Decaphora kohunlich, Rheims, Cristina Anne & Alayón, Giraldo, 2014

Rheims, Cristina Anne & Alayón, Giraldo, 2014, The huntsman genus Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae), Zootaxa 3815 (1), pp. 79-93 : 86-88

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137692

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE8784-8B24-8213-F2CB-FC29FCFFFEDD

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Plazi

scientific name

Decaphora kohunlich
status

sp. nov.

Decaphora kohunlich View in CoL spec. nov.

Figs 3−4 View FIGURES 1 − 4 , 22−28 View FIGURES 22 – 28 , 46 View FIGURE 46

Type material: Holotype: ♂ from 8 km SE Salto de Agua (17°30’45”N, 92°30’40” W), 60 m., Chiapas, Mexico, 14 June 2008, LLAMA Project leg. ( MCZ 79977).

Paratypes: 1♀, Playon de la Gloria (16°09’36” N, 90°54’06” W), Chiapas, México, 24 June 2008, LLAMA Project leg. ( MCZ 80515); 1♀, Kohunlich ruins, 9 km S Francisco Villa (18°26’ N, 88°48’W), Quintana Roo, Mexico, 14−17 July 1983, W Maddison & R.S. Anderson leg. ( MCZ 30718); 1♂, 1 juv., 5 km NW Morales (15°30’39”N, 88°51’39” W), 195 m, Izabal, Guatemala, 17 May 2009, LLAMA Project leg. ( MCZ 89534); 1♀, 1juv., Cerro Cahuí (17°00’08” N, 89°42’59” W), 250 m, Petén, Guatemala, 22 May 2009, LLAMA Project leg. ( MCZ 89592).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality of one of the female paratypes.

Diagnosis. Decaphora kohunlich spec. nov. resembles D. pestai (Reimoser) by mRTA with many distal spines and dRTA very long and slender in the male palp ( Figs 23−24 View FIGURES 22 – 28 vs. 30–31) and by lateral lobes of the female epigyne with posterior triangular projections ( Figs 26 View FIGURES 22 – 28 vs. 34). The males are distinguished by vRTA with short, rounded projection at base, slightly pear-shaped TBC and distally rounded TBE ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22 – 28 ). The females are distinguished by the atrium at least three times wider than long, anteriorly indented and by the lateral lobes with a posterior excavation ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 22 – 28 ).

Description. Male (MCZ 79977): Prosoma orange brown with faint brown margins and faint brown lines along thoracic striae. Chelicerae, legs and pedipalps orange brown. Sternum pale orange with slightly darker margins. Endites orange, distally cream colored. Labium orange brown, distally orange. Opisthosoma cream colored, dorsally with irregular brown markings on anterior half and laterally and brown pattern of five median, inverted V-shaped marks on posterior half, ventrally with scattered brown spots ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 − 4 ). Total length 8.3. Prosoma: 4.2 long, 3.7 wide. Opisthosoma: 4.0 long, 2.5 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.32, 0.23, 0.18, 0.23; interdistances: 0.20, 0.06, 0.41, 0.32, 0.15, 0.07. Legs (1-2-4-3): I: 15.7 (4.5, 2.2, 4.3, 3.9, 0.8); II: 15.6 (4.6, 2.1, 4.1, 3.9, 0.9); III: 12.5 (3.8, 1.9, 2.8, 3.1, 0.9); IV: 14.7 (4.4, 1.7, 3.4, 4.2, 1.0). Leg and palp spination follow the generic pattern. Palp: tibia short with one prolateral spine; PTP long and cylindrical ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22 – 28 ); embolus with subdistal, slightly serrated keel ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22 – 28 ).

Female (MCZ 30718): Coloration pattern as in male. Opisthosoma with denser dorsal pattern ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 − 4 ). Total length 11.1. Prosoma: 3.8 long, 3.5 wide. Opisthosoma: 6.6 long, 3.6 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.26, 0.22, 0.14, 0.20, interdistances: 0.20, 0.16 0.40, 0.40, 0.18, 0.10. Legs (1-2-4-3): I: 12.4 (3.6, 2.0, 3.1, 2.8, 0.9); II: 12.3 (3.6, 2.0, 3.0, 2.8, 0.9); III: 9.3 (3.0, 1.1, 2.1, 2.3, 0.8); IV: 12.1 (3.5, 1.6, 2.6, 3.3, 1.1). Leg and palp spination follow the generic pattern except: femora I −IV: p2; tibiae I −II: v2-2 -2-2-2-2; tibia III: v2-2 -1p; tibia IV: d0; metatarsi I −II: p1- 1-0; r1-1-0; metatarsus III: p0. Epigyne: Touching part of lateral lobes two times longer than median septum height ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 22 – 28 ). Vulva: blind-ended projection inconspicuous, closer to antero-posterior loop than to copulation openings; fertilization ducts curved anteriorly and pointing away from each other ( Figs. 27−28 View FIGURES 22 – 28 ).

Variation. Males (n = 2): total length 8.2−8.3; prosoma length 3.8−4.2; femur I 3.8−4.5. Females (n = 3): total length 8.3−11.1; prosoma length 3.6−4.4; femur I length 3.0−3.8.

Distribution. Known from Mexico and Guatemala ( Fig. 46 View FIGURE 46 ).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Decaphora

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