Kochiana brunnipes (Koch, 1841)

Figs 27–34, 91–102, 119

Mygale brunnipes Koch, 1841: 35 .

Eurypelma brunnipes – Koch 1850: 74, transferred from Mygale (did not designate the type of Eurypelma).

Avicularia brunnipes – Raven 1985: 153, considered Eurypelma a junior synonym of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 .

Kochiana brunnipes — Fukushima et al. 2008: 405, transferred from Avicularia .

Emended diagnosis

Males and females differ from Kochiana fukushimae sp. nov. by the collor pattern, black with patellae, metatarsi and tarsi orange brown and absence of red setae on abdomen (Figs 27–34). Males differ from K. fukushimae sp. nov. by the longer embolus, more curved in ventral direction from half its length (Fig. 92), prominent accessory keels (AC) (Figs 92–93) and retrolateral branch of tibial apophysis entirely flattened (Fig. 99). Females differ from K. fukushimae sp. nov. by the spermathecae projected in ventral direction (“horn shaped” according to Fukushima et al., 2008) and presence of unsclerotized middle depression (MD) at base (Fig. 101).

Type material (not examined)

Holotype

BRAZIL • ♀; unknown type locality; unknown collection date; G.W. Freireis col.; C.L. Koch det.; ZMB-2071.

Other material examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂; Alagoas, Murici, Murici Ecological Station, 09°14′ S, 35°48′ W; 12 Aug. 2006; R. Bertani, D.R.M. Ortega and R.H. Nagahama col.; MZSP 28776 (used by Fukushima et al. 2008 for the species redescription) • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; MZSP 28774 • 1 ♀; Pernambuco, Brejo da Madre de Deus, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Mata do Bituri, 8°11′30.2ʺ S, 36°23′52.0ʺ W; 16 Oct. 2019; R. Fonseca-Ferreira, M. Morales, N.E.V. Saraiva and A.C.S. Silvino leg.; CAD 1104 • 1 ♂; Paraíba, Areia, Parque Estadual da Mata do Pau Ferro, 6°57′55.4ʺ S, 35°45′0ʺ W; 31 May 2015; L.S. Carvalho col.; CHNUFPI 2130 .

Emended description

See Fukushima et al. 2008 for colors description, measurements and spination data.

Male (MZSP 28774, same used by Fukushima et al. 2008)

Palpal bulb: elongated tegulum with PS and PI (Figs 91–93); short and discrete PS; Presence of PTK above PS, in tegulum (Figs 92–93); presence of (AC) between PI and PTK (Figs 92–93); retrolateral and apical keels absent (Figs 91, 93); long embolus, fully curved to the retrolateral direction and curved to ventral direction from half its length (Figs 91–92); presence of medial crest (MC) in the embolus apex. (Fig. 94). Cymbium with two asymmetric lobes. Straight palpal tibia, with a small prolateral protuberance (PP) and small grooves in the contact region with the palpal bulb (Figs 95–97). Retrolateral branch of tibial apophysis entirely flattened (Fig. 99).

Female (MZSP 28776, same used by Fukushima et al. 2008)

Spermathecae: projected in ventral direction, with two sclerotized rounded receptacles over a sclerotized base with a non-sclerotized middle depression. Presence of GC along the receptacles, ducts, and base (Figs 101–102).