Caraimatta brescoviti, García & Martínez & Ahumada-C, 2019

García, Andrés F., Martínez, Leonel & Ahumada-C, Daniela, 2019, A new species of the armored spider genus Caraimatta Lehtinen, 1981 from Colombia (Araneae: Synspermiata: Tetrablemmidae), Zootaxa 4619 (1), pp. 168-176 : 170-173

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19193371-2164-4AD1-ACED-183525F3A49D

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D56260-7E6F-FFD1-FF78-7CE5FB4C3016

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Plazi

scientific name

Caraimatta brescoviti
status

sp. nov.

Caraimatta brescoviti View in CoL sp. nov.

Figures 1–4 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4

Types. Holotype: male from finca El Atardecer Gaitero (9º50′42.6″N, 75º11′6.2″W), San Jacinto , Bolivar, Colombia, 350 m, 24.III.2017, L. Martínez & E. Villarreal leg. (ICN-Ar-10750) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: One female same data as holotype (ICN-Ar-10751) . Two females from S.F.F. Los Colorados, sendero El Yayal, (9º57′3.79″N, 75º5′29.21″W), San Juan Nepomuceno , Bolivar, Colombia, 200 m, 04.V.2012, D. Luna & C. Romero leg. (ICN-Ar-7350) GoogleMaps . One male and two females from Reserva Primatológica Municipal, (9°32′42.5″N, 75°20′24.6″W), Colosó, Sucre, Colombia, 390 m, 06.V.2016, R. Torrez leg. (ICN-Ar-10752 [1♀]), (MACN-Ar-40210 [1♀, 1♂]), respectively GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. Antonio Domingos Brescovit, by his many contributions to taxonomic and systematic studies on spider of the world.

Diagnosis. Males of Cariamatta brescoviti sp. nov., resemble those of C. cambridgei (Bryant) and C. sbordonii (Brignoli) by their having a long conductor (see Shear, 1978:16–19, figs 25–36; Lehtinen, 1981:69–71, 150, fig. 315a, b) but they can be distinguished from those of all previously mentioned species by a deep furrow in the embolus and conductor base ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ), long and straight embolus without apical modifications, and long and knifeshape conductor without basal modifications ( Figs 2B View FIGURE 2 , 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Females can be diagnosed by the epigynum with large seminal receptacles, transversal vulval ducts longer that in C. cambridgei (Bryant) , C. sbordonii (Brignoli) and C. blandini Lehtinen (see Shear, 1978:16–19, figs 32; Lehtinen, 1981:69–71, 150, figs 36, 310; Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ).

Description. Male (Holotype, ICN-Ar-106750). Measurements (in mm): Total body length = 1.05, carapace length = 0.41, width = 0.40, height = 0.19. Clypeus height = 0.14. Eye diameters and interdistances: ALE = 0.05, PLE = 0.02; ALE–ALE = 0.10, PLE–PLE = 0.12, ALE–PLE = 0.07. Sternum length = 0.25, width = 0.29. Chelicerae (paturon) length = 0.12. Legs: Leg I—femur 0.28 / patella 0.12 / tibia 0.25 / metatarsus 0.16 / tarsus 0.20 / total 1.01; II—0.26 / 0.09 / 0.23 / 0.13 / 0.18 / 0.89; III—0.23 / 0.08 / 0.16 / 0.15 / 0.17 / 0.79; IV—0.31 / 0.10 / 0.27 / 0.16 / 0.14 / 0.98. Abdomen length = 0.64, width = 0.55. Body coloration reddish-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Spinnerets yellow ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 A–C, 4A). Carapace ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A–C): cephalothorax finely reticulated, few raised and subtriangularshaped; eyes white, ALE>PLE in size; clypeus high and lightly sloping forward; thoracic region smooth and with radial grooves; Chelicerae with a wide and few develop apophysis on basal side; endites subquadrangular-shaped with the very wide basal edge and narrowing towards the distal edge; labium trapezoidal-shaped and wider that long; sternum rugose, with few setae uniformly distributed. Legs cuticle striated. Opisthosoma ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 A–C, 4A): covered with white and fine setae on posterior edge; dorsal scutum oval-shaped and smooth; ventral scutum (pulmonar scutum) finely reticulated; lateral scutum very long, extending to more than half of the anal plate; postgeni- tal scutum subquadrangular-shaped, long and narrow; preanal scutum rectangular-shaped and wide. Palp ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 A–B): femur with granules on the cuticle, long setae and swollen in the basal edge ( Fig. 2A, F View FIGURE 2 ); patella short with a distal organ on both prolateral and retrolateral edges ( Figs 2A, 2C, 2E View FIGURE 2 ); tibia short and swollen with a distal organ on prolateral edge ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ); cymbium short with black and long setae and a small organ; bulb wide pear-shaped; embolus long, straight and inserted basally, filiform toward distal end, with the cuticle of granulated consistency; wide and long conductor ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 B–D, 3A–B).

Female (Paratype, ICN-Ar-106751). Measurements (in mm): Total body length = 1.23, carapace length = 0.50, width = 0.41, height = 0.26. Clypeus height = 0.15. Eye diameters and interdistances: ALE = 0.05, PLE = 0.04; ALE–ALE 0.10, = PLE–PLE = 0.13, ALE–PLE = 0.07. Sternum length = 0.32, width = 0.27. Chelicerae (paturon) length = 0.12. Leg measurements: Leg I—femur 0.34 / patella 0.11 / tibia 0.25 / metatarsus 0.14 / tarsus 0.16 / total 1.00; II—0.30 / 0.10 / 0.22 / 0.13 / 0.18 / 0.93; III—0.24 / 0.12 / 0.20 / 0.16 / 0.18 / 0.90; IV—0.28 / 0.11 / 0.30 / 0.20 / 0.21 / 1.10. Abdomen length = 0.73, width = 0.65. Coloration as male ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D–F). Carapace ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D–F): cephalothorax finely reticulated slightly raised and subtriangular-shaped; eyes white, ALE>PLE in size; clypeus high; thoracic region smooth and with radial grooves; Chelicerae with a wide and few develop apophysis on proximal side; endites subquadrangular-shaped with the wide basal edge, narrowing towards the distal edge; labium trapezoidal-shaped and wider that long; sternum rugose with few setae on lateral edges. Legs cuticle striated. Opisthosoma ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 D–F, 4B): covered with white and black fine setae, mainly on posterior edge; dorsal scutum oval-shaped and smooth; ventral scutum (pulmonar scutum) finely reticulated; lateral scutum long, extending to half of the anal plate; postgenital scutum subrectangular-shaped, long and narrow; preanal scutum rectangular-shaped and wide, with rounded borders. Epigynum ( Figs 3C View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ): orifice small and situated on posterior edge of epigynal fold; inner epigynal plate wider than long, seminal receptacles membranous and bean-shaped; vulval ducts long ( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 C–D).

Variation. Males (n=2): total length: 1.00–1.05; carapace length: 0.45–0.50. Females (n=2): total length: 1.12– 1.23; carapace length: 0.43–0.50.

Habitat. The specimens were caught sifting leaf litter, in a semi-humid transitional dry forest (according the tropical dry forest (Bosque Seco Tropical) classes proposed by Etter et al. (2008)), in a fragment of secondary forest, of the Bolivar and Sucre departments. Bolivar presenting an average of temperature 28°C, and an average yearly precipitation close to 1450 millimetres; and Sucre presenting an altitudinal known range of 390 m, with an average yearly precipitation close to 1297 millimetres, 28°C in average of temperature (Rangel-Ch. & Cavajal-Cogollo, 2012), and relative humidity average 83,5%.

Distribution. Only known from its type locality (Bolivar and Sucre departments) ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Tetrablemmidae

Genus

Caraimatta

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