Goeldia bagumbubu, Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024

Almeida-Silva, Lina M. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Unraveling the mysteries of Goeldia Keyserling, 1891: revision, description of seven new species and first record from USA (Araneae: Titanoecidae), Zootaxa 5428 (2), pp. 151-193 : 161-162

Goeldia bagumbubu sp. nov.

( Figs 7 ; 26 )

Type material. Holotype ♂ from Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó (19°22’01”S 43°32’17”W), Santana do Riacho , Minas Gerais Gerais, A. J. dos Santos, coll. ( IBSP 26778 ); paratype ♂ with same data as holotype ( IBSP 165959 ).

Additional Material Examined. None.

Etymology. The specific epithet is an honor to LMAS’s sons Nicolas Almeida Pigozzo (Bagum) and Henrique Almeida Pigozzo (Bubu), representing a combination of their nicknames.

Diagnosis. Goeldia bagumbubu sp. nov. differs from other species by the male with an apparent calamistrum on the distal half of the metatarsus IV; and the tegular process enlarged at the base, with a median ventral notch and with apex subrectangular ( Fig. 7A ).

Description. Male (Holotype). Carapace, labium and endites brown; chelicerae dark brown and legs yellowish-brown; opisthosoma grayish-brown. Total length: 7.50. Carapace: length 3.3; width 2.05; height 1.53. Opisthosoma: length 3.7, width 2.2. Clypeus: height 1.8. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 1.5; ALE 0.08; PME 0.11; PLE 0.12; AME–AME 0.12; AME–ALE 0.13; ALE–PLE 0.08; PME–PLE 0.29; PME–PME 0.16; AME–PME 0.15. Chelicerae paturon: length 2.3. Leg measurements: I: femur 2.95/ patella 1.05/ tibia 2.9/ metatarsus 2.55/ tarsus 1.45/ total 10.9; II: 2.95/ 1.1/ 2.55/ 2.45/ 1.1/ 10.15; III: 2.0/ 1.0/ 1.7/ 1.95/ 0.8/ 7.45; IV: 2.9/ 1.15/ 2.6/ 2.0/ 0.95/ 9.6. Leg formula: 1243. Leg spination: femur I–II p1ap; tibia II v0-0-2, p1ap; III v0-0-1, r1ap, p1ap; IV v0-1-0-2-0, p1ap, r1ap; metatarsus I v2-2-1ap, p1p, r1ap; II v2-1r-2- 1m, p2ap, r1ap; III v2-1p-2- 1m, p0-1-2, r0-1-1; IV v1r-2- 2ap, r0-2-2, p1-0-2ap. Tibia strongly bent ( Fig. 7C ). Patellar apophysis short with apex rounded ( Fig. 7C ). Tegulum with spermatic duct twisted 360º over its on axis ( Fig. 7B ). MLT retrolaterally enlarged and sclerotized, with a base very small ( Fig. 7C ). Pars pendula thickening near the tip of the embolus ( Fig. 7D–E ).

Female: unknown.

Variation. Length: (2♂): total 6.8‒7.5; carapace 3.2‒3.3; femur I 2.8‒2.95.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality, Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil ( Fig. 26 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A–E. Goeldia bagumbubu sp. nov. A–E. Male, left palp. A. Tegular process frontal view. B. Palp ventral view; C. Tibia and patella dorsal view; D. Embolus tip showing pars pendula thickening; E. Palp, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 26. Distribution of Goeldia spp. in southern South America: Goeldia leechi (square—blue); Goeldia portenha (star— red); Goeldia nigra (circle—orange) and Goeldia bagumbubu (triangle—yellow). Type species are marked as black versions of each symbol when there are records to multiple localities.