Calima, Moreno-González, Jairo A. & M, Osvaldo Villarreal, 2012

Moreno-González, Jairo A. & M, Osvaldo Villarreal, 2012, A new genus of Hubbardiidae (Arachnida: Schizomida) from the Colombian Andes, with some taxonomic comments, Zootaxa 3560, pp. 61-78 : 62-63

Calima gen. nov.

( Figs 1 – 41 , Tables 1–4)

Etymology. The genus is named honoring the Calima , a group of native tribes which lived during pre-Columbian times in the Western Andes of Colombia in Valle del Cauca department, although they did not survive Spanish colonization. Feminine gender.

Diagnosis. Anterior process of propeltidium with two anterior setae (one behind the other) and three pairs of dorsosubmedian setae; corneate eyes absent, but one pair of eyespots present; metapeltidium entire; body without clavate setae. Tergites I–VII each with one pair of dorsosubmedian setae, segments IX–XII not elongated. Male: without posterodorsal abdominal process on segment XII; flagellum short, dorsoventrally flattened, subrhomboidal shaped, with one pair of dorsosubmedian depressions and without any dorsal swelling, setae Vm2 absent. Female: flagellum four-segmented, setae Vm2 absent; spermathecae consisting of one pair of lobes with thick stalks “C”-like shaped, whose bases are in contact or separated; stalks with terminal rounded or semi-oval sclerotized bulbs (receptacula) with a basal membranous rounded eminence pronounced dorsally; ventral region of receptacula with a ventral “patch” of numerous duct openings; chitinized arch barely evident and slight developed, only with lateral triangular points strongly sclerotized; gonopod absent. Chelicerae with lamella, serrula present, with a single guard tooth. Pedipalps not sexually dimorphic, trochanter with mesal spur. Femur IV with anterodorsal margin sharply produced at about 90° angle.

Type species. Calima bremensis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. Calima bremensis gen. and sp. nov. Male holotype. Habitus: 1. Dorsal view. 2. Lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 3 – 11. Calima bremensis gen. and sp. nov. Male holotype. 3 – 8. Flagellum: 3, 6. Ventral view. 4, 7. Dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm. 5, 8. Lateral view. Scale bar: 0.15 mm. 9 – 10. Chelicerae: 9. Movable finger, mesal view. 10. Fixed finger, mesal view. 11. Right pedipalp, ectal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 12 – 13. Calima bremensis gen. and sp. nov. Female paratype. Habitus: 12. Dorsal view. 13. Lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 14 – 22. Calima bremensis gen. and sp. nov. Female paratype. 14 – 19. Flagellum: 14, 17. Ventral view. 15, 18. Dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm. 16, 19. Lateral view. Scale bar: 0.15 mm. 20. Chelicerae: showing spicules in the base of setae group 1 (G 1). 21. Right pedipalp: ectal view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm. 22. Spermathecae. DO = duct openings; Ldm = distolateral microsetae.

FIGURES 23 – 31. Calima valenciorum gen. and sp. nov. Male holotype. 23 – 28. Flagellum: 23, 26. Ventral view. 24, 27. Dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.25 mm. 25, 28. Lateral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm. 29 – 30. Chelicerae: 29. Movable finger, mesal view; 30. Fixed finger, mesal view. 31. Right pedipalp, ectal view. Scale bar: 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 32 – 41. Calima valenciorum gen. and sp. nov. Female paratype. 32 – 37. Flagellum: 32, 35. Ventral view. 33, 36. Dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm. 34, 37. Lateral view. Scale bar: 0.15 mm. 38 – 39. Chelicerae: 38. Movable finger, mesal view. 39. Fixed finger, mesal view. 40. Right pedipalp, ectal view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm. 41. Spermathecae. DO = duct openings; Ldm = distolateral microsetae; SD = sclerotized duct.