Niarchos florezi, Platnick & Duperre, 2010
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1206/727.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6217B027-FFE3-C577-E385-FCAFA024FEC3 |
treatment provided by |
Tatiana |
scientific name |
Niarchos florezi |
status |
sp. nov. |
Niarchos florezi View in CoL , new species Figures 213–225 View Figs
TYPE: Male holotype from a Berlese sample of litter taken at an elevation of 1800 m in a secondary forest at ‘‘ Pereira , correg. La Florida , yda. La Suiza, Otun Quimbaya,’’ 4u449N, 75u359W, Risaralda, Colombia (Mar. 25, 2005; A. Sabogal), deposited in ICN (PBI_OON 438) .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Eduardo Florez (ICN), a distinguished Colombian arachnologist who has made available for study many fascinating Colombian oonopids.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of N. wygodzinskyi in having a distally bent tip on the relatively narrow retroventral projection on the palpal bulb, and an elongated embolar region, but have a larger, thicker embolus (figs. 221–225).
MALE (PBI_OON 438, figs. 213–225): Total length 1.78. Posterior eye row straight from above; PLE-PME separated by PME radius to PME diameter. Sternum surface finely reticulate. Endites with anterior projection triangular, expanded posteriorly. Leg spination: tibiae III, IV v0-0- 1p. Embolus long, strong, curved; bulb with short, distally bent retroventral projection (figs. 221–225).
FEMALE: Unknown.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Four males taken with the holotype (ICN, AMNH PBI_OON 40823).
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Risaralda department, Colombia.
ICN |
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural |
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