Roddenberryus mccoy, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2023, Strange new spiders: on Roddenberryus, a new and unusual caponiid genus (Araneae, Caponiidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 891 (1), pp. 1-25 : 13-15

Roddenberryus mccoy gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 8A–H , 15

Diagnosis

Males of Roddenberryus mccoy gen. et sp. nov. can be distinguished from males of Roddenberryus kirk gen. et sp. nov. by having a shorter embolus, the length of which does not reach half the length of tegulum, and also by having an elongated tibia, the width of which is less than half the length ( Fig. 8G–H ).

Etymology

The specific name refers to the fictional character Leonard H. McCoy from the Star Trek universe, who served aboard the starship USS Enterprise as the chief medical officer, played in the original series by American actor DeForest Kelley.

Type material

Holotype MEXICO • ♂; Baja California Sur, Comundú, Arroyo Carambuche, San Isidro ; 26°14ʹ13.2ʺ N, 112°00ʹ08ʺ W; 119 m a.s.l.; 8 May 2010; C. Palácios leg.; mesophilic vegetation; CARCIB 2246 .

Description

Male (holotype, Fig. 8 A–H )

Carapace orange, with invaginations on the clypeal margin ( Fig. 8C ). Chelicerae, palps, endites, labium, sternum and femur lighter, patella, tibia and basal half of metatarsi pale orange, distal half of metatarsi and tarsi lighter, almost white ( Fig. 8A–B ). Abdomen pale gray, without dorsal or ventral patterns ( Fig. 8A–B ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 3.2. Carapace 1.3 long, 1.1 wide. Sternum 1.2 long, 1.0 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.8; II: 4.7; III: 3.9; IV: 5.0. Cymbium elongated, swollen, partially curved with wide tip, first half of basal prolateral surface densely covered with strong, long setae ( Fig. 8G ), other half of apical prolateral surface and retrolateral surface with a few short setae ( Fig. 8G–H ); tibia elongated; tegulum sub-spherical, with retrolateral groove; embolus short, pointed, curved upward on lateral position ( Fig. 8G–H ).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Baja California Sur, Mexico ( Fig. 15 ).

Figures

Fig. 8. Roddenberryus mccoy gen. et sp. nov., ♂, holotype (CARCIB 2246). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. D. Left palp, posterior view. E. Left palp, ventral view. F. Cephalothorax, ventral view. G. Left palp, prolateral view. H. Left palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A‒B = 1 mm; C‒H = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 15. Distribution map of Roddenberryus kirk gen. et sp. nov. (circles), R. mccoy gen. et sp. nov. (triangle), R. spock gen. et sp. nov. (heart), R. sargi (Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) comb. nov. (square) and R. pelegrina (Bryant, 1940) comb. nov. (star).