Copuetta erecta, Haddad, Charles R., 2013
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3688.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6153933 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB8445-FFBA-FF91-FF2A-F98534A0FCC7 |
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Copuetta erecta |
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sp. nov. |
Copuetta erecta View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 7, 8 View FIGURES 7 – 13 , 43, 44 View FIGURES 41 – 44 , 92 View FIGURES 92 – 98 , 100 View FIGURES 99 – 109 , 114 View FIGURES 114 – 117 –117
Etymology: The specific name is Latin for upright, and refers to the short erect embolus.
Diagnosis: Males of this species can be easily recognised from congeners by the short, straight, finely coiled embolus that is directed at the distal end of the cymbium ( Figs 92 View FIGURES 92 – 98 , 100 View FIGURES 99 – 109 ). Females can be recognised from congeners by the small coiled lateral epigynal ridges and copulatory openings at the midpoint of the epigyne, and the large, weakly sclerotised semi-circular ridges in the posterior half of the epigyne ( Fig. 116 View FIGURES 114 – 117 ).
Male (holotype, Tembe, NCA 2007/3607). Measurements: CL 2.45, CW 1.90, AL 2.65, AW 1.48, TL 5.25 (5.25–7.40), FL 0.30, SL 1.12, SW 1.12, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.38, PME–PME 0.10, PME–PLE 0.06, PLE–PLE 0.48, PERW 0.70, MOQAW 0.40, MOQPW 0.41, MOQL 0.47.
Length of leg segments: I 2.27 + 0.87 + 1.86 + 1.88 + 1.12 = 8.00; II 2.23 + 0.86 + 1.74 + 1.88 + 1.08 = 7.79; III 2.11 + 0.85 + 1.61 + 1.93 + 0.91 = 7.41; IV 2.73 + 0.95 + 2.19 + 2.90 + 1.05 = 9.82.
General appearance as in Figs 7 View FIGURES 7 – 13 and 43 View FIGURES 41 – 44 . Carapace creamy-yellow, eye region grey; paired mediolateral markings with black mottling from palpal coxae to posterior slope, pale along midline from PER to posterior of carapace; faint small mottled black marking in front of fovea; orange striae radiating from fovea, directed between coxae; lateral margins with narrow mottled black fringe, expanded between leg coxae; markings covered with black feathery setae, areas between them covered in white feathery and short straight setae. AME separated by distance slightly less than ½ their diameter; AME separated from ALE by distance less than 1⁄10 AME diameter; clypeus height slightly less than 5⁄6 AME diameter; PLE very slightly larger than PME; PME separated by distance equal to ½ their diameter; PME separated from PLE by distance equal to ½ PME diameter; CW: PERW = 2.71:1. Chelicerae yellow, paler prolaterally at distal end; promargin with two teeth separated by basal width of proximal tooth, distal tooth much larger; retromargin with two teeth separated by slightly less than their basal width, distal tooth slightly smaller, close to fang base. Endites creamy-orange, white prolaterally distally; labium pale orangebrown, paler distally; sternum creamy-yellow, darker around margins. Legs I and II creamy-yellow, III and IV yellow, with faint black spots at spine bases; markings and mottling densely covered in black feathery setae, with yellowish feathery setae between markings and mottling; femora I–IV with faint distal band; patellae I–IV with faint proximal and distal bands; tibiae I–IV with broad median band; metatarsi I and II with faint median and distal bands; metatarsi III and IV with proximal, median and distal bands; tarsi I–IV yellow. Leg spination: femora: I pl 2 do 3 rl 1, II pl 2 do 3 rl 1, III pl 2 do 3 rl 2, IV pl 2 do 3 rl 2; all femora with scattered erect ventral setae; patellae: I and II with proximal and distal fine setae dorsally, III and IV with fine proximal seta and distal spine dorsally; tibiae: I pl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, II pl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 2 do 1 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, IV pl 2 do 1 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 2; metatarsi: I plv 2 rlv 2, II plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 3 rl 3 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 3, IV pl 3 rl 3 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 3. Palpal spination: femora: pl 1 do 2, with rlv 6 erect setae; patellae: pl 1 do 2; tibiae: pl 1 do 1 plv 1; tarsi: pl 2 plv 2 rlv 1. Abdomen with creamyyellow anterior dorsal scutum extending to ¾ abdomen length, dorsum cream behind scutum; dorsum with broad oval marking around sides of abdomen from posterior margin to spinnerets, brown anteriorly and laterally, black posteriorly, broken up by three narrow white lateral streaks at midpoint; dorsum pale along midline except for small black spot just behind midpoint; markings densely covered in black feathery setae, white feathery setae and brown short straight setae between them; spinnerets surrounded by narrow black ring; venter cream, covered in black feathery setae; epigastric scutum, ventral sclerite and inframamillary sclerite yellow. Male palp creamyyellow, cymbium yellow; tegulum yellow-brown, with dark orange-brown ducts; distal end of tegulum broad, embolus with narrow base; embolus short and narrow, straight, finely coiled, directed at the distal end of the cymbium ( Figs 92 View FIGURES 92 – 98 , 100 View FIGURES 99 – 109 , 114, 115 View FIGURES 114 – 117 ).
Female (paratype, Xai-Xai, NCA 2008/178). Measurements: CL 3.25, CW 2.49, AL 4.13, AW 2.84, TL 7.45 (7.00–7.45), FL 0.27, SL 1.49, SW 1.40, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.48, PME–PME 0.13, PME–PLE 0.07, PLE–PLE 0.59, PERW 0.90, MOQAW 0.50, MOQPW 0.51, MOQL 0.59.
Length of leg segments: I 2.70 + 1.19 + 2.28 + 2.30 + 1.33 = 9.80; II 2.69 + 1.16 + 2.09 + 2.24 + 1.25 = 9.43; III 2.52 + 1.12 + 1.96 + 2.32 + 1.08 = 9.00; IV 3.40 + 1.23 + 2.65 + 3.55 + 1.15 = 11.98.
General appearance as in Figs 8 View FIGURES 7 – 13 and 44 View FIGURES 41 – 44 , female more robustly built than male. Carapace yellow, eye region pale grey, markings and setae as for male, except clypeus black between PLE. AME separated by distance slightly less than ½ their diameter; AME separated from ALE by distance less than 1⁄10 AME diameter; clypeus height equal to 5⁄6 AME diameter; PLE very slightly larger than PME; PME separated by distance equal to ½ their diameter; PME separated from PLE by distance slightly less than ½ PLE diameter; CW: PERW = 2.77:1. Chelicerae orangebrown, yellow prolaterally at distal end, with pair of fine black lines proximally and extensive black mottling on anterior surface of paturon; dentition as for male. Endites pale creamy-orange, cream prolaterally distally; labium orange, cream along distal margin; sternum creamy-yellow, yellow-brown around margins. Legs yellow, posteriors slightly darker, markings as for male. Leg spination: femora: I pl 3 do 3 rl 1, II pl 2 do 3 rl 1, III pl 2 do 3 rl 2, IV pl 2 do 3 rl 1; all femora with scattered erect ventral setae; patellae: I and II with proximal and distal fine setae dorsally, III and IV with fine proximal seta and distal spine dorsally; tibiae: I pl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, II pl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 2 do 1 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, IV pl 2 do 1 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 2; metatarsi: I plv 2 rlv 2, II plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 3 rl 3 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 3, IV pl 3 rl 3 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 3. Palpal spination: femora: pl 1 do 2, with rlv 5-6 erect setae; patellae: pl 1 do 2; tibiae: pl 1 do 1 plv 1; tarsi: pl 1 plv 3 rlv 1. Abdomen with yellow dorsal scutum extending ½ abdomen length; dorsum cream with black oval marking anteriorly, laterally and posteriorly, marking covered in dense black feathery setae; dorsum cream along midline, with white and scattered black feathery setae and scattered black short straight setae; spinnerets surrounded by narrow black ring; venter cream with faint grey median marking between epigastric furrow and spinnerets, covered in black feathery setae; epigastric sclerite pale creamy-orange; inframamillary sclerite orange, distinct. Epigyne with small coiled lateral ridges and copulatory openings at midpoint of epigyne; epigynal ridges weakly sclerotised, large and semi-circular, curving around lateral and posterior margins of epigyne, meeting medially, not passing over spermathecae ( Fig. 116 View FIGURES 114 – 117 ); copulatory ducts very short, entering ST II posterolaterally; ST II oval, with broad duct on their mesal margin connecting ST II to posterior ST I; ST I kidney-shaped, somewhat rotated from longitudinal axis; both ST with many folds on their surface ( Fig. 117 View FIGURES 114 – 117 ).
Type material: Holotype 3: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Tembe Elephant Park, Open woodland/ sand, near offices, 27°03'S, 32°25'E, leg. C. Haddad, 8.II.2005 (sifting leaf litter) (NCA 2007/3607).
Paratypes: MOZAMBIQUE: Chidenguele, Paraiso de Chidenguele, 24°57.276'S, 34°11.860'E, 38m a.s.l., leg. C. Haddad, R. Lyle & R. Fourie, 16.XII.2007 (night collecting, dune forest), 13 (NCA 2008/201); Inhaca Island, 26°01'S, 32°54'E, leg. T. Steyn, 27.XI–11.XII.1993 (pitfalls, open parkland), 1Ƥ ( MRAC 215316); same locality, leg. T. Steyn, 3–24.IX.1994 (pitfalls, wetland), 13 ( MRAC 215920); same locality, leg. T. Steyn, 5–19.II.1994 (pitfalls, coastal woodland), 13 ( MRAC 208944); Xai-Xai, Montego's Camp, 28m a.s.l., 25°03.659'S, 33°40.633'E, leg. C. Haddad, 2.XII.2007 (leaf litter, dune forest), 13 1Ƥ (NCA 2008/178). SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: iSimangaliso [Greater St. Lucia] Wetlands Park, Hell’s Gate, 28°00'S, 32°29'E, leg. J. Esterhuizen, 20.X.2003 (tsetse fly trap), 1imm. 13 (NCA 2004/816); same data, 2.XII.2003, 13 (NCA 2004/801); Natal, leg. C. Martin, no date given, 2imm. 2Ƥ ( MNHN 19739); Port Shepstone, 30°43'S, 30°27'E, leg. P. Gesse, 1.I.1977 (in garden), 13 (NCA 2007/1143); Sodwana Bay, 27°32'S, 32°40'E, leg. P. van Niekerk, VII.1988, 13 (NCA 88/844); Ramsgate, Butterfly Sanctuary, 30°53.3'S, 30°20.4'E, leg. M. Mostovski, 1.XI–2.XI.2004 (Malaise trap near stream), 13 ( NMSA 21455); Umlazi Nature Reserve, 1.5km E of Mtunzini, 28°58'S, 31°48'E, leg. R. Miller, XI.1978 (indigenous forest), 13 1Ƥ ( NMSA 12322).
Additional material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: iSimangaliso Wetlands Park, False Bay Park, 27°55'S, 32°16'E, leg. J. Esterhuizen, 12.I.2004 (tsetse fly traps), 13 (NCA 2004/833); iSimangaliso Wetlands Park, Hell's Gate, Block A, 28°00'S, 32°29'E, leg. J. Esterhuizen, 26.IV.2004 (tsetse fly traps), 13 (NCA 2010/252); same data, 5.III.2004, 23 (NCA 2004/834); same data, 8.IX.2004, 13 (NCA 2004/835); same data, 10.I.2004, 13 (NCA 2004/836); same data, 22.XI.2004, 13 (NCA 2004/837); same locality, Block B, 29.XI.2004, J. Esterhuizen (tsetse fly traps), 13 (NCA 2004/838); same data, 12.VI.2004, 13 1Ƥ (NCA 2004/839); same locality, Block C, 5.III.2004, J. Esterhuizen (tsetse fly traps), 13 1Ƥ (NCA 2004/840); same data, 11.I.2004, 13 (NCA 2004/841); Ndumo Game Reserve, Pongola River, Water pump, 26°54.309'S, 32°19.444'E, 36m a.s.l., leg. C. Haddad, R. Lyle, V. Butler, 2.VII.2009 (canopy fogging 3, riverine forest, Breonadia salicina ), 13 ( MACN); same data (canopy fogging 5, riverine forest, B. salicina ), 2Ƥ ( MACN).
Distribution: Found in southern Mozambique, southwards through the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa ( Fig. 132 View FIGURE 132 ).
Biology: This species is largely restricted to closed canopy coastal dune forests and inland riparian forests. Specimens were collected from all habitat strata (tree canopies, shrubs and leaf litter) by a variety of sampling methods.
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