Idiops cambridgei Ausserer, 1875

Figs 4B, 10

Idiops cambridgei Ausserer, 1875: 145 .

Idiops cambridgei – Raven 1985: 158.

Pseudidiops cambridgei – Pocock 1895: 223.

Diagnosis

The female of Idiops cambridgei differs from that of the other Neotropical species by the spermathecae having ducts with strong outward curvature in the transition between duct and receptacle, and small receptacula, with diameter slightly larger than the width of the duct (Fig. 10).

Type material

Holotype COLOMBIA • ♀; Bogotá; 1889; BMNH 1890.7.1.321.

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female (holotype BMNH 1890.7.1.321)

MEASUREMENTS. TBL 12.9, CL 7, CW 5.4, LL 0.9, LW 1.2, SL 3, SW 3.

COLOR. Carapace and legs brown. Sternum, coxae and abdomen brownish.

PROSOMA. Eye tubercle: 1.4 long; 1.3 wide. AME-ALE distance 0.5. Eye diameters: AME 0.3, ALE 0.3, PME 0.2, PLE 0.3. Thoracic fovea procurved. Labium with 16 cuspules. Maxilla with 114 cuspules, distributed throughout ventral area. Basal segment of chelicerae with a prolateral row of 6 large teeth and 3 retrolateral small teeth, grouped in basal half.

PALP AND LEG MEASUREMENTS. Palp = 8.3 (2.9, 1.8, 1.8, 1.8), I = 9.9 (3.4, 2.4, 1.9, 1.3, 0.9), II = 8.7 (2.9, 2, 1.7, 1.3, 0.8), III = 8.4 (2.4, 1.9, 1.5, 1.6, 1), IV = 11.2 (3.3, 2.3, 2.4, 2.1, 1.1).

SPINATION. Palp: Fe p0-0-3ap, r0-0-3ap, Pa p0-0-1, Ti p5-5-7, r2-4-7, Ta p7-6-6, r8-9-8. Leg I: Fe r0-0-3, Ti p5-5-5, r4-4-8, Mt p7-6-7, r3-3-2, Ta p3-2-1, r2-1-1. Leg II: Ti p2-4-3, r3-3-1, Mt p10-6-4, r4-3-1, Ta p3-2-2, r2-0-0. Leg III: Pa p5-9-25, r0-1-1, Ti p5-13-19, r4-4-6, Mt v0-1-2, p8-5-5, r5-0-1, Ta v0-0-4. Leg IV: Pa p31-31-23, Ti v0-0-2, Mt v1-2-3ap, Ta v0-3-3.

SPERMATHECAE. Spherical receptacula. Duct with basal translucent area and median area sclerotized (Fig. 10).

Distribution

Colombia. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 4B).