Camptomorpha weyrauchi (Chamberlin, 1955)

Fig. 11.

Leptodesmus (Pseudoleptodesmus) weyrAucHi Chamberlin, 1955: 37, fig. 77. SYntYpes, SMF.

Leptodesmus ( PHAntAsmOdesmus) weyrAucHi — Kraus, 1956: 142, plate 18, figs 13–16, Camptomorpha by implication.

CAmptOmOrpHA weyrAucHi — Bouzan et al., 2022: 239.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE NOTES (after Chamberlin [1955] and Kraus [1956]). Length 45 mm, width 5.0– 5.3 mm (♂, ♀). Coloration dull red-brown to chocolate brown with contrasting yellow paraterga and a moderately wide, light, axial stripe; legs light brown. Paraterga well-developed and strongly rimmed, anterior corners stronglY rounded, calluses clearlY set off from a smooth lateral rim; caudal corners mostly rounded and only slightly drawn past straight rear tergal margins (Fig. 11A). Epiproct short, cylindrical, slightly curved ventrad. Hypoproct roundly triangular with two thick setigerous knobs at caudal margin. ♂ legs ventrallY with prefemora carrYing apical swellings, and tibiae with apical chelae.

Gonopods (Fig. 11B–F) with prefemoral process (PfP) considerably longer than acropodite (A), both highly complex and strongly armed; PfP subrectangular in shape, with an elongated projection in its middle portion, ending in a bifid projection; apical portion of PfP slightly bipartite, with two acute branches directed laterally; A broad, with an irregularly shaped apex featuring several indentations; internal margin near apex with a small invagination subsequently forming a small subacute process; solenomere (sl) simple, subflagelliform and only slightly curved.

DISTRIBUTION. Peru, Dept. Huanuco, Cave “Cueva de las Luchuzas” near Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga, 9°17′55.0″S 76°00′01.6″W, 670 m; strict topotYpe ♂ [Chamberlin, 1955; Kraus, 1956].