Curicaberis tortugero, 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 : 440-441

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC5C8A21-27D1-4D2F-B2B2-36CB1759A3F2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6092403

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Curicaberis tortugero
status

sp. nov.

Curicaberis tortugero View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 93−94 View FIGURES 91 − 94. 91 − 92 , Map 5

Type material: Holotype: ♀, “Campamento Tortugero ”, 4km SW Pueblo Barra de La Cruz (15°49’N, 95°57’W), Oaxaca, Mexico, 18 September 2000, E. Gonzales, O. Delgado, J. Castelo, E. lira & C. Durán leg. ( CNAN 3371). Paratypes: 1♀, Mexico [undetermined locality] ( AMNH).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality of the holotype.

Diagnosis. Females of C. torugero sp. nov. resemble those of C. bibranchiatus comb. nov. and C. annulatus comb. nov. by the epigyne with median septum with lateral protrusions (Figs 19, 93, Rheims 2010c: 531, fig. 3). They are distinguished by the lateral protrusions almost touching each other medially, forming an anterior oval atrium more than three times wider than long ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 91 − 94. 91 − 92 ). They are further distinguished from the other species of the genus by the vulva with basal part of fertilization ducts heavily coiled ( Fig. 94 View FIGURES 91 − 94. 91 − 92 ). Males are unknown.

Description. Female (holotype): Prosoma pale yellow, slightly darker along thoracic striae. Fovea orange. Eye borders black. Chelicerae, legs and pedipalps pale yellow. Legs metatarsi and tarsi slightly darker than rest of leg. Sternum pale yellow. Labium and endites pale orange, distally pale yellow. Opisthosoma yellow, cream colored along cardiac mark. Total length 9.2. Prosoma: 4.1 long, 4.2 wide. Opisthosoma: 4.7 long, 3.5 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.32, 0.30, 0.20, 0.24; interdistances: 0.20, 0.10, 0.42, 0.48, 0.26, 0.22. Legs (2143): I: 20.3 (5.7, 2.4, 5.2, 5.4, 1.6); II: 21.2 (6.1, 2.4, 5.5, 5.6, 1.6); III: 13.6 (4.3, 1.4, 3.4, 3.4, 1.1); IV: 17.1 (5.2, 2.0, 4.2, 4.5, 1.2). Epigyne: epigynal field semi-circled, wider than long. Posterior margin of median septum not surpassing the epigastric furrow ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 91 − 94. 91 − 92 ). Vulva: copulatory ducts slender at copulatory openings curved and widening towards spermathecae. Spermathecae small, oval, wider than long. Distal part of fertilization ducts antero-laterad ( Fig. 94 View FIGURES 91 − 94. 91 − 92 ).

Male: Unknown.

Variation. Females (n = 2): total length 9.2−10.5; prosoma length 3.9−4.1; femur I length 5.0−5.7. Distribution. Only known from the type locality in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico (Map 5).

MAP 5. Distribution map for Curicaberis tepic sp. nov., C. tortugero sp. nov., C. urquizai sp. nov., C. yerba sp. nov. and C. zapotec sp. nov.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Curicaberis

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