Corinna vilanovae, Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2014

Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2014, Taxonomic revision of the species group rubripes of Corinna Koch, 1842 (Araneae; Corinnidae), Zootaxa 3815 (4), pp. 451-493 : 484

Corinna vilanovae n. sp.

Figs. 87–89

Type material. Male holotype from Parque Nacional da Serra dos Orgãos, 22°27'23.4''S 42°59'41.4''W, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22–25.I.2011, G.H.F. Azevedo, deposited in UFMG (10189).

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of the first author’s friend Ellen Caroline Couto Vilanova.

Diagnosis. Males of Corinna vilanovae n. sp. are readily recognized by the stout, spatulated embolus, tegulum with well-developed retroapical projection and apex of retrolateral tibial apophysis directed prolateraly ( Figs. 87–88 ).

Description. Male (holotype). Carapace black, with posterior end of thoracic region dark red, chelicerae black, endites red and labium black, with posterior end paler, sternum brown, leg I dark red, legs II, III and IV dark yellow; dorsum of abdomen dark gray, ventrally gray. Total length 7.5. Carapace 4.0 long; 3.25 wide; 2.3 high. Clypeus 0.27 high. Abdomen 3.4 long; 2.46 wide. Eyes: anterior row 1.5, posterior row 1.8. MOQ: 0.57 long, 0.66 anterior wide, 0.63 posterior wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.24; ALE 0.12; PME 0.21; PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0.18; AME–ALE 0.24; PME–PME 0.27; PME–PLE 0.45; ALE–PLE 0.12. Chelicerae 2.2 long; 4 retromarginal teeth and 3 promarginal teeth. Sternum 2.0 long; 1.75 wide. Leg measurements: femur I 3.4/ patella 1.5/ tibia 3.0/ metatarsus 2.6/ tarsus 1.6/ total 12.1; II 3.1/ 1.4/ 2.5/ 2.3/ 1.5/ 10.8; III 2.6/ 1.3/ 1.7/ 2.2/ 1.2/ 9.0; IV 3.4/ 1.4/ 2.7/ 2.9/ 1.3/ 11.7. Leg formula 1423. Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-0, p0-0-1; tibia v1 p-2-1r; metatarsus v2 -0-2. II—femur d1-1-0; tibia v0-1r-1r; metatarsus v2 -0-2. III—femur d1-1-1; tibia v0-2-0, r1-0-0, p0-1-0; metatarsus p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v2-2 -1. IV—femur d1-1-1; tibia r0-1-1, v1 p-1p-0; metatarsus r0-1-0, v2-2 -1. Palp: femur with two posterior dorsal spines; TPC placed far from base of embolus; E stout and spatulated, not covered by folds of conductor ( Figs. 87–88 ).

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Other material examined. None.

Figures

FIGURES 83 – 88. Corinna balacobaco n. sp., male: (83) palp, ventral; (84) same, retrolateral; female: (85) epigynum, ventral; (86) same, dorsal. Corinna vilanovae n. sp., male: (87) palp, ventral; (88) same, retrolateral. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 89. Known distribution records of Corinna balacobaco n. sp., and C. vilanovae n. sp. in Southeastern Brazil.