Nopsma armandoi, Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2020, Revision of the spider genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise (Araneae: Caponiidae) with proposition of the new genus Nopsma, from Central and South America, Zootaxa 4751 (3), pp. 461-486 : 482-483

Nopsma armandoi new species

Figure 17

Type. Male holotype ( MCZ 125597) from Parque Nacional Cerro Saslaya (13°46’12.2”N 84°58’50.6”W), Zelaya, Nicaragua, 310 m asl, 07.v.2011, W.A. Llama.

Etymology. The specific name is a patronymic honoring Armando Ruiz Balcells, the first author’s grandfather.

Diagnosis. Males of N. armandoi n. sp. resembles those of N. enriquei n. sp. by the large tegulum reaching or exceeding the palpal tibia length but are readily recognized by having an short palpal tibia, just a little greater than patella length ( Fig. 17 B–C), and by the embolus projecting from the prolateral median surface of the tegulum, with three very thin, long projections on the tip ( Fig. 17 B–C, F).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 7.6. Carapace 4.4 long, 3.5 wide. Sternum 3.6 long, 3.3 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.95; II: 3.85; III: 3.5; IV: 4.25. Carapace orange-brown with weakly defined dorsal pattern ( Fig. 17A ). Chelicerae, palps, sternum orangish brown, endites, labium pale brown ( Fig. 17E ), and legs orange-brown ( Fig. 17D ); coxae and trochanters lighter. Abdomen pale gray with dorsal pattern ( Fig. 17A ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Copulatory bulb with a globose, large, oval tegulum and a long embolus projecting from the prolateral median surface of the tegulum, with three very thin, long projections on the tip ( Fig. 17 B–C, F).

Female: unknown

Distribution. Known only from type locality in Nicaragua ( Fig. 18G ).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Nopsma armandoi n. sp., male holotype (MCZ 125597). A Habitus, dorsal view. B Left palp, prolateral view. C Left palp, retrolateral view. D Habitus, ventral view. E Prosoma, ventral view. F Embolus, prolateral view. Scale bar: A, D (1mm); B–C, E–F (0.5mm).

FIGURE 18. A–F Nopsma florencia n. sp., male holotype. A Habitus, dorsal view. B Left palp, prolateral view. C Left palp, retrolateral view. D Habitus, ventral view. E Prosoma, ventral view. F Same, dorsal view. Scale bar: A, D (1mm); B–C, E–F (0.5mm). G Distribution map of Nopsma juchuy (Dupérré) n. comb., circle (Ecuador); Nopsma enriquei n. sp., square (Peru); Nopsma florencia n. sp., star (Colombia) and Nopsma armandoi n. sp., triangle (Nicaragua).