Meri jaraua, Rheims & Jäger, 2022

Rheims, Cristina A. & Jäger, Peter, 2022, Revalidation of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 with the description of a new genus of Neotropical huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae), Zootaxa 5135 (1), pp. 1-80 : 46-48

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5135.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6820292

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039787EF-FF8C-C921-FF32-F888FA05F84C

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Plazi

scientific name

Meri jaraua
status

sp. nov.

Meri jaraua View in CoL spec. nov.

Figs 169–183 View FIGURES 169–172 View FIGURES 173–178 View FIGURES 179–183 , 316 View FIGURES 315–318

Sadala keyserlingi: Simon 1880: 323 (only 1♀ syntype, ex MNHN 2459 About MNHN , misidentification)

Type material. Holotype: BRAZIL: Acre: ♂, Cruzeiro do Sul (‑7.7613, ‑72.3794), 18–20 May 2010, W.E.A. Peres & J. Sobczak leg. ( UFMG 4817 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: BRAZIL: Acre: 1♀, same vial as holotype ( UFMG 4871 View Materials ) ; Amazonas: 1♀, Alvarães, Comunidade Jarauá (‑1.4245, ‑65.0410), Trilha da Formiga , 4–11 April 2014, C.A. Rheims, Y. Lemos, J. Cabra leg. ( IBSP 166264 View Materials ); PERU GoogleMaps . Loreto: 1♂, 1♀, Iquitos, San Juan Bautista, Zungarococha, Arboretum del UNAP (‑3.8298, ‑73.3753), 8–9 April 2013, C.A. Rheims & R. P. Indicatti leg. ( MUSM) GoogleMaps ; 2♀, same collecting data as previous specimens ( IBSP 165050 View Materials ); VENEZUELA GoogleMaps . Miranda: 1♂, 1♀, 28km Altagracia, Guatopo National Park [10. 4000, ‑66.4167], El Lucero, 14 June–5 August 1987, S. & J. Peck leg. ( AMNH) .

Additional material examined. SURINAME: Brokopondo District: 1♂, Brownsberg Natuurpark, Mazaroni Plateau (4.9333, -55.1667), 16–19 August 1982, W.E. Steiner leg. ( USNM) GoogleMaps . FRENCH GUYANA: Cayenne: 1♂, Montagens Kaw, near Camp Calman , ca. 27 km SE Roura (4.9000, -52.3333), 31 July 1988, S. Marshall leg. ( USNM) GoogleMaps . BRAZIL: Amazonas: 1♀, Tefé (‑3.3667, ‑64.7000), no date, no leg. ( MNHN 2459 About MNHN , ex syntype S. keyserlingi ) GoogleMaps . ECUADOR: Orellana: 1♀, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, near Yasuni National Park (‑8.7500, ‑76.1333), 9 February 1999, T. L. Erwin et al. leg. ( USNM) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, same locality and collector as previous specimen, 4 July 1998 ( USNM) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the locality of one of the paratypes; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Males of M. jaraua spec. nov. resemble those of M. guri spec. nov. ( Figs 162–165 View FIGURES 162–165 ) by the palp with tegulum strongly indented prolaterally and embolus C-shaped with long membranous region ( Figs 170, 172 View FIGURES 169–172 ). They are distinguished from the latter species by the RTA gradually tapering ( Fig. 171 View FIGURES 169–172 ) (RTA with rounded base abruptly narrowed medially towards tip in M. guri spec. nov.). Females resemble those of M. kaieteur spec. nov. ( Figs 184– 185 View FIGURES 184–190 ) by the vulva with internal ducts with FW postero-laterad, GP posteriad and SP ovoid. They are distinguished from the latter species by the MS roughly two times longer than wide, widest medially and EP with anterior margin reaching half MS lenght ( Figs 173, 176 View FIGURES 173–178 ) (MS narrow, three times longer than wide, widest posteriorly and EP with anterior margin reaching one fifth MS length in M. kaieteur spec. nov.).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 10.1. Prosoma 4.7 long, 4.2 wide. Opisthosoma 5.0 long, 2.3 wide. Eye: diameters: 0.42, 0.33, 0.30, 0.35; interdistances: 0.20, 0.10, 0.40, 0.43, 0.28, 0.17. Legs: I: 30.3 (8.2, 2.5, 8.6, 8.6, 2.4); II: 33.3 (9.1, 2.8, 9.6, 8.4, 2.4); III: 21.5 (6.5, 2.0, 5.8, 5.5, 1.7); IV: 24.0 (7.0, 2.0, 6.4, 6.7, 1.9). Spination follows the generic pattern, except tibiae I–II: d1-0-1. Palp: PTA triangular, as wide as long; RTA conical; subtegulum visible in ventral view between 7–9 o’clock; conductor with narrowed base ( Figs 169–172 View FIGURES 169–172 , 179–181 View FIGURES 179–183 ).

Female (IBSP 165050, paratype): Total length 12.2. Prosoma 4.7 long, 4.3 wide. Opisthosoma 7.0 long, 4.1 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.40, 0.34, 0.26, 0.32; interdistances: 0.23, 0.13, 0.45, 0.45, 0.25, 0.20. Legs: I: 22.2 (6.2, 2.5, 6.1, 6.2, 1.2); II: 24.8 (7.1, 2.6, 6.7, 6.7, 1.7); III: 16.7 (5.1, 2.0, 4.3, 4.0, 1.3); IV: 18.9 (5.6, 1.9, 5.0, 5.0, 1.4). Spination follows the generic pattern. Epygine: EF roughly as wide as long; MAB embedded in EF; EP triangular, roughly 1.5 times longer than wide; LL touching posteriorly ( Fig. 173 View FIGURES 173–178 ). Vulva: internal ducts with FW slender, not dilated; GP 2 times longer than wide, curving medially, arising from ducts at first turn; SP ovoid; FD antero laterad ( Figs 174–175, 177–178 View FIGURES 173–178 , 183 View FIGURES 179–183 ).

Variation. Males (n = 2): total length 10.1–13.6; prosoma length 4.7–5.6; femur I length 7.6–8.2. Females (n = 5): total length 10.9–19.4; prosoma length 4.7–7.4; femur I length 6.1–8.2. Epigyne can have MS more laterally covered by LL and EP slightly over 2 times longer than wide ( Fig. 176 View FIGURES 173–178 , 182 View FIGURES 179–183 ).

Distribution. Northwestern South America ( Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil) ( Fig. 316 View FIGURES 315–318 ).

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Meri

Loc

Meri jaraua

Rheims, Cristina A. & Jäger, Peter 2022
2022
Loc

Sadala keyserlingi: Simon 1880: 323

Simon, E. 1880: 323
1880
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