Neostasina turquino, Rheims & Alayón, 2016

Rheims, Cristina Anne & Alayón, Giraldo, 2016, Neostasina gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae), Zootaxa 4079 (3), pp. 301-344 : 340-341

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8657278B-81C6-4571-BE3C-2B46BF1661E6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079148
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD87F9-FFB6-FF9C-FF55-FF08FCF83A86
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neostasina turquino
status	sp. nov.

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Neostasina turquino View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 143−145 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 , Map 3

Type material: Holotype: ♀, Cuba, Oriente , south side Pico Turquino [20°08’N, 76°46’W], June 1936, P.J. Darlington leg. ( MCZ 69022). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific name is a noun and refers to the type locality.

Diagnosis. Females of N. turquino sp. nov. are distinguished from those of the other species of the genus by the epigyne with anterior rim entire, strongly depressed medially, roughly M-shaped ( Fig. 143 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 ).

Description. Female: Prosoma brown, slightly darker at eye area and along thoracic striae. Fovea brown, Eye borders black. Chelicerae brown. Legs and pedipalps brown, slightly lighter than prosoma. Sternum yellow with brown margins. Endites yellow, distally pale yellow. Labium brown, distally pale yellow. Opisthosoma cream colored; dorsally with dense pattern of irregular gray marks; ventrally mottled with brown spots. Total length 8.8. Prosoma: 3.8 long, 3.2 wide. Opisthosoma: 5.0 long, 2.9 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.20, 0.18, 0.12, 0.18; interdistances: 0.18, 0.12, 0.32, 0.28, 0.20, 0.08. Legs (21/43): I: 12.2 (3.6, 1.8, 3.3, 2.7, 0.8); II: 12.4 (3.8, 1.9, 3.2, 2.8, 0.7); III: 9.8 (3.2, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 0.6); IV: 12.2 (3.6, 1.5, 2.8, 3.4, 0.9). Epigyne: epigynal field roughly squared, slightly wider than long; median septum rectangular, 1.5 times wider than long ( Fig. 143 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 ). Vulva: glandular projections short, rounded, with wide base; spermathecae packed within sclerotized structure narrowing towards fertilization ducts; internal ducts inverted U-shaped ( Figs 144−145 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 ).

Male: unknown.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality (Map 3).

Remarks. See N. montegordo sp. nov.

MAP 1. Distribution map for all species of the genus Neostasina gen. nov.

MAP 2. Distribution map for N. baoruco sp. nov., N. bermudezi sp. nov., N. bicolor comb. nov., N. cachote sp. nov., N. elverde sp. nov., N. saetosa comb. nov. and N. taino sp. nov.