Catumiri petropolium, Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2004

Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2004, Description of Catumiri n. gen. and three new species (Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae), Zootaxa 671, pp. 1-14 : 4

Catumiri petropolium n. sp.

( Figs. 1–4 )

Material examined — Holotype: Male, IBSP 8596, Brazil, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro; J.P.L. Guadanucci, & F. Cunha. leg., 08– 15.II. 2000. Paratype: Male, IBSP 8606, Brazil, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro; J.P.L. Guadanucci & F. Cunha, leg., 08– 15.II. 2000.

Distribution — Only type­material is known. Female unknown.

Etymology — type locality is in Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Diagnosis — Males differ from those of other species by the absence of a tibial spur on leg I. Females unknown.

Description — Male (Holotype). Total length: 14.00. Carapace: length 6.46; width 5.15. Eye tubercle: length 0.74; width 1.06. Labium: length 0.41; width 1.03. Sternum: length 2.83; width 2.67. Cheliceral furrow with 10 teeth on the prolateral margin. Labium with 2 cuspules. Gnathocoxae with 4 cuspules. Sternum rounded. Palp: femur 3.28 / patella 2.31 / tibia 2.73 /cymbium 1.35 /total 8.32. Legs I: femur 4.93 / patella 3.30 / tibia 3.86 / metatarsus 3.20 / tarsus 1.78 / total 17.07. II: 4.62 / 2.97 / 3.31 / 3.01 / 1.78 / 15.69. III: 4.20 / 2.29 / 2.84 / 3.65 / 1.69 / 14.67. IV: 5.24 / 2.64 / 4.22 / 5.14 / 1.98 / 19.22. Spines: tarsi without spines; Palp: femur (d) 0­0­p 1, patella 0, tibia 0, metatarsus (v) p 1 ­p 1 ­p 1; Legs: I: femur (d) 0­0­p 1, patella 0, tibia (v) 2­3 ­ap 3, metatarsus (v) r 1 ­r 1 ­0; II: femur (d) 0­0­p 1, patella 0, tibia (v) 2 ­ 2 ­ap 3, (p) 0­1 ­0, metatarsus (v) r 1 ­ 1 ­0; III: femur (d) 0­p 1­4, patella (p) 1, tibia (r) 1 ­ 1 ­0, (v) 3 ­ 1 ­ap 3, (p) 1 ­ 1 ­0, metatarsus (d) 1 ­ 0­2, (r) 1 ­ 1 ­0, (v) 2­3 ­ap 3, (p) 0­1 ­0; IV: femur (d) 0­1 ­ 2, patella (p) 1, tibia (r) 1 ­ 1 ­ 1, (v) 3 ­ 3 ­ap 3, (p) 1 ­ 1 ­0, metatarsus (d) 0­ 0­ 2, (r) 1 ­ 1 ­0, (v) 2­3 ­ap 3, (p) 1 ­ 1 ­ 1. Carapace brown. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior slightly recurved. Retrolateral lobe of cymbium larger than the prolateral. Male palpal bulb short and thin, helicoidal, apex weakly enlarged ( Figs. 1 and 2 ).Tibial spur absent. Paired tarsal claws of I and II with teeth on the prolateral side ( Fig. 3 ). Paired tarsal claws III and IV smooth. Scopulae on metatarsi: one quarter of metatarsi I and II occupied by scopula, III and IV with scopula reduced to some apical setae. Tarsal scopulae: I and II undivided, III and IV divided by a longitudinal band of setae, wider at distal portion ( Figs. 4 ). Opisthosoma brown, darker than carapace ornamented with square shaped marks on the dorsum.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. (1 – 4) 1. Catumiri petropolium n. sp. Male. Holotype. Male palpal bulb, prolateral face (fig. 1), retrolateral face (fig. 2). Male. IBSP 8606. Paired tarsal claw I (fig. 3). Tarsal scopulae IV (fig. 4). (5 – 9) Catumiri chicaoi n. sp. Male. Holotype. Tibial spur, ventral face (fig. 5), prolateral face (fig. 6). Male palpal bulb, prolateral face (fig. 7), retrolateral face (fig. 8). Female. Paratype. Spermathecae, dorsal face (fig. 9). Scale = 1 mm.