Niarchos wygodzinskyi, Platnick & Duperre, 2010
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1206/727.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6217B027-FFDC-C577-E1B6-FC18A621FD0E |
treatment provided by |
Tatiana |
scientific name |
Niarchos wygodzinskyi |
status |
sp. nov. |
Niarchos wygodzinskyi View in CoL , new species Figures 190–212 View Figs View Figs
TYPE: Male holotype taken at an elevation of 2000 m at El Saladito , Valle del Cauca, Colombia (Aug. 29, 1967; P. and B. Wygodzinsky), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 58) .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the late Pedro Wygodzinsky, one of the collectors of the type.
DIAGNOSIS: Males have a long, relatively narrow retroventral projection on the palpal bulb and a dorsoventrally expanded embolar region (figs. 198–202); females have a pair of anteriorly expanded, lateral processes on the anterior receptaculum (figs. 211, 212).
MALE (PBI_OON 58, figs. 190–202): Total length 1.41. Posterior eye row straight from above; PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Sternum surface finely reticulate. Endites with anteriorly narrowed, triangular anterior process. Leg spination: tibiae III, IV v0-0- 1p. Embolar region dorsoventrally elongated, embolus relatively short, small; retroventral projection of bulb with distally bent tip (figs. 198–202).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 31164, figs. 203– 212): Total length 1.77. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0-0-1p; IV v0-0-2; metatarsi IV v0-0-2. Anterior genitalic elements with short median and two longer paramedian anterior extensions, latter extension expanded anteriorly (figs. 211, 212).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Valle del Cauca: El Saladito , Aug. 29, 1967, elev. 2000 m (P., B. Wygodzinsky, AMNH PBI_OON 58), 1 -; Pichinde´ , Aug. 28, 1967, elev. 1900 m (P., B. Wygodzinsky, AMNH PBI_OON 31164), 1 U ; San Antonio, near El Saladito , 3u29949.20N, 76u37929.10W, Feb. 16, 1998, sifting litter at night, elev. 2085 m (G. Hormiga, J. Coddington, J. Miller, USNM 2046648 About USNM , PBI_OON 28218), 1 U .
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
AMNH |
American Museum of Natural History |
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