Kiekie barrocolorado, Polotow & Brescovit, 2018

Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, Kiekie, a new Neotropical spider genus of Ctenidae (Cteninae, Araneae), Zootaxa 4531 (3), pp. 353-373 : 367-368

Kiekie barrocolorado new species

Figs 12 A–B, 15A

Type material. Male holotype from Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island (9.15, -79.85), VI–VII.1936, A.M. Chickering coll., deposited in MCZ 79093.

Etymology. The species name is a toponym in apposition referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males of Kiekie barrocolorado ( Fig. 12 A–B) resemble those of K. garifuna ( Fig. 7 A–B) by the shape of embolus and conductor, but can be distinguished by the RTA position, which is distant from the apical border of the tibia, and the shape of the median apophysis, with a narrow and longer base.

Description. Male (MCZ 79093). Total length 14.10. Carapace 7.60 long and 6.10 wide. Clypeus 0.30 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.22, ALE 0.20, PME 0.27, PLE 0.27. Leg measurements: I: femur 7.60/ patella 3.40/ tibia 6.70/ metatarsus 6.50/ tarsus 2.30/ total 26.50; II: 7.20/ 3.30/ 5.50/ 6.10/ 2.20/ 24.30; III: 6.40/ 2.80/ 5.40/ 5.90/ 2.00/ 22.50; IV: 7.70/ 3.10/ 7.50/ 8.80/ 2.50/ 29.60. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I–II v2-2 -2-2-2, r1-1-0, p1-1-1-0, III–IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, r1-1-0, p-1-1-0, III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1, IV v2-1 -1-2, r1-1, p1-1. Palp ( Fig. 12 A–B): RTA with large base, perpendicular to the tibia and slightly curved forward;

embolus elongated and laminar, with a large base with a projection, narrowing in the middle to the tip; median apophysis oval and short; conductor with large base and apex, with a furrow that fit the tip of embolus.

Female. Unknown

Additional material examined. None.

Distribution. Panama, Canal Zone ( Fig. 15C ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Kiekie garifuna new species. A–B, male palp; A, ventral view; B, palpal tibia, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; Ti, tibia.

FIGURE 12. Kiekie barrocolorado new species. A–B, male palp; A, ventral view; B, palpal tibia, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; Ti, tibia.

FIGURE 15. Maps representing part of Central America and north of South America, with collection localities of Kiekie species.