Tantra bugle gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 1, 6D–E, 34–35

Diagnosis

Females of Tantra bugle gen. et sp. nov. resemble those of Tantra wounaan gen. et sp. nov. by the wide guanine silver stripe, open posteriorly, encircling most of the opisthosoma (Figs 35A–C, 37A–C), but T. bugle can be distinguished by the smooth (i.e., no pattern) light olive-green dorsum of the opisthosoma (Fig. 35A), whereas T. wounaan have the dorsum of the opisthosoma with dark olive-green irregular lines (i.e., zigzag; Fig. 37A). Males of T. bugle resemble those of T. wounaan by the tegular pocket elongated and acute, and the conductor extension with a retrolateral projection (Figs 34D–F, 36D–F), but T. bugle can be distinguished by the conductor apophysis short, not exceeding the conductor extension posteriorly, and the tegular pocket anterior side forming a rectangle (Fig. 34E–F), whereas T. wounaan have the apophysis long and the anterior side of the pocket pointed (Fig. 36E–F).

Etymology

The specific name is a noun in apposition to honor the Buglé native people of Panama, which derived from the union of two words, ‘bu’ and ‘gle’, that mean ‘people, to live’, or ‘to be present’ and ‘Earth’ or ‘resources’, respectively, in the Buglere language.

Type material

Holotype

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • ♂; Reserva Forestal Fortuna, Quebrada Honda, one-hectare PANCODING inventory; 8.750083° N, 82.239083° W; 1135 m a.s.l.; 7–12 Jun. 2007; M. Arnedo, D. Dimitrov, G. Hormiga, F. Labarque and M. Ramírez leg.; voucher code SFB1D8H019; MIUP.

Paratypes

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NAD032; preparation codes FML-00690, LNP-00260; DNA code thes4113; GenBank PX096919; MACN-Ar 29366 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NBH034; preparation codes FML-00694, FML-00746, LNP-00276; DNA de thes4065; GenBank PX096918; MACN-Ar 29359 • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1NAL019; DNA barcode SPIPA343-10; MCZ • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1NCH021; DNA barcode SPIPA342-10; CRBA • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1D9A009; preparation code FML-00982; DNA barcode SPIPA344-10; CRBA.

Other material

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1NCR034; DNA code thes4177; GenBank PX096920; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1NBA029; DNA code thes4259; GenBank PX096922; MACN-Ar 29358 • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFB1DAR031; DNA code thes4181; GenBank PX096921; CRBA • 13 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; MCZ • 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; MIUP • 13 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; MACN-Ar • 13 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; CRBA • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same locality as for holotype; 21–24 Jun. 2008; L. Piacentini and F. Labarque leg.; non-quantitative sample; MACN-Ar • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; voucher code SFNQP8L012; DNA barcode SPIPA222-10; MACN-Ar.

Description

Male (paratypes MACN-Ar 29366, CRBA SFU1D9A009)

Total length 1.43. Prosoma: length 0.84, width 0.68, height 0.59. Sternum: length 0.38, width 0.38. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.09. Opisthosoma: length 0.98, width 0.78, height 0.66. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish-white laterally, greenish-yellow centrally (Fig. 34A–B). Dorsum of the ocular area greenish-yellow (Fig. 34A–B). Sternum greenish-yellow (Fig. 34C). Opisthosoma color overall yellowish-white, dorsally lighter, with dispersed silver guanine blotches anteriorly (Fig. 34A–B). Epiandrium, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, spinneret field and behind anal tubercle olive-green (Fig. 34C). Femora and patella yellowish-white, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi orange (Fig. 34A–C). Palp: paracymbium hooked, paracymbial process with setae row, tegulum striated with tegular spur elongated, acute, median apophysis elongated with median groove, conductor covering embolic division, conductor posterior extension with retrolateral projection, conductor apophysis relatively short, embolus laminated, multiple divided embolic apophysis, retrolateral branch filiform, sclerotized, elongated, protruding from beneath conductor (Fig. 34D–F).

Female (paratype MACN-Ar 29359)

Total length 1.95. Prosoma: length 0.97, width 0.81, height 0.71. Sternum: length 0.43, width 0.44. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME 0.08, AME–PME 0.10. Opisthosoma: length 1.65, width 1.40, height 1.09. Leg formula: 1243. Coloration olive-greener than male (Fig. 35A–C). Dorsal shield of prosoma olive-green centrally (Fig. 35A–B). Dorsum of ocular area olive-green (Fig. 35A–B). Sternum olive-green (Fig. 35C). Dorsum of opisthosoma light olive-green (Fig. 35A) with wide guanine silver stripe, open posteriorly, encircling most of opisthosoma (Fig. 35B–C). Booklungs cover, tracheal spiracle, and behind anal tubercle dark olive-green, spinneret field olive-green (Fig. 35C). Epigynal plate whitish-orange (Fig. 35B–C). Epigynal plate: domed, dorsal-lateral spurs extending to midline, dorsal epigynal plate exposed (Fig. 35B–C). Vulva: convoluted copulatory ducts, proximal copulatory ducts with patch of gland ducts dorsally, distal copulatory ducts coiling dorso-ventrally and inserting ventromedially posteriorly into the spermathecae, spermathecae round, sclerotized, and connate (i.e., fused along midline), fertilization ducts sclerotized, emerging laterally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving dorsally anteriorly to meet uterus externus (Fig. 35C).

Records and biology

Records are limited to collections made at 1135 m a.s.l. in premontane rainforest from Reserva Forestal Fortuna (Fig. 1). Males and females have been collected mostly during the night by looking up, and less frequently also during the day by beating, looking down and cryptic techniques.

Variation

Some females examined have a darker coloration than the described specimens, and some males have dispersed silver guanine blotches covering the dorsum of the opisthosoma.