Six new species, complementary descriptions and new records from the Neotropical Region of the spider genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Author
Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes
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Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
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Dipoena peruensis
Levi, 1963
(
Figures 31–33
)
Dipoena peruensis
Levi, 1963: 157
, figs. 131–132 (Female
holotype
from Upper Pachitea River, Pasco,
Peru
;
21.VII.1920
; deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, not examined); Platnick, 2013.
Diagnosis.
The male palp of
Dipoena peruensis
resembles that of
Dipoena cornuta
Chickering, 1943
(see Levi, 1963: 171, fig. 222) in the conductor projected and the median apophysis large (
Fig. 31
) and carapace ringed along ventral margin (
Fig. 33
), but differs in the pattern and shape of the median apophysis pointed (
Fig. 31
).
Description. Male
(MCN 48940): Total length 2.39. Carapace length 1.17, width 0.86. Clypeus height 0.71. Sternum length 0.52, width 0.50. Abdomen length 1.19, width 0.92, height 0.88. Leg formula I/IV/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.88/0.71/0.52/0.81; patellae + tibiae 0.92/0.73/0.58/0.88; metatarsi + tarsi 0.92/0.75/ 0.67/0.92; total 2.72/2.19/1.77/2.61. Eye diameter and interdistance: AME 0.12, ALE 0.07, PME 0.07 and PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.06, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.08. Eyes (
Fig. 32
) margined with black. Carapace high (
Fig. 33
), with grooves, dark brown, nearly black, mainly at the median portion (
Fig. 32
). Carapace projecting above the clypeus, highest in thoracic region (
Fig. 33
). Sternum, labium and endites brown. Coxae pale yellow. Legs yellow, with a black line along all articles. Abdomen oval (
Fig. 32
), dark brown. Spinnerets dark brown.
Female.
Described by Levi (1963: 157; figs. 131–132).
Remarks.
Males and females were collected together in São Paulo,
Brazil
.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
. São Paulo: Santa Rita do Passa Quatro (
21º43’S
;
47º35’W
),
19–24.III.2002
, S. C. Dias col., one male (MCN 44943); Equipe Biota col., one male, one female (MCN 48940); one female (MCN 48941).
Distribution.
Peru
(Pasco) and
Brazil
(São Paulo).