Epeirotypus kra sp. nov.

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Figs 1, 5D–E, 16–17

Diagnosis

Males and females of Epeirotypus kra sp. nov. resemble those of E. kote sp. nov. by the whitish-yellow body coloration (Figs 16A–C, 17A–C, 18A–C, 19A–C), but males of E. kra can be distinguished by the median apophysis distal projection relatively acute (Fig. 16E), whereas E. kote have the projection wider (Fig. 18E). Females of E. kra can be distinguished by the vulval bifid sclerotized septum forming a rectangle posteriorly (Fig. 17D), whereas in E. kote the bifid septum resembles an inverted trapezoid (Fig. 19D).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from ‘krä’ which means ‘thin’ in the Ngäbere language, currently spoken by the Ngäbe native people of Panama, and refers to the relatively low prosoma.

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 SFB1DAH019; DNA code epes2183; GenBank code PX096947; MIUP.

Paratypes

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1N8L020; preparation codes FML-00688, LNP-00255; DNA code epes3111; GenBank code PX096951; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NBD029; preparation codes FML-00695, LNP-00277; DNA code epes2063; GenBank code PX096946; MCZ • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1NAA009; DNA code epes2053; GenBank code PX096945; MACN-Ar 29218 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1N7H026; DNA barcode SPIPA391-10; MACN-Ar 29217 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1NBH019; DNA barcode SPIPA390-10; MACN-Ar 29221.

Other material

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1DAA016; DNA code epes2184 GenBank code PX096948; MIUP • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1N8A024; DNA code epes2203; GenBank code PX096949; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU1NCA029; DNA code epes3208; GenBank code PX096953; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NBA026; DNA code epes3209; GenBank code PX096954; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NBH023; preparation code FML-01149; DNA code epes3054; GenBank code PX096950; MACN-Ar 29220 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NCH031; DNA code epes3207; GenBank code PX096952; MACN-Ar 29219 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1DAL018; DNA code epes5062; GenBank code PX096955; MACNAr 29216 • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; CRBA • 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; same locality as for holotype; 21–24 Jun. 2008; L. Piacentini and F. Labarque leg.; non-quantitative sample; MACN-Ar.

Description

Male (paratype MCZ SFU1N8L020)

Total length 2.21. Prosoma: length 1.25, width 0.98, height 0.71. Sternum: length 0.53, width 0.45. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.11, PME 0.08, AME–PME 0.14. Opisthosoma: length 1.38, width 1.36, height 1.11; with posterior lateral tubercles. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark olive-green laterally, yellowish-white centrally forming irregular band (Fig. 16A–B). Dorsum of ocular area yellowish-white (Fig. 16A). Thoracic area of prosoma laterally higher (Fig. 16B). Sternum yellow (Fig. 16C). Dorsum of opisthosoma olive-green with five whitish-gray patches, anterior and middle ones fused, covered by sparsely thin olive-green flecks (Fig. 16A–B). Opisthosoma with two lateral posterior tubercles connected ventrally by guanine silver stripe (Fig. 16C). Epiandrium, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, and spinneret field yellow, olive-green thick patch behind anal tubercle (Fig. 16C). Legs I–II lighter than III–IV, femora and patella yellowish-white, tibiae and metatarsi yellow but distally dark, tarsi yellow (Fig. 16A–C). Palp: paracymbium wider than long, tegulum retrolaterally massive (i.e., almost half the size of bulb), tegular spur rounded, median apophysis rounded, distally notched (see “dorsal notch” in Coddington 1986), with projection extending distally, conductor reduced (i.e., relatively smaller than embolus) partially covering embolus, embolus long, bulky and distally acute (Fig. 16D–F).

Female (paratypes MCZ SFU2NBD029, MACN-Ar 29220)

Total length 2.95. Prosoma: length 1.42, width 1.06, height 0.72. Sternum: length 0.64, width 0.51. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.11, PME 0.10, AME–PME 0.12. Opisthosoma: length 1.82, width 1.80, height 1.62. Leg formula: 1243. Coloration as in male (Fig. 17A–C). Epigynal plate olive-green (Fig. 17C). Epigynal plate: domed, with transverse groove, central pit deep (Fig. 17B–C). Vulva: copulatory ducts massive, proximally with patch of gland ducts dorsally, heavily sclerotized distally inserting dorsolaterally posteriorly into spermathecae, spermathecae anteriorly sharp, sclerotized, and connate (i.e., fused one above the other), fertilization ducts sclerotized, relative small, emerging dorsally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving anteriorly to meet uterus externus (Figs 5D–E, 17D).

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 at night by looking up; two males and one female were collected during the day by looking down and beating, respectively.