Baalzebub absoguedi sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Females of Baalzebub absoguedi sp. nov. resemble those of Baalzebub jaibana sp. nov. by the suboval spermathecae (i.e., rounded laterally), connated distally, forming a curved line anteriorly, and by the backward-pointed triangular epigynal plate anteriorly wide (i.e., wider than the sclerotized vulva) (Figs 54D, 56D). Females of B. absoguedi can be distinguished by the backward-pointed plate projecting posteriorly (i.e., exceeding the triangular shape) (Fig. 56D) and the overall dark coloration (Fig. 56A–C), whereas B. jaibana . have the plate not projecting posteriorly (i.e., not exceeding the triangular shape) (Fig. 54D) and an overall light coloration (Fig. 54A–C).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from ‘absoguedi’ which indicates the person specialized in the chants that chases away the bad spirits in the Kuna language, currently spoken by the Kuna native people of Panama.

Type material

Holotype

PANAMA – Coclé Province • ♀; Parque Nacional G.D. Omar Torrijos Herrera, El Cope, Sendero Las Ranas; 8.668139° N, 80.592667° W; 790 m a.s.l.; 3 Jun. 2008; F. Labarque leg.; non-quantitative sample; voucher code STNQ38L016; preparation codes FML-00972, FML-00973; MIUP.

Description

Female (holotype MIUP STNQ38L016)

Total length 1.40. Prosoma: length 0.70, width 0.60, height 0.56. Sternum: length 0.35, width 0.34. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.07. Opisthosoma: length 1.09, width 0.9, height 0.85. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark (Fig. 56A). Dorsum of ocular area dark (Fig. 56A). Sternum yellowish-orange with dark olive-green borders (Fig. 56C). Opisthosoma color overall dark gray, anteriorly lighter, with three dorsal pairs of round guanine silver patches laterally, first pair above second pair of opisthosomal apodemes, second pair smaller (Fig. 56A–B). Booklungs cover white, tracheal spiracle, and behind anal tubercle dark gray, spinneret field orange with one pair of round guanine silver patches laterally (Fig. 56C). Femora yellowish-white but distally olive-green, patella olive-green, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi orange (Fig. 56A–C). Epigynal plate brownish-orange (Fig. 56C), triangular, wide proximally, backward-pointed, central pit deep (Fig. 56C–D). Vulva: copulatory ducts irregular and membranous, inserting ventromedially posteriorly into spermathecae, suboval spermathecae, sclerotized, and connated distally, forming curved line anteriorly, fertilization ducts sclerotized, emerging laterally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving dorsally anteriorly to meet uterus externus (Fig. 56D).

Male

Unknown.

Records and biology

The single record is limited to a collection made at 895 m a.s.l. in premontane rainforest from Parque Nacional General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera (Fig. 1).