Otiothops vaupes, Cala-Riquelme & Quijano-Cuervo & Sabogal-González & Agnarsson, 2018

Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn, Quijano-Cuervo, Luis, Sabogal-González, Alexander & Agnarsson, Ingi, 2018, New species of Otiothopinae (Araneae: Palpimanidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4442 (3), pp. 413-426 : 419-420

Otiothops vaupes sp. n. Cala-Riquelme, Quijano-Cuervo & Agnarsson, 2018

( Figs 19–23 )

Type material. Male holotype from Lago Taraira, Taraira, Vaupés, Colombia, 0.564744°S- 69.6341099°W, 1 April 2004, tropical rainforest leaf litter, J. Pinzon ( MPUJ _ ENT0058647 ) . Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype ( MPUJ _ ENT0058648.1 ) .

Diagnosis. Males of Otiothops vaupes sp. n. resemble those of species in the typicus group by the greatly inflated palpal bulb ( Figs 20–23 ; see also Platnick 1975; Brescovit and Bonaldo 1993), but can be distinguished by the shape of the embolus, which is curved and widened close to the tip ( Figs. 20-23 ). Females are unknown.

Etymology. This specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality from Vaupés, Colombia.

Description. Male (holotype, MPUJ_ENT0058647): Total length 5.8. Carapace: 2.7 long, 2.0 wide (at leg II), 1.2 high (at leg II). Leg I: femur 2.1 long, 1.0 wide. Abdomen: 2.8 long, 1.8 wide, scute 0.9 long. Posterior median eyes separated by less than their own diameter. Palp: femur 0.8 long, 0.3 wide; patella 0.25 long, 0.2 wide; tibia 0.37 long, 0.34 wide; cymbium 0.82 long; embolus 0.67 long. Sclerotized portions of body dark orange; abdominal scute and unsclerotized portion of dorsal abdomen orange-brown. Palpal femur not thickened; tibia longer than wide, considerably smaller than bulb; bulb inflated; embolus longer than bulb but shorter than cymbium, slightly curved with bifurcate tip ( Figs 20–23 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality at Taraira, Vaupés, Colombia.

Natural history. The holotype and paratype were found in leaf litter in tropical rainforest.

Figures

FIGURES 19–23. Otiothops vaupes sp. n. 19, Male holotype, habitus dorsal view. 20-23, Male holotype, left palp (E = embolus, Cy = cymbium, Bu = bulb): 20–21, retrolateral view; 22, ventral view; 23, prolateral view.