°55’N, 96°24’W], Oaxaca, Mexico, August 1961, W.S. Miller leg. ( AMNH).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition and refers to the indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico.

Diagnosis. Males of C. zapotec sp. nov. resemble those of C. sanpedrito sp. nov. by the vRTA2 bifid with one projection longer than the other (Figs 88, 102). They are distinguished by the vRTA2 with longer branch at least three times longer than smaller branch, the latter curved towards dRTA; embolus long strongly curved retrolaterally; vRTA1 laminar, squared (Figs 101−102). Females are unknown.

Description. Male: Prosoma brown, slightly darker along fovea and thoracic striae, with short black marks along margins of cephalic region. Chelicerae brown with darker longitudinal stripe at base. Pedipalps brown. Legs brown mottled with small darker brown spots. Labium brown, distally cream colored. Endites orange, distally cream colored. Sternum orange with very slightly darker margins. Opisthosoma brownish gray; dorsally with black marks around cardiac impression and five median brown chevrons on posterior half. Total length 9.8. Prosoma: 4.4 long, 4.7 wide. Opisthosoma: 5.7 long, 3.4 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.32, 0.30, 0.22, 0.24; interdistances: 0.20, 0.08, 0.36, 0.40, 0.24, 0.16. Legs (2143): I: 27.1 (7.3, 2.7, 7.5, 7.4, 2.2); II: 29.4 (8.1, 2.8, 8.3, 8.0, 2.2); III: 19.7 (6.1, 2.1, 4.9, 5.1, 1.5); IV: 23.8 (7.2, 2.2, 6.2, 6.5, 1.7). Palp: dRTA long. Subtegulum visible at 9:30 o’clock position.

Embolus strongly curved retrolaterally and gently narrowed towards filiform tip. Conductor distally widened (Figs 101−102).

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known from southern Mexico, state of Oaxaca (Map 5).