Grammostola pulchripes ( Simon 1891 )

Ferretti, Nelson, Pompozzi, Gabriel, González, Alda & Pérez-Miles, Fernando, 2013, The genus Grammostola Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): a new species from western Argentina, new synonymy and distributional data, Journal of Natural History 47 (47 - 48), pp. 2961-2977 : 2973-2974

Grammostola pulchripes ( Simon 1891)

Eurypelma pulchripes Simon, 1891 , fig. 311.

Grammostola pulchripes Simon, 1892: 163 .

Grammostola aureostriata Schmidt and Bullmer, 2001: 173 , figs 1–7; Schmidt, 2001: 5, Figures 3 , 8; Peters, 2003: 184, figs 734–737; Schmidt, 2003b: 125, Figure 101; Schmidt, 2005a: 3, figs 1–2; Schmidt, 2005b: 36, figs 1–2; Peters, 2005: 62, figs 194–199. First synonymized by Gabriel, 2009: 9, pl. 2.

Type material

Grammostola pulchripes : Holotype: male: ARGENTINA: ( MNHN AR 4811 ), not examined. Grammostola aureostriata : Holotype : male: PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA: October 1999, M. Baumgarten leg. ( SMF, without number), not examined. Paratype: female: ARGENTINA: Chaco Province, Resistencia, March 2000, M. Baumgarten leg. ( SMF, without number), not examined .

Other material examined

ARGENTINA: Chaco Province: 1 ♀ , Avia Terai , October 1972, Espínola leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, Gancedo , 3 October 1960, Cadra leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♀, Las Palmas , July 1960, Jacobsen leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; Corrientes Province: 1 ♂ , Empedrado , 15 January 1965, Williner leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, Laguna Iberá , 1946, Hanke leg. (MACN-Ar 14) ; 1 ♂, Puna , November 1948, Barros leg. (MACN-Ar 118) ; 1 ♂, San Cosme , 1937, Whurtz leg. (MACN-Ar 36) . Entre Ríos Province: 2 ♂ , Cantera vieja, El Palmar, 27 April 1975, Canevari, Cranwell and Ortiz legs. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, Lazo, Gualeguay , November 1949, Bachman leg. (MACN-Ar 114) ; 1 ♀, Puerto Curtiembre , no date, no leg. (MACN-Ar, without number). Formosa Province : 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Formosa, Februay 1970, no collector data (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, Monte Pindó , no date, J. Esteban leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, Pirané , 30 November 1938, no collector data (MACN-Ar, without number) . Jujuy Province: 1 ♀ , Pericó del Carmen , January 1940, no collector data (MACN-Ar, without number) . Salta Province: 1 ♂ , General Güemes , 21 May 1964, Canifero leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♀, Hickman , 28 January 1947, Vellard leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 immature, same locality, March 1959, Martinez leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, Orán , 2 June 1960, no collector data (MACN-Ar, without number) ; Santa Fe Province: 1 ♂ , Campo Redondo , 20 May 1957, no collector data (MACN-Ar 120) ; 1 ♀, Moisés Ville , September 1933, J. L. Garro leg. (MACN-Ar 24) ; 1 ♀, Reconquista , no date, Cranwell leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) . Santiago del Estero Province: 1 ♂ , Parayacu, Sumampa , no date, Maldonado Bruzzone leg. (MACN-Ar 51) ; 1 ♂, Santiago del Estero, 25 October 1963, Haurylenko leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♂, same locality, no date, Gomez leg. (MACN-Ar 47) ; 2 ♂, Villa La Punta, Choya , 18 February 1981, Donadio leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) . Tucumán Province: 1 ♀ , Lilliam , no date, no collector data (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♀, Tafí Viejo , no date, no collector data (MACN-Ar, without number) ; 1 ♀, Tapia , January 1948, O. Buschio leg. (MACN-Ar, without number) .

Diagnosis

Grammostola pulchripes is characterized by the combination of a large body size (adult specimens of about 50–80 mm in total length), yellow golden stripes on the patella and tibia of all legs ( Figure 6 ), smooth setae on the prolateral and retrolateral aspects of legs and retrolateral palpal maxillae, PB with a stiff spine and a small thorn on inner side, RB with two small spines apical.

Distribution

Previously known from Chaco (Resistencia), Catamarca, Corrientes and Formosa Provinces with no locality data ( Schiapelli and Gerschman 1961; Schmidt 1999; Gabriel 2009). In this contribution ( Figure 5E ): south of Entre Ríos Province, east of Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero and central and north of Santa Fé Provinces involving the regions of Espinal, Esteros del Iberá, Pampa, wet and dry Chaco. It is also present in east of Catamarca Province, central Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy, corresponding to the Yungas region ( Figure 5F ).

Figures

Figure 3. Grammostola vachoni. (A) Male (MACN-Ar 7152), palpal bulb, retrolateral; (B) male (MACN-Ar 7152), palpal bulb, prolateral; (C) distribution map; white dots = previous distributional data from Ferretti et al. (2011) and black dots = new distributional data; black cross = type locality of Grammostola fossor; (D) live habitus of adult male Grammostola vachoni. Scale bar = 1 cm. (E) Habitat of G. vachoni in Río Negro Province, Argentina, area next to the type locality of G. fossor. Photo: M. Sotelo.

Figure 5. Distribution maps; white dots = previous distributional and black dots = new distributional data. Grammostola chalcothrix (A, B): (A) distributional records; (B) distribution according to the eco-regions proposed for Argentina. Grammostola inermis (C, D): (C) distributional records; (D) distribution according to the eco-regions proposed for Argentina. Grammostola pulchripes (E, F): (E) distributional records; (F) distribution according to the eco-regions proposed for Argentina.

Figure 6. Live habitus of adult female Grammostola pulchripes. Scale bar = 1 cm.