Medionops cauca, Martínez & Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2021

Martínez, Leonel, Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2021, The spider genus Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae: Caponiidae) in Colombia, with the description of four new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 773, pp. 61-79 : 69-71

Medionops cauca sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Males of M. cauca sp. nov. are readily recognized from other species of Medionops by the embolus strongly angled at the base and slightly sinuous ( Figs 3C–D , 7C ). Females unknown.

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the type locality ‘ Cauca department’; noun in apposition.

Type material

Holotype COLOMBIA • ♂; Cauca department, Parque Natural Nacional Isla Gorgona , Antigua Laguna Claro ; 2°58′ N, 78°11′ W; alt. 70 m; 11 Apr. 2000; R. Duque leg.; IAvH-I 3788 .

Description

Male (holotype, Figs 3A–D , 7C )

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.84. Carapace 1.76 long, 1.34 wide. Sternum 1.06 long, 0.86 wide. Legs: I: 3.61; II: 3.43; III: 2.79; IV: 4.15.

COLORATION. Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, palps and legs orange ( Fig. 3A ); coxae, trochanters and tarsi lighter. Endites and labium light orange ( Fig. 3B ). Abdomen dorsally dark gray with dorsal pattern formed by five whitish gray chevron stripes, medially joined by thin longitudinal band, and laterally extended as thin stripes; ventrally yellowish ( Fig. 3A–B ).

LEGS AND PALPS. Crista unnoticeable; gladius with common nopine shape. Palp with spherical oval tegulum and slightly sinuous embolus longer than cymbium and strongly angled at base ( Figs 3C–D , 7C ), with acuminate tip and rounded opening.

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Colombia ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Fig. 3. Medionops cauca sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (IAvH-I 3788). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Left palp, retrolateral view. D. Left palp, prolateral view. Scale bars: A–B = 1.5 mm; C–D = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 6. Distribution map of Colombian species of Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017.

Fig. 7. Drawings of the male copulatory bulbs (retrolateral view) in Colombian species of Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017. A. M. blades Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017. B. M. carolinae sp. nov. C. M. cauca sp. nov. D. M. luiscarlosi sp. nov. E. M. santarosa sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm. Abbreviations: e = embolus; t = tegulum.