Titanoleptes calcar ( Roewer, 1913 )

Kury, Adriano B. & Bernabé, Tiago, 2023, Description of two new genera and five new species of clade K 92 from Bahia and Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae), Zootaxa 5351 (4), pp. 401-434 : 418-421

Titanoleptes calcar ( Roewer, 1913)

( Figs 16–18 )

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Metagonyleptes calcar Roewer 1913: 215 , fig. 90.

Moojenia bicalcarata Mello-Leit ã o 1942: 9, fig. 7 [junior subjective synonym of Metagonyleptes calcar Roewer 1913 as proposed by Kury (2003)].

Metagonyleptoides bicalcaratus: B. Soares 1944: 144 , 145.

Type series. Metagonyleptes calcar : BRAZIL, Bahia State: ♂ holotype ( SMF RI 888 ), “Bahia”, without further locality data; examined by photograph. Moojenia bicalcarata : BRAZIL, Espirito Santo State: 2 ♂, 2 ♀ syntypes ( MNRJ 58209 [and not “55094,” as incorrectly reported in the original description]), Colatina , M. Rosa leg., 1936– 1937, examined .

Diagnosis. Body color mahogany with black reticle ( Fig. 16a ). Ocularium armed with two small spherical tubercles of lighter color contrasting with background ( Figs. 16 b, e, g ). Scutal area III armed with two contrasting dark brown and low but strong cones, placed closely together ( Figs. 16e, f ). Free tergite III unarmed in males ( Fig. 16b ). RD6 of male Fe IV straight ( Figs. 16a, b ); FT II-III of female with yellow cones ( Figs. 16g, h ). Glans sac projected apically and forming an incomplete circular wall around the stylus ( Fig. 18b, e ).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Bahia State: 1 ♂ ( MNRJ 18851 ), Boa Nova , 19.xi.2006, C. Canedo leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 19153 ), Camacan, RPPN da Serra Bonita , 11-13.vi.2009, A. Chagas Jr, A.B. Kury, D. R. Pedroso, A.P.L. Giupponi & V. Dill leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MNRJ 2133 ), same loc., 800 m, 14.iii.2008, V Dill leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MNRJ 8786 ), same loc., 2-3.x.2011, A. Pérez-González & B. Huber leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 6998 ), Itabuna , x.1995, P.S. Fonseca, & L.P. Gonzaga leg. ; 4 ♂, 3 ♀ ( MNRJ 17725 ), Porto Seguro, Arraial d’Ajuda, Fazenda do Sr. Valter , (16°32.304’S / 039°08.592’W), 24-27.ii.2005, A.B. Kury et al. leg.; 1 ♂ ( MNRJ 19185 ), Porto Seguro , Estação Vera Cruz , ii.2003, E. Coutinho leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 19152 ), Porto Seguro, Parque Nacional do Pau Brasil, 14-17.vi.2009, A. Chagas Jr, A.B. Kury , D. R. Pedroso, A.P.L. Giupponi & V. Dill leg. ; Espirito Santo State: 3 ♂, 4 ♀ ( MNRJ 18934 ), Conceição da Barra, FLONA do Rio Preto , Córrego das Bestas, (-18.37159° -39.84930°), 45 m, 19.x.2005, A.P.L. Giupponi, A.B. Kury, T. Bernabé, M. Milleri, R. Rodrigues & T. Souza leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 16298 ), Conceição da Barra, FLONA do Rio Preto, Trilha da Jaqueira , (18.35828°S, 39.84559°W), 31 m, 18.x.2005, A.P.L. Giupponi, A.B. Kury, T. Bernabé, M. Milleri, R. Rodrigues & T. Souza leg. ; 2 ♂ ( MNRJ 17582 ), Linhares, Reserva Florestal da Companhia Vale do Rio Doce , 28.viii.1981, C.A.G. Cruz, E. Izecksohn & O.L. Peixoto leg. ; 8 ♂, 7 ♀ ( MNRJ 4550 ), Linhares, Reserva Florestal da Companhia Vale do Rio Doce , 06.xii.1978, A. Peracchi, M. Peracchi & B.O. Fraga leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MNRJ-HS 0794 ), same loc., 13-15.x.1979, E. Izecksohn & Barbosa leg. ; 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 5416 ), Pedro Canário, Rio Itaúna do Norte, Fazenda do Caboclo do Sr. Alberto Castro (18°14’55”S, 40°02’48”W), viii.1961, H.N. Cunha leg. ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 juv. ( MNRJ 6910 ), Sooretama , REBIO de Sooretama, i.1979; 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 8724 ), same loc., 27-28.ix.2011, A. Pérez-González & B. Huber leg. ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ 17818 ), same loc., Córrego do Rodrigues , 18.iv.2006, T. Bernabé, A.P.L. Giupponi, A.B. Kury, C.S. Costa, E.G. Vasconcelos & E. Wienskoski leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MNRJ 17854 ), same loc., Paraisópolis , (-18.9733°, -40.2389°), 101 m, 19.iv.2006, T. Bernabé, A.P.L. Giupponi, A.B. Kury, C.S. Costa, E.G. Vasconcelos & E. Wienskoski leg. ; 11 ♂, 18 ♀ ( MNRJ 17850 ), same loc., Quirinão , 20.iv.2006, T. Bernabé, A.P.L. Giupponi, A.B. Kury, C.S. Costa, E.G. Vasconcelos & E. Wienskoski leg. ; 9 ♂, 12 ♀ ( MNRJ 17842 ), same loc., Trilha da Sede , (-19.0552°, -40.1468°), 18.iv.2006, T. Bernabé, A.P.L. Giupponi, A.B. Kury, C.S. Costa, E.G. Vasconcelos & E. Wienskoski leg. ; 3 ♂, 3 ♀ ( MNRJ 18929 ), Sooretama , xii.1973, A. Peracchi leg. ; 4 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ-HS 235 ), same loc., 28.iii.1959, R.G. Kloss leg. ; 3 ♂, 3 ♀ ( MNRJ 18929 ), same loc., xii.1973, A. Peracchi leg.

Literature records. Espirito Santo State, “Colatina” (currently São Gabriel da Palha), São José River (B. Soares 1944 h). Mello-Leit ã o (1942b) also mentions Goitacazes , but all syntypes are labeled “Colatina”.

Distribution ( Fig. 14 ) Brazil, Bahia State, Boa Nova; Camacan; Itabuna; Porto Seguro. Espírito Santo State, Colatina; Conceição da Barra; Linhares; Pedro Canário; São Gabriel da Palha; Sooretama.

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FIGURE 14. Eastern Brazil, showing the distribution of the two robust species of Titanoleptes gen. nov., which are allopatrid, distributed in opposite margins of the Doce river.

FIGURE 16. Titanoleptes calcar (Roewer, 1913), (MNRJ 17818) from Sooretama: a. Male, habitus, dorsal view; b. Same, detail of dorsal scutum; c. Male, coxae I–IV, stigmatic area and free sternites, ventral view; d. Male, body, sinistrolateral view; e. Same, frontal view; f. Same, posterior view; g. Female, dorsal scutum, dorsal view; h. Same, sinistrolateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 17. Titanoleptes calcar (Roewer, 1913), male (MNRJ 17818) from Sooretama: a. Left femur IV, dorsal view; b. Same, prolateral view; c. Same, ventral view; d. Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. Titanoleptes calcar (MNRJ 17850), male genitalia: a. Penis, distal part, dorsal view; b. Same, dextrolateral view; c. Same, ventral view; d. Same, ventro-apical view; e. Glans, ventro-apical view. Scale bars = 100 μm (a, b, c), 50 μm (d), 20 μm (e).