Niarchos ramirezi, Platnick & Duperre, 2010
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1206/727.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6217B027-FFEF-C57B-E3B1-FF79A749FEED |
treatment provided by |
Tatiana |
scientific name |
Niarchos ramirezi |
status |
sp. nov. |
Niarchos ramirezi View in CoL , new species Figures 312–335 View Figs View Figs
TYPE: Male holotype taken from litter along the Río Perdido trail at an elevation of 2085 m at the Yanayacu Biological Station, 0u 36.4969S, 77u 52.9479W, Napo, Ecuador (Nov. 26, 2009; Niarchos Exped. ), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 410) GoogleMaps .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Martín Ramírez of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, in recognition of his enormous contributions to the organization and success of the Niarchos Expedition.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of N. scutatus but have a thinner embolar base and a longer, free embolus (figs. 319–322), and differ from those of N. bonaldoi by having a larger protrusion near the embolar base (figs. 324, 325); females resemble those of N. scutatus and N. bonaldoi but have the sclerite connecting the apodemes narrower at the midline than in those species (figs. 334, 335).
MALE (PBI_OON 410, figs. 312–325): Total length 1.41. Posterior eye row straight from above; PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Sternum surface smooth. Endites with heavily sclerotized triangular projections directed obliquely. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0-0-1p; IV v0-0- 2. Embolus twisted at about half its length; distal part of bulb with triangular protrusion near embolar base (figs. 319– 322).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 410, figs. 326–335): Total length 1.68. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0-0-1p; IV v0-1p-2. Anterior receptaculum relatively short, wide, invaginated at middle; postepigastric scutum triangular (figs. 334, 335).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ecuador: Napo: Yanayacu Biological Station , stream trail, 0u 35.9559S, 77u 53.4319W, Nov. 24–Dec. 2, 2009, pitfall, elev. 2130 m (N. Platnick, N. Dupérre´, E. Tapia, Niarchos Exped., AMNH, MACN PBI _OON 408), 2 - (1 without abdomen) GoogleMaps ; Yanayacu Biological Station, Río Perdido trail, 0u 36.4969S, 77u 52.9479W, Nov. 26, 2009, litter, elev. 2085 m ( Niarchos Exped., AMNH PBI _ OON 40821), 1 -, 1 U GoogleMaps .
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Yanayacu Biological Station in Napo province, Ecuador.
QCAZ |
Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador |
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