Patrera ramirezi, Martínez & Brescovit & Villarreal & Oliveira, 2021

Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D., Villarreal, Eduardo & Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., 2021, An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4914 (1), pp. 1-64 : 25-27

Patrera ramirezi new species

Figures 12A –G; 30

Type material. Male holotype from Salto del Tequendama Falls (4°35′10″N; 74°18′0″W), Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia, 25.VII.1967, P. & B. Wygodzinsky leg. ( AMNH). Paratype: female same data as holotype ( AMNH). Male from Reserva Natural El Secreto, Saragoa (10°53′42.5″N; 73°59′58.6″W), 2120m, Boyacá, Colombia, 13.X.2001, C. Zudiria leg. (ICN-Ar-9667) .

Other material examined. COLOMBIA, Boyacá: Iguape, Quebrada Carrizal , (5°25′12″N; 73°27′24″W), 3360m, ♁1, 17.VIII-15.IX.2000, P. Reina leg. (ICN-Ar-10612) . Cundinamarca: Choachí , 30.IV.2009, ♁1 D. Luna leg. (ICN-Ar-6037) .

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Martín Ramírez, who has greatly contributed to taxonomic and systematic studies of Neotropical spiders.

Diagnosis. Males of Patrera ramirezi n. sp. can be differentiated from those of the remaining species of the genus by their long retrolateral tibial apophysis, with small dorsal projection ( Fig. 12 C–E). Females are distinguished by their epigynum with exceptionally wide, transversal hood, and transversal copulatory ducts with small seminal receptacles, anteriorly positioned ( Fig. 12 F–G).

Description. Male (Holotype, AMNH). Cephalothorax and legs brown-reddish ( Fig. 12A). Abdomen dorsally gray with dark spots from median to posterior area; ventrally white ( Fig. 12A). Total length 5.1, carapace length 2.6, width 2.02. Clypeus height 0.08. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.10, PME 0.10, PLE 0.06; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.06, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.08, ALE–PLE 0.02. Chelicerae 0.72 long, four promarginal teeth, six retromarginal denticles. Leg measurements: leg I—femur 2.9/ patella 1.0/ tibia 3.0/ metatarsus 2.7/ tarsus 1.3/ total 10.9; II—2.6/ 1.0/ 1.62/ 2.8/ 1.05/ 9.07; III—1.8/ 0.8/ 1.4/ 1.6/ 0.7/ 6.3; IV—2.63/ 0.8/ 2.15/ 2.8/ 0.9/ 9.28. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-2-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0; II—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-2-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0; III—tibia v2-2-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; IV—tibia v2-2-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; Abdomen: length 2.5, epigastric furrow 0.9 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.0 from base of spinnerets. Palp: retrolateral tibial apophysis long, ventrally projected; cymbium longer than tibia; subtegulum longer than wide with flattened and apically subrounded distal projection; tegulum longer than wide; median apophysis laminar, short and medially situated; embolus long, apically filiform with narrow base and basally inserted on the tegulum ( Fig. 12 C–E).

Female (AMNH, Paratype). Coloration as in the male ( Fig. 12B). Total length 5.8, carapace length 2.9, width 2.1. Clypeus height 0.10. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.12, PME 0.14, PLE 0.12; AME– AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.06, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.10, ALE–PLE 0.04. Chelicerae 1.0 long, four promarginal teeth, five retromarginal denticles. Leg measurements: leg I—femur 2.52/ patella 0.9/ tibia 2.5/ metatarsus 2.1/ tarsus 1.0/ total 9.02; II—2.45/ 0.9/ 2.3/ 2.1/ 0.9/ 8.65; III—1.8/ 0.9/ 1.4/ 1.6/ 0.7/ 6.4; IV—2.5/ 0.9/ 2.0/ 2.6/ 0.9/ 8.9. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus p1-1-0, r1-1-0; II—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-2-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0; III—tibia p0-1-1, r0-1-1; IV—tibia v2-2-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; Abdomen: length 2.85, epigastric furrow 0.8 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.0 from base of spinnerets. Epigynum: hood transversal, very wide and posteriorly projected; lateral borders weakly sclerotized, parallel, wide and apically rounded; atrium long and ample; internally with copulatory ducts long and wide; seminal receptacles small, rounded and anteriorly situated on the copulatory ducts; spermathecae large, oval and anteriorly positioned; fertilization ducts almost as long as spermathecae ( Fig. 12 F–G).

Variation. Males (n=3): total length: 6.83–7.33; carapace length: 3.07–3.44; femur I length 2.9–3.68.

Distribution. Known from Boyacá and Cundinamarca departments Colombia ( Fig. 30).