Guadana panguana, Rheims, 2010

Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2010, A new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), Zootaxa 2650 (1), pp. 33-46 : 40

Guadana panguana sp. nov.

Figs 6 , 22–23 , 39

Type material: Holotype: ♂ from Panguana Biological Station [09°37’ S; 74°56’ W], Huanuco, Peru, 1988, C. Manhart leg. (MCN 19403).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males of Guadana panguana sp. nov. are distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the palp with RTA with dorsal branch with four projections at tip and by the DTA with 3–4 ridges ( Figs 22–23 ).

Description. Male (MCN 19403): Dorsal shield of prosoma pale orange, variegated brown laterally, brown along fovea and with black eye borders. Chelicerae yellow with brown spots at the base of setae. Legs and pedipalps yellow with brown spots at the base of spines and setae. Sternum pale yellow with pale orange margins. Labium orange. Endites pale yellow. Opisthosoma pale yellow. Dorsally with four brown, rounded muscular impressions and covered with brown hairs laterally ( Fig. 6 ). Total length 5.4. Prosoma: 2.9 long, 3.1 wide. Opisthosoma: 2.5 long, 2.1 wide. Eye diameters: 0.20, 0.22, 0.16, 0.24; interdistances: 0.10, 0.02, 0.24, 0.24, 0.22, 0.20. Legs: I: 25.0 (6.4, 1.7, 7.4, 7.1, 2.4); II: 27.8 (7.0, 1.9, 8.3, 8.1, 2.5); III: 17.5 (4.7, 1.5, 4.7, 4.9, 1.7); IV: 20.2 (5.2, 1.4, 5.3, 6.1, 2.2). Spination follows the generic pattern. Palp: RTA with ventral branch conical; embolus short and thick, curved retrolaterally with slightly bifid tip; conductor hyaline, long and narrow ( Figs 22–23 ).

Female: unknown.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 39 ).

Figures

FIGURE 39. Distribution records for the species of Guadana gen. nov.

FIGURES 1–6. Habitus, dorsal view. 1–2 Guadana manauara sp. nov. (1 male, 2 female); 3–4 Guadana urucu sp. nov. (3 male, 4 female); 5 Guadana neblina sp. nov., male; 6 Guadana panguana sp. nov., male. Scale lines 1 mm.

FIGURES 22–23. Guadana panguana sp. nov., male, left palp (22 ventral, 23 retrolateral view). Scale lines: 0.5 mm.