Tafana pittieri, De Oliveira & Brescovit, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.742.1291 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23424EC3-8440-4C72-AD9E-C1EC3087F7CA |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4658769 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5763F405-387A-4B81-B2A2-D2A309390260 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:5763F405-387A-4B81-B2A2-D2A309390260 |
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Plazi |
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Tafana pittieri |
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sp. nov. |
Tafana pittieri sp. nov.
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Figs 28 View Fig , 33F View Fig , 35 View Fig
Diagnosis
Males of Tafana pittieri sp. nov. resemble those of the silhavyi group by having the secondary looping in the middle in the tegulum, but differ from them by having the large laminar, ring-shaped apophysis at the base of the embolus and retrolateral tibial apophysis short and truncated ( Fig. 28C–E View Fig ). Females differ from the other species by having the lateral lobes wing-shaped in the median region, covering part of the atrium, and secondary spermathecae with slender shape ( Fig. 28F–G View Fig , 33F View Fig ).
Etymology
The specific name is a patronym in honor of Henri Pittier, a botanist, geographer and ethnologist who devoted himself to the study of the flora and fauna in the National Park Henri Pittier, where the specimen was collected. In the year of 1953 the park (until then called Rancho Grande) was renamed in honor of H. Pittier.
Material examined
Holotype VENEZUELA • 1 ♂; Aragua, Rancho Grande, current National Park Henri Pittier ; [10°20′58″ N, 67°41′08″ W]; 8–15 Apr. 1945; M. Beebe et. al. leg.; AMNH. GoogleMaps
Paratype VENEZUELA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; AMNH GoogleMaps .
Description
Male (holotype, AMNH)
COLOR. Exemplar probably discolored. Carapace orange with cephalic region dark ( Fig. 28A View Fig ). Labium, sternum and endites yellow. Chelicerae reddish. Legs I–IV yellow, darkest at tarsi. Abdomen yellow with spots in dorsal view ( Fig. 28A View Fig ).
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 6.3, carapace length 2.8, width 2.21. Clypeus height 0.08. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.1, ALE 0.12, PME 0.1, PLE 0.12; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.04, PME– PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.1, ALE–PLE 0.04. Chelicerae 1.1 long, with four promarginal teeth and four retromarginal denticles.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. I—femur 3.0/ patella 1.1/ tibia 3.5/ metatarsus 3.12 /tarsus 1.2/ total 11.92; II— 2.7/ 1.1/ 2.4 /2.8 / 0.93 /9.93; III—1.98 / 0.8/ 1.53 / 2.0/ 0.6/ 6.91; IV—2.7/ 0.9 /2.5 / 3.1/ 0.7/ 9.9.
LEG SPINATION. I—tibia v2-2-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, metatarsus v2-0-0, p1-0-0, r1-0-0; II—tibia v2-2-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, metatarsus p1-0-0, r1-0-0; III—tibia p1-1-1, r1-1-1; IV—tibia p1-1-1.
PALP. Cymbium with large retrolateral projection, embolus long with large base and narrow apex; median apophysis long and curved apically; ventral tegular process short and hyaline; tegulum without basal protuberance; sperm duct with secondary looping in horizontal position; median apophysis laminar, long and curved at the apex ( Fig. 28C–E View Fig ).
ABDOMEN. Length 3.4, epigastric furrow 0.5 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.9 from base of spinnerets.
Female (paratype, AMNH)
COLOR. Exemplar probably discolored. Coloration as in males of this species, except for chelicerae reddish brown ( Fig. 28B View Fig ).
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 5.4, carapace length 2.2, width 1.8. Clypeus height 0.06. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.1, PME 0.1, PLE 0.1; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.02, PME– PME 0.14, PME–PLE 0.08, ALE–PLE 0.04. Chelicerae 2.2 long, with four promarginal teeth and four retromarginal denticles.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. I—femur 1.9 /patella 0.8/ tibia 1.8/ metatarsus 1.6/ tarsus 0.8 /total 6.9; II— 1.5/ 0.6/ 1.05 / 1.4/ 0.6 /5.15; III—1.2/ 0.5/ 0.7 /1.1 /0.4 / 3.9; IV—1.7/ 0.7 /1.6 / 2.0/ 0.52 / 6.52.
LEG SPINATION. I—tibia v2-2-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, metatarsus v2-0-0, p1-0-0, r1-0-0; II—tibia v2-2-2, p0-1-0, r1-1-0, metatarsus p1-0-0, r1-0-1; III—tibia v1-2-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, metatarsus v2-1-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; IV—tibia v1-2-2, p1-1-1.
EPIGYNUM. Triangular hood with sclerotized border; atrium short; epigynal plate not covered by cuticle, covered in the posterior region; lateral lobes sinuous with wing form in the median region. Internally, copulatory ducts short and curved; primary spermathecae oval and separated; secondary spermathecae small in the posterior region of the copulatory ducts; fertilization ducts longer than primary spermathecae ( Figs 28F–G View Fig , 33F View Fig ).
ABDOMEN. Length 3.2, epigastric furrow 0.6 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.1 from base of spinnerets.
Distribution
Known only from Aragua, Venezuela ( Fig. 33 View Fig ).
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American Museum of Natural History |
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