Orchestina yanayacu Izquierdo, 2017 Male, Figs 28, 29

New records.

Cotopaxi Province: OTONGA Biological Reserve (00.41433°S, 79.0035°W) 1888m, 15.x.2014, 1♂3♀, moss in trees 0.5-3m from ground, E. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH); 13-15.xi.2015, sifting litter from epiphytes base, Berlese, 4♀, E. Tapia, N. Dupérré (ZMH).

Diagnosis.

Male are easily recognized by their elongated chelicerae (Fig. 28) and the male palpal bulb with bi-pointed of embolus (Fig. 29).

Description.

Male. Total length: 1.4; carapace length: 0.60; carapace width: 0.5.

COLORATION: Carapace light yellow, clypeus brown; chelicerae brown; sternum and endites light yellow; labium light brown; abdomen with indistinct gray pattern; legs light yellow.

CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace ovoid in dorsal view, smooth; pars cephalica flat, pars thoracica sloping gradually. Clypeus low (1x PME), margin unmodified, sloping forward . Sternum as wide as long. Labium rectangular. Endites elongated. Chelicerae straight, long, without teeth (Fig. 28). EYES: Six, well developed, PME largest; all oval; posterior eye row recurved from above; ALE separated by PME, ALE-PLE touching, PME touching throughout most of their length, ALE-PME touching (Fig. 28). ABDOMEN: Ovoid, soft without scutum. LEGS: Femur IV enlarged; otherwise without modifications or spines. LEGS: leg formula 1243. GENITALIA: Palpal tibia enlarged. Cymbium oval. Bulb oval tapering apically. Sperm duct spiraled with several loops. Embolus dark, sharply bi-pointed, with small ventral apophysis (Fig. 29).

Natural history.

Found in mosses and epiphytes.

Distribution.

Ecuador: Napo and Cotopaxi Provinces.

Note.

Male and female a tentatively match as they were found in the same extraction sample, however on several occasions we found up to three Orchestina species in the same sample.