A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Nops MacLeay (Araneae: Caponiidae) with the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the Nopinae genera
Author
Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-01
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10.11646/zootaxa.4427.1.1
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Nops itapetinga
new species
Figures 53A‒G
; 54A‒L
Types
. Male
holotype
and female
paratype
from Itapetinga (
15°15′12.48″S
,
40°15′19.78″W
),
Bahia
,
Brazil
, C.M.P. Leite, deposited in IBSP 212754. Five male and two female
paratypes
, same data as
holotype
, deposited in IBSP 212755.
Additional material examined
.
BRAZIL
:
Bahia
:
Itapetinga
(
15°15′12.48″S
,
40°15′19.78″W
),
30.xi.2011
−
13.xii.2011
,
C.M.P. Leite
,
41♂
9♀
(
IBSP 212756−212768
)
;
Jaguaripe
(
13°6′46″S
,
38°53′45″W
),
18.ii.2011
−
02.iii.2011
,
C.M.P. Leite
(
IBSP 212748−212753
)
;
Salvador
,
Campus
do 19
Batalhão de Caçadores de Pirajá
(
12°57'49"S
,
38°27'17"W
),
K. Benati
,
1♂
(
IBSP 56714
)
.
Ipiaú
14°8′13″S
,
39°44′2″W
),
i.2007
,
C. Máximo
,
1♂
(
IBSP 87614
)
.
Ditto
,
1♂
(
IBSP 87615
)
.
Salvador
,
Area de Proteção Ambiental Lagoas
e
Dunas do Abaeté
(
12°59′S
,
38°30′W
),
2.ii.1996
,
1♂
1♀
(
IBSP 91493
)
.
Porto Seguro, Estação Ecolόgica Pau
Brasil
(
16°23’S
39°10’W
),
20.iv.1998
,
A.D. Brescovit
,
1♀
(
IBSP 17954
)
.
Ditto
,
23.iv.1998
,
A.D. Brescovit
,
1♂
(
IBSP 17980
)
.
Itacaré
(
14°16′40″S
,
38°59′49″W
),
Fazenda Patizeiros
,
15‒22.iv.2006
,
J.P. Souza Alves
,
1♂
(
IBSP 70574
)
. Ilhéus, Campus CEPLAC (14°47’S 39°13’W),
13.ix.2007
, P.P. Santos, 1♀ (IBSP 98036); 1 immature (IBSP 98037); 1♂ 1♀ (IBSP 98039).
Ditto
,
30.v.2007
,
P.P. Santos
,
1♀
1 immature (
IBSP 98031
)
; 1♂ 1♀ (IBSP 98030).
Ditto
,
18.iv.2007
,
P.P. Santos
1♂
(palp for
SEM
), 1 immature (
IBSP 97993
)
; 1♂ (IBSP 98007).
Ditto
,
4.v.2007
,
P.P. Santos
,
1♂
(
IBSP 98029
)
.
Ditto
,
12.iv.1998
,
A.D. Brescovit
, 1 immature (
IBSP 18963
)
.
Ditto
,
14.ix.2007
,
P.P. Santos
,
1♂
(
IBSP 98038
)
.
Porto Seguro
,
Estaçao Veracel Celulose
, 2006,
J.P. Souza Alves
,
1♂
(
IBSP 70198
)
.
FIGURE 53
.
Nops itapetinga
n. sp.
;
A–D
male (holotype);
E–G
female (paratype).
A
habitus, dorsal view.
B
left palp, prolateral view.
C
left palp, ventral view.
D
left palp, retrolateral view.
E
habitus, dorsal view.
F
external genital area, ventral view.
G
internal genitalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: ap—anterior plate, ess—sclerotization around spiracles, lep—lateral extensions of posterior plate, pp—posterior plate, re—receptaculum, ue—uterus externus. Scale bars: 2 mm (
A
,
E
), 0.5 mm (
B–D
,
F–G
).
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition, derived from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis
. Both sexes resemble the similar congener
N. bahia
n. sp.
by having the posterior unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed (
Fig. 5B
) and the PLS longer than PMS; but can be distinguished by lacking the chevron lines at distal dorsal part of abdomen, males with embolus longer and slightly curved (
Fig. 53B‒D
) and females with narrow invagination and strongly sclerotized distal margin of lobes (
Fig. 53G
).
FIGURE 54
.
Nops itapetinga
n. sp.
;
A–F
female (IBSP 98030);
G–L
male (IBSP 97993).
A
pretarsal claws on left leg IV, anterior view.
B
detail of claw lever on left leg IV, anterior view.
C
same, prolateral view.
D
internal genitalia, dorsal view.
E
detail of receptaculum, dorsal view.
F
internal genitalia, anterior view.
G
left palp, prolateral view.
H
left palpal tibia, ventral oblique view.
I
embolar tip, retrolateral view.
J
same, prolateral view.
K
detail of embolar tip, prolateral view.
L
detail of small spines on the embolus, prolateral view. Abbreviations: ete—embolar tip extensions, re—posterior receptaculum, ue—uterus externus.
FIGURE 55
. Distribution maps.
A
Nops itapetinga
n. sp.
;
B
Nops sublaevis
Simon.
Description
.
Male
(
holotype
): Carapace and legs orange (
Fig. 53A
); chelicerae, labium, endites and sternum yellowish orange; coxae lighter. Abdomen light gray, dorsal pattern with two light gray irregular spots on the first dorsal anterior third of the abdomen and a median thin light gray line similar as in
Fig.
6I
, lighter ventrally. Anal tubercle and spinnerets light gray. Total length 8.9. Carapace 5.15 long, 3.7 wide. Sternum 4.2 long, 3.9 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.0; II: 3.8; III: 3.5; IV: 4.15. Posterior unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed. PLS longer than PMS. Palp with embolus longer than palpal tibia, curved to prolateral side (
Figs 53B‒D
; 54G); wide embolar tip, with five long extensions: two ventral and three dorsal, and a row of small spicules on the ventral margin (
Fig.
54I
‒L
).
Female
(
paratype
): Carapace, chelicerae, labium, coxae, legs, endites and sternum as in male. Abdomen as in male (
Fig. 53E
). Anal tubercle and spinnerets whitish yellow. Total length 9.5. Carapace 5.4 long, 4.0 wide. Sternum 4.9 long, 4.0 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.1; II: 4.0; III: 3.7; IV: 4.15. Posterior unpaired claws (
Fig. 54A
), and PLS as in male. External genital area with strongly sclerotized anterior plate and lep, remarkable ess (
Fig. 53F
). Internal genitalia with narrow invagination on receptaculum and strongly sclerotized distal margin of lobes, uterus externus with narrow base (
Figs 53G
; 54D‒F).
Distribution
. Known from the Brazilian State of
Bahia
(
Fig. 55A
).