Glenognatha mendezi, Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016

Jimmy Cabra-García & Antonio D. Brescovit, 2016, Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa 4069 (1), pp. 1-183 : 59-65

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4069.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5666940

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E0E8F67-7D28-FFC8-ACBA-0D9DFDB6D387

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scientific name

Glenognatha mendezi
status

sp. nov.

Glenognatha mendezi View in CoL new species

( Figs. 45–49 View FIGURE 45 View FIGURE 46 View FIGURE 47 View FIGURE 48 View FIGURE 49 , 132 View FIGURE 132 )

Types. Male holotype from Hacienda San Pedro , Alto Queremal, Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 3º29´5.42´´N, 76º42´W, elev. 1800m, 21.xi.2009, J. Méndez leg., deposited in ICN 5981 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Paratypes: 11♂ 9♀ from the type locality, 21–26.xi.2009, J. Cabra leg., deposited in ICN 5982; 1♀ from Río Dagua , Queremal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, [3º30´N, 76º43´W], elev. [1512m], 19.vi.1970, deposited in MCZ 92671 GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 1♀ from Vereda Chicoral , La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 3º34´N, 76º35.6´W, elev. 1800–2100m, 31.x.2009, J. Méndez leg., deposited in IBSP 163857 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 3♂ 1♀ from Bosque Integral Otonga , 4.5 Km from San Francisco de las Pampas, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 0º25´17.3´´N, 78º58´56.9´´W, elev. 1670m, 8.xii.2009, A. J. Santos leg., deposited in UFMG 8975 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species epithet is in honor of Javier Méndez Narváez, collector of the holotype, esteemed colleague and friend. The name is a noun in genitive.

Diagnosis. Males of G. mendezi can be distinguished from all other Glenognatha species by having the Ret1 adjacent to the fang articulation ( Fig. 46B View FIGURE 46 ). Females are diagnosed by having few gland ducts (two to four) in the spermathecae ( Figs. 48E–F View FIGURE 48 ).

Male (holotype). Habitus as in Figures 45 A –D View FIGURE 45 . Carapace yellow-brownish. Sternum dusky brown with darker edges and dusky bands oriented to the median region. Abdomen oval, with irregular pattern of two lateral black bands darker at posterior region. Silver guanine spots scattered in two longitudinal bands dorsally and in lateral surfaces. Venter without guanine spots. Legs brownish tan. Total length 2.39. Cephalothorax 0.97 long, 0.78 wide, 0.67 high. Abdomen 1.40 long, 0.88 wide, 0.92 high. Sternum 0.50 long, 0.52 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06. ALE 0.05. PME 0.07. PLE 0.04. AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.1, PME-PME 0.09, PME-PLE 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.01. Clypeus height 2.50. Chelicerae with the same coloration of the cephalothorax, divergent, with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth ( Figs. 46 A –C View FIGURE 46 ). Ret 1 adjacent to the fang articulation ( Fig. 46B View FIGURE 46 ). Leg measurements: I: femur 1.80, patella 0.35, tibia 1.92, metatarsus 1.72, tarsus 0.90, total 6.70; II: 1.72, 0.35, 1.77, 1.50, 0.80, 6.15; III: 1.15, 0.25, 0.77, 0.85, 0.47, 3.50; IV: 1.47, 0.25, 1.17, 1.07, 0.50, 4.47. DTS 0.18. DTE 0.67. Epiandrous fusules as in Figure 49M View FIGURE 49 . Spinnerets as in Figures 49I –L View FIGURE 49 . Palp as in Figures 47E–H View FIGURE 47 . Embolus tip S-shaped ( Figs. 47 A, D View FIGURE 47 , 49F View FIGURE 49 ), with projection beyond embolic opening ( Fig. 49H View FIGURE 49 ).

Female (paratype ICN 5982). Coloration and general habitus as in male ( Figs. 45E–H View FIGURE 45 ). Sternum dusky brown with darker edges. Venter with a lighter patch between the gonopore and the openings of the book lungs. Total length 2.27. Cephalothorax 0.95 long, 0.78 wide, 0.55 high. Abdomen 1.32 long, 1.15 wide, 1.20 high. Sternum 0.50 long, 0.52 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06. ALE 0.05. PME 0.07. PLE 0.04. AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.09, PME-PME 0.1, PME-PLE 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.01. Clypeus height 2.08. Chelicerae with the same coloration of the cephalothorax, with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth ( Figs. 46D–F View FIGURE 46 ). Leg measurements: I: femur 1.65, patella 0.35, tibia 1.77, metatarsus 1.50, tarsus 0.80, total 6.07; II: 1.50, 0.35, 1.77, 1.50, 0.80, 5.92; III: 1.00, 0.25, 0.77, 0.97, 0.47, 3.47]; IV: 1.45, 0.22, 1.20, 1.02, 0.47, 4.37. DTS 0.16. DTE 0.39. Tracheal system as in Figures 48G–J View FIGURE 48 . Uterus externus with a median projection ( Figs. 48 A, C View FIGURE 48 ).

Variation. Male total length 1.8-2.2 (N = 10; average 2.0), cephalothorax length 0.7-1.0 (N = 10; average 0.9), femur I length 1.3-2.0 (N = 10; average 1.6). Female total length 1.7-2.4 (N = 10; average 2.2), cephalothorax length 0.7-1.0 (N = 10; average 0.9), femur I length 1.2-1.6 (N = 10; average 1.4). Male specimens from Costa Rica and Nariño state in Colombia have short and less divergent chelicerae.

Distribution. Known from southwestern Colombia, northwestern Ecuador and Costa Rica ( Fig. 132 View FIGURE 132 ).

Additional material examined (N = 81). COSTA RICA: Punta Arenas / Alajuelas: Monte Verde Biological Reserve , [10º18´25.36´´N, 84º48´34.36´´W], elev. [1431m], 2.ii.1979, J. Coddington leg., 5♂ ( MCZ 125511 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, [10º18´N, 84º48´W], elev. 1580m, vii.1978, C. L. Craig & P. Klass leg., 1♂ ( MCZ 125510 View Materials ). San José GoogleMaps : Rio Hondura, 10º N, 84º´W, elev. 1200m, 30.iii.1991, W. Eberhard leg., 3♂ ( MCZ 125522 View Materials ) ; iii.1986, W. Eberhard leg., 1♀ ( MCZ 125475 View Materials ). COLOMBIA : Nariño: Barbacoas, Altaquer, Reserva Ñambi, [1º15´N, 78º7´W], elev. 1450m, 10.iv.2010, E. Flórez y Est. Tax. Animal UN leg., 2♂ 2♀ ( ICN 4501 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; Ricaurte, R. N. La Planada , [1º34´10´´N, 77º31´12´´W], elev. 1850m, 13.i.1992, C. Valderrama leg., 1♂ ( ICN 4519 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; Ricaurte, R. N. La Planada , [1º34´10´´N, 77º31´12´´W], elev. 1850m, 23.i.1992, C. Valderrama leg., Bosque nublado, tela casi horizontal sobre hojas grandes a 130cm del suelo, diámetro tela 7cm, 2♀ ( ICN 4495 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; [Ricaurte], La Planada, 7km S. Chocones , [1º30´7.59´´N, 77º31´27.98´´W], elev. 1800m, vii.1986, W. Eberhard leg., 1♂ ( MCZ 125509 View Materials ) GoogleMaps , 4♂ 4♀ 1 immature (MCZ 125508); 1♀ (MCZ 125507). Valle del Cauca: Cali, Bosque San Antonio, 3º37´N, 76º34´W, elev. 1800–2100m, ix.2009, J. Cabra leg., 1♂ ( ICN 5983 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; La Cumbre, Vereda Chicoral , 3º34´N, 76º35.6´W, elev. 1800–2100m, ix.2009, J. Mendez leg., 4♂ 4♀ 3 immature ( ICN 5984 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 31.x.2009, J. Mendez leg., 14♂ 22♀ 4 immature (ICN 5985); ca. El Saladito , [3º29´1.29´´N, 76º36´52.32´´W], elev. 1800m, 1♂ ( MCZ 125506 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Tetragnathidae

Genus

Glenognatha

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