Patrera shida, Nadine Duperre & Elicio Tapia, 2016

Nadine Duperre & Elicio Tapia, 2016, Overview of the Anyphaenids (Araneae, Anyphaeninae, Anyphaenidae) spider fauna from the Chocó forest of Ecuador, with the description of thirteen new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 255, pp. 1-50 : 33-35

Patrera shida sp. nov.

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Figs 46–48

Diagnosis

Males are easily distinguished from all other congeneric species by the projecting basal part of the tegulum, and the presence of a bipartite ventral tegular projection ( Fig. 46 ).

Etymology

The speciFc name is a noun in apposition taken from the Kichwa language meaning ‘look-like’, for it resemblance to the type species.

Type material

Holotype

ECUADOR: Ƌ, Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve , 24–30 May 2014, hand collecting, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. ( QCAZ) .

Additional material examined

ECUADOR: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve : 1 Ƌ, beating trees, 24–30 May 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. ( DTC) .

Description

Male (holotype)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 3.2; carapace length: 1.5 carapace width: 1.3; abdomen length: 1.7.

CEPHALOTHORAX. Pars cephalica orange-brown; pars thoracica orange-brown. Fovea dark. Sternum light yellow, margin slightly darker. Labium and endites orange-brown.

CHELICERAE. Orange-brown. Posterior side with large tooth, narrow and triangular; promargin with 3, retromargin with 6 teeth ( Fig. 47 ).

LEGS. Femora yellow, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi light yellow-orange. Total length: I: 9.4; II: 7.7; III: 4.5; IV: 6.5; leg articles length (femur/patella/tibia/metatarsus/tarsus): leg I 2.3/0.6/2.6/2.7/1.2; leg II 2.0/0.6/2.2/2.1/0.8; leg III 1.2/0.5/0.9/1.4/0.5; leg IV 1.8/0.7/1.5/1.8/0.7.

LEGS SPINATION. (legs spines on prolateral and retrolateral side not observed, specimen damaged): Metatarsus I v2 -0-0. Metatarsus II v2 -0-0. Tibia III d0-1-1, v1-1 -0; metatarsus III d0-1-1, v2 -0-0. Tibia IV d0-1-1, v1-1 -2; metatarsus IV d0-1-1, v2-1 -2. Tarsal claws not observed.

ABDOMEN. Oval. Dorsally yellowish.

GENITALIA. Palpal patella without apophysis. Palpal tibia shorter than cymbium ( Fig. 47 ); anterior part of retrolateral tibial apophysis plate-like, posterior part triangular ( Fig. 47 ). Subtegulum not observed; tegulum elongated oval with rounded swelling baso-prolaterally; ventral projection of tegulum well sclerotized, bipartite; median apophysis short, hook-shaped; ventral tegular projection, long and thin; embolus Fliform and curved apically (Fig 46).

Female

Unknown.

Natural history

Specimens were either hand collected or collected by beating trees.

Distribution

Ecuador: known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs 46 – 48. Patrera shida sp. nov. 46 .  Ƌ,   palp,   ventral  view.   47. Ƌ,   palp,   retrolateral  view. 48 .  Ƌ,   chelicerae, posterior view. Scale bars: 46 – 47 = 0.1 mm; 48 = 0.5 mm.