Syspira agujas, Brescovit & Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2018

Brescovit, Antonio D., Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2018, On the spider genus Syspira Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Miturgidae) in the Caribbean: four new species from Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 4370 (1), pp. 57-66 : 63-64

Syspira agujas sp. nov.

Figs 5E −F , 6F , 7

Types. Holotype ♀ from Via Las Agujas , 18°40'32.4"N 70°35'31.6"W, 1952 m, Province San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic, 11.IV.2015, A. Sánchez & J. Cabra ( IBSP 168408 ) . Paratype: 1♀ with the same data, 11.IV.2016, A. Sánchez & J. Cabra ( IBSP 168410 ) .

Other material examined. Dominican Republic. Province San José de Ocoa: Via Las Agujas, 18°40'32.4"N 70°35'31.6"W, 1952 m, 1♀, 11.IV.2017, A. Sánchez & J. Cabra ( IBSP 168409 ; for SEM)

Etymology. The noun in apposition refers to the type locality.

Diagnosis. Females are distinguished from those of other Dominican species by the epigynal posterior plates with straight anterior borders and by the semi-oval atrium ( Figs 5E , 6F ).

Description. Female (Holotype). Coloration: carapace and legs as in Syspira jimmyi . Chelicerae and padipalps red brown. Labium, endites and sternum brown. Abdomen gray with long dorsal white spots in four rows, ventrally gray. Total length 16.8, carapace length 7.2, width 5.3. Eye diameters: AME 0.23, ALE 0.24, PME 0.27, PLE 0.28. Chelicerae 1.6 long, with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: femur I—5.5; II—5.2; III— 4.6; IV—5.8. Palp spination: patella p1; tibia p2-1-0, d1-1-0; tarsus p1-0-0, r1-1-0, d1-0-0. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2 -0, p0, r0, d0, metatarsus v2-2 -0, p0, r0, d0; II—tibia v1 r-1r-2, p0, r1-1-0, d1-1-0, metatarsus v2-2 -0, p0, r1-1- 0, d2-2-2; III—tibia v2-2 -2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, d2-2-0, metatarsus v2-2 -1, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, d2-2-0; IV—tibia v2-2 -2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, d2-2-0, metatarsus v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, d2-2-0. Epigynum: primary spermathecae small; secondary spermathecae globose; copulatory ducts very long and coiled; fertilization ducts short ( Fig. 5F ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A−D Syspira medialuna sp. nov.: A male, holotype, palp, ventral view; B same, retrolateral view; C female IBSP 168418, epigynum, ventral view; D same, dorsal view. E−F Syspira agujas sp. nov.: E, female holotype, epigynum, ventral view; F same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: EBp—apical projection of embolar base; MA—median apophysis. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 6. A−E Syspira medialuna sp. nov.: A male, holotype, chelicerae, ventral view. B−E female, IBSP 168417. B chelicerae, ventral view; C palp, prolateral view; D thricobotrium, leg I, dorsal view; E epigynum, ventral view. F Syspira agujas sp. nov.: female IBSP 168409, epigynum, ventral view.

FIGURE 7. Distribution records of Dominican Syspira. Triangle: Reserva Científica Ebano Verde, La Vega (Syspira medialuna sp. nov.); circle: Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo, La Vega (Syspira cimitarra sp. nov. and Syspira jimmyi sp. nov.); diamond: Via las Agujas, San José de Ocoa (Syspira agujas sp. nov.); cross: La Ciénaga, Peravia (Syspira cimitarra sp. nov. and Syspira jimmyi sp. nov.).