Masteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2021

Dupérré, Nadine, Tapia, Elicio, Quandt, Dietmar, Crespo-Pérez, Verónica & Harms, Danilo, 2021, From the lowlands to the highlands of Ecuador, a study of the genus Masteria (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 5005 (4), pp. 538-568 : 560-567

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.4.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5150948

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039EBE72-B539-AC75-FF6F-FE152B78FB39

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Plazi

scientific name

Masteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia
status

sp. nov.

Masteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia View in CoL , new species

Figs 18A, B View FIGURES 18 , 19A–D View FIGURES 19 , 21B View FIGURES 21 , 23C View FIGURES 23 , map 1.

Type material. Male holotype from Ecuador, Cotopaxi, La Union del Toachi, Otongachi Natural Reserve (- 00.330510 -78.934420) 25 Feb. 2020, 1087m, pitfall, N. Dupérré , E.E. Tapia, I.G. Tapia ( QCAZ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: Ecuador: Cotopaxi Province: La Union del Toachi, Otongachi Natural Reserve (-00.330510 -78.934420) GoogleMaps 18 Feb. 2020, 1087m, pitfall, N. Dupérré , E.E. Tapia, I.G. Tapia ( QCAZ) GoogleMaps . OTONGA Biological Reserve, Rio Esmeraldas (-00.41941 -78.99607) GoogleMaps 1717m, 24 May-8 June 2014, 1♂, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( ZMH-A0015057 ) ; 5-19 Sept. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( QCAZ); (-00.41433 -79.00035) GoogleMaps 1888m, 3- 16 Aug. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( ZMH-A0015055 ) ; 5-19 Sept. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( QCAZ) ; 19 Sept.–2 Oct. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( QCAZ) ; 25 Nov.–8 Dec. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( QCAZ); (-00.41994 -79.99623) GoogleMaps 1997m, 21 June–2 July 2014, 1♂ ( QCAZ) , 5–19 Sept. 2014, 1♂ , pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( ZMH-A0015056 ); (-00.41564 -79.00452) GoogleMaps 2105m, 16 Aug.–5 Sept. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( ZMH-A0015058 ); (-00.42180 -79.01325) GoogleMaps 2225m, 16 Aug.–5 Sept. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( QCAZ) .

Other material examined. Cotopaxi Province: OTONGA Biological Reserve , Rio Esmeraldas (-00.41941 -78.99607) 1717m, 25 Nov.–8 Dec. 2014, 2♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( DTC); (-00.41994 -79.99623) 1997m, 25 Nov.–8 Dec. 2014, 1♂, pitfall trap, E.E. Tapia, C. Tapia & N. Dupérré ( QCAZ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality Otongachi Natural Reserve.

Diagnosis. Males most resemble M. lasdamas n. sp., but can be distinguished by their much larger size (4.41 vs. 2.69); prolateral process of leg I, P1 well sclerotized and triangular ( Fig. 23 C View FIGURES 23 ) whilst P1 inconspicuous in M. lasdamas n. sp. ( Fig. 23B View FIGURES 23 ).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 4.41; carapace length: 2.02; carapace width: 1.57; abdomen length: 2.39. Carapace light brown with reticulation in the cephalic groove and pars thoracica, covered with long setae ( Fig. 18A View FIGURES 18 ). Chelicerae yellow; promargin with 11 teeth and ~15 smaller mesobasal teeth. Endites yellow without cuspules. Labium yellow without cuspules. Sternum yellow ( Fig. 18B View FIGURES 18 ). Eyes: six eyes grouped; AME absent, ALE the largest; PLE oval; PME the smallest, oval; posterior row recurved ( Fig. 21B View FIGURES 21 ). Abdomen elongated, whitish-gray covered with long setae ( Fig. 18A View FIGURES 18 ). Spinnerets: PLS 1.78 (0.54/0.59/0.65). Leg formula 4123; leg measurements: I 6.56 (1.77/0.85/1.63/1.22/1.09); II 5.03 (1.39/0.67/1.13/1.00/0.84); III 4.20 (1.05/0.53/0.97/0.89/0.76); IV 6.72 (1.78/0.81/1.51/1.55/1.07). Leg spination: I: d1-1-1; tibiae v1-1, p1; metatarsus v1; II: femur d1-1-1-1; patella v2; tibia v1-1-1ap, p1; metatarsus v1-1, p1; III: femur d1-1-1; patella d1, r1-1; tibia d1-2, v2-1-1, p2-2, r2-2; metatarsus d1-1-2, v1-2ap, p1, r1-1; IV: femur d1-1-1; patella d1, p1; tibia d1-1-1, v1-1-1-2ap, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, metatarsus d1, v1-1-1, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Tibia I: P1 triangular; P2 with an apical strong spine; P3 with two apical spines ( Fig. 23C View FIGURES 23 ). Metatarsus I with large rounded basal spine ( Fig. 23C View FIGURES 23 ). Palp: palpal tibia 2x size of cymbium, 4x longer than wide ( Fig. 19A, B View FIGURES 19 ); cymbium 2x longer than wide, with four apical spines; palpal bulb elongated-oval, embolus short, sinuous, bent apically ( Fig. 19C View FIGURES 19 ).

Female: unknown.

Distribution. Ecuador: found at two localities in the Cotopaxi Province.

Natural History. Specimens were collected between 1290–2225m in evergreen foothill ( Guevara & Morales 2013) to montane forest (incl. cloud forest) of the occidental Andean mountain range ( Aguirre et al. 2013).

MAP. 1. Distribution map of all new species of Masteria from Ecuador described herein.

QCAZ

Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Dipluridae

Genus

Masteria

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