Roddenberryus pelegrina ( Bryant, 1940 ) Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2023, Strange new spiders: on Roddenberryus, a new and unusual caponiid genus (Araneae, Caponiidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 891 (1), pp. 1-25 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2263

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F0219C1F-DFB9-4BB2-A295-4898CFF38F44

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8325486

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787CE-5871-FFC6-A3C8-44F1FCA060E2

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Roddenberryus pelegrina ( Bryant, 1940 )
status

gen. et comb. nov.

Roddenberryus pelegrina ( Bryant, 1940) gen. et comb. nov.

Figs 14A–C View Fig , 15 View Fig

Caponina pelegrina Bryant, 1940: 272 View in CoL .

Diagnosis

Roddenberryus pelegrina resembles R. spock gen. et sp. nov., R. mccoy gen. et sp. nov. and R. sargi gen. nov. by having invaginations in the margins of the clypeus ( Fig. 14A View Fig ), but can be distinguished by having a dense tuft of black setae on the apical part of the tibia ( Fig. 14A View Fig ).

Type material

Holotype CUBA • ♀; Santiago de las Vegas ; N. Banks leg.; MCZ 22577 View Materials . (The holotype was examined and photographed in 2002 by the first author; further attempts to examine this specimen were unsuccessful.)

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female (holotype, Fig. 14A–C View Fig )

Described by Bryant (1940: 272). New data and emendations are as follows: Carapace pale orange, with invaginations on clypeal margin ( Fig. 14A View Fig ). Chelicerae orange ( Fig. 14C View Fig ); palps, endites, labium, sternum and legs pale orange ( Fig. 14A–B View Fig ); coxae and trochanters lighter ( Fig. 14B View Fig ). Abdomen pale gray, without dorsal pattern ( Fig. 14A View Fig ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 5.4. Carapace 2.4 long, 1.5 wide. Sternum 1.6 long, 1.2 wide. Leg measurements unavailable. External genital area with weakly sclerotized anterior and posterior plate, straight epigastric furrow ( Fig. 14B View Fig ). Internal genitalia not studied.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Cuba ( Fig. 15 View Fig ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Caponiidae

Genus

Roddenberryus

Loc

Roddenberryus pelegrina ( Bryant, 1940 )

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Bonaldo, Alexandre B. 2023
2023
Loc

Caponina pelegrina

Bryant E. B. 1940: 272
1940
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