Nopsma florencia Sanchez-Ruiz , Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

Sanchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Martinez, Leonel & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2021, Three new species of the spider genus Nopsma (Araneae, Caponiidae, Nopinae) from Colombia, Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2), pp. 383-392 : 383

Nopsma florencia Sanchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

Figures 1A-D , 5A, B , 6A, B , 8

Nopsma florencia Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020: 483, fig. 18A-F.

Type material.

Holotype ♂, COLOMBIA: Chocó department, Jardín Botánico El Darién, Capurgana, Acandí, Camino a los Ríos; 8°37'53.95"N, 77°21'23.43"W; 260 m; 14 April 2008; C. Peña leg; pitfall trap; MPUJ-ENT 61986; examined, type locality corrected.

Remark.

The type locality of this species is here corrected. The data labels of the holotype and paratype reported in the original description are actually those belonging to Nopsma macagual sp. nov.

Diagnosis.

Males of Nopsma florencia resemble those of Nopsma leticia sp. nov. by the similarly shaped membranous keel on embolus tip (Fig. 6A, B, E, F ), but can be distinguished by the conspicuous small oval tegulum, with only one-fifth the cymbium length (Fig. 1C, D ), (one-third in N. leticia sp. nov., Fig. 2C, D ) and by the enlarged embolus (Fig. 1C, D ) (shorter in N. leticia sp. nov., Fig. 2C, D ).

Description.

Male described by Sánchez-Ruiz et al. (2020). Female unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality in Chocó, Colombia (Fig. 8 ).

Preservation status.

Preserved in 70% ethanol. Male holotype in good condition, left palp dissected in a separate microvial.

Figures

Figure 1. Nopsma florencia Sanchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, male (holotype). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Left palp, retrolateral view. D. Left palp, prolateral view. Scale bars: A, B: 1.5 mm, C, D: 0.7 mm.

Figure 2. Nopsma leticia sp. nov., male (MPUJ-ENT 0070411). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Left palp, retrolateral view. D. Left palp, prolateral view. Scale bars: A, B: 1.5 mm, C, D: 0.7 mm.

Figure 5. Male copulatory bulbs of Colombian Nopsma species. A, B. Nopsma florencia Sanchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo. C, D. Nopsma macagual sp. nov. E, F Nopsma leticia sp. nov. G, H. Nopsma paya sp. nov. A, C, E, G. Retrolateral view. B, D, F, H. Prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.7 mm.

Figure 6. Drawings of male copulatory bulbs of Colombian Nopsma species. A, B. Nopsma florencia Sanchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo. C, D. Nopsma macagual sp. nov. E, F. Nopsma leticia sp. nov. G, H. Nopsma paya sp. nov. A, C, E, G. Retrolateral view. B, D, F, H. Prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.7 mm. Abbreviations: e = embolus, mk = membranous keel, t = tegulum.

Figure 8. Distribution map of Colombian Nopsma species. Nopsma florencia Sanchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo (circle), Nopsma leticia sp. nov. (triangles), Nopsma macagual sp. nov. (star) and Nopsma paya sp. nov. (polygon).