Otiothops chicaque, 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 : 416

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

( Figs 6–13 )

Type material. Male holotype from Natural Reserve Chicaque , San Antonio de Tequendama, Cundinamarca, Colombia, 4.6162489°N- 74.3521491°W, 12–15 October 2016, Andean forest leaf litter, F. Cala-Riquelme (ICN- AR10682) . Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype except 24–28 February 2014, D. Garcias (ICN-AR10683).

Other material examined. COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca: 1 subadult female, same data as holotype (ICN- AR10684).

Diagnosis. Males of Otiothops chicaque sp. n. resemble those of species in the amazonicus group by the morphology of the embolus ( Figs 8–11 ; see also Platnick 1975, figs 51–52), but can be distinguished by the embolus originating close to the middle of the bulb ( Figs 9–11 ). Females can be distinguished from other species by the shape of the median receptacles, which are 5.0 x longer than wide, contiguous, with proximal poreplates ( Fig. 12 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality, Chicaque, San Antonio de Tequendama, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Description. Male (holotype, ICN- AR10682): Total length 6.7. Carapace: 2.9 long, 2.2 wide (at leg II), 1.5 high (at leg II). Leg I: femur 1.95 long, 1.2 wide. Abdomen: 3.6 long, 2.0 wide, scute 0.3 long. Posterior median eyes separated by less than their own diameter. Palp: femur 0.75 long, 0.15 wide; patella 0.23 long, 0.20 wide; tibia 0.38 long, 0.30 wide; cymbium 0.58 long; embolus 0.35 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; embolus shorter than cymbium, with bifurcate, L-shaped, curved tip ( Figs 9–11 ).

Female (paratype, ICN- AR10683): Total length 6.4. Carapace: 2.8 long; 2.0 wide (at leg II), 1.2 high (at leg II). Leg I: femur 1.8 long, 0.9 wide. Abdomen: 3.6 long, 2.3 wide, scute 0.1 long. Posterior median eyes separated by their own diameter. Sclerotized portions of body dark orange; abdominal scute dark orange, unsclerotized portion of dorsal abdomen grey with light spots. Genitalia ( Fig. 12 ): receptacles 5.0 x longer than wide, basally joined; pedicel with posterior apodemes; poreplates proximal.

Distribution. Known from the type locality at Chicaque, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Natural history. The holotype and paratype were found in leaf litter in Andean forest.

Figures

FIGURES 6–13. Otiothops chicaque sp. n. 6, Male holotype, habitus, dorsal view. 7, Female paratype, habitus, dorsal view. 8– 11, Male holotype, left palp (E = embolus, Cy = cymbium, Bu = Bulb): 8–10, ventral view; 11, retroventral view. 12, Female paratype, KOH digested internal genitalia, dorsal view (MR = median receptacules, P = pedicel posterior apodeme, PP = poreplates). 13, Otiothops amazonicus Simon, 1887, left palp, retrolateral view (E = embolus, Cy = cymbium, Bu = bulb).