Neoxyphinus axe Abrahim and Brescovit, 2012

Abrahim, Naiara, Brescovit, Antonio D., Rheims, Cristina A., Santos, Adalberto J., Ott, Ricardo & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2012, A Revision of the Neotropical Goblin Spider Genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3743), pp. 1-76 : 22-27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3743.2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE9E1B-6C6D-5076-FEA5-FE19FD01454D
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Neoxyphinus axe Abrahim and Brescovit
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neoxyphinus axe Abrahim and Brescovit View in CoL , new species

Figures 12, 16, 28, 35, 46, 52, 65–102; map 3

TYPES: Male holotype from Estação Ecológica do Una (15°17′48″S 39°04′28″W), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, 14 Apr 1998, A.D. Brescovit et al. ( PBI _OON 14304, IBSP 18418 View Materials ). Female allotype from the same locality, Oct 1999 – Sep 2000, M.F. Dias ( PBI _OON 14305, IBSP 64390 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name refers to the Axé music, a popular genre autochthonous to the Brazilian state of Bahia. Axé is originally an expression from the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, meaning sacred force of nature.

DIAGNOSIS: Both males and females can be recognized by the carapace with six long posterior spikes and three radiating rows of blunt tubercles (figs. 69–71, 97).

MALE (holotype): Total length 2.44. Carapace dark red-brown, posterolateral surface with 3 pairs of large spikes, surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica and sides smooth, with radiating rows of blunt tubercles; lateral margin with blunt tubercles. Clypeus margin slightly Map 3. Records of Neoxyphinus axe (triangles) and N. keyserlingi (circles).

Figs. 65–76. Neoxyphinus axe , new species, male. 65, 66. Habitus, dorsal view. 67. Same, lateral view. 68. Carapace, anterior view. 69. Same, lateral view. 70. Same, posterior view. 71. Same, dorsal view. 72. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 73. Abdomen, anterior view. 74. Same, dorsal view. 75. Same, lateral view. 76. Same, ventral view.

rebordered, straight in frontal view. Eyes: ALE separated by less than their ratio. Sternum longer than wide, dark red-brown, median concavity absent, microsculpture absent, furrows deep, smooth, anterior margin with continuous transverse groove, setae evenly scattered, originating from large tubercles. Chelicerae, endites, and labium orange-brown. Book lung covers large, ovoid. Pedicel tube long. Dorsal scutum dark red-brown, surface of middle and sides smooth, anterior half with very small, blunt denticles. Postepigastric scutum dark red-brown. Legs orange-brown. Spine formula: tibia I v5-3-1, metatarsus I v2-3-0; tibia II v2-3-1, metatarsus II

Figs. 77–85. Neoxyphinus axe , new species, male. 77. Right palp, prolateral view. 78. Same, ventral view. 79. Same, retrolateral view. 80, 83. Left palp, embolus, prolateral view. 81, 84. Same, apical view. 82, 85. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 86–93. Neoxyphinus axe , new species, male. 86. Carapace, dorsal view. 87. Same, lateroposterior view. 88. Sternum, ventral view. 89. mouthparts, posterior view. 90–92. Abdomen, lateral view. 93. Epigastric scutum, ventral view.

Figs. 94–102. Neoxyphinus axe , new species, female. 94. Habitus, dorsal view. 95. Same, lateral view. 96. Carapace, anterior view. 97. Same, lateral view. 98. Same, posterior view. 99. Abdomen, ventral view. 100. Same, lateral view. 101. Same, anterior view. 102. Epigynum, dorsal view.

v1-1-2. Genitalia: sperm pore situated at level of anterior spiracles. Palp proximal segments, cymbium, and bulb pale orange. Embolus with narrow prolateral prong and sharp prolateral lamella; apical process indistinct (figs. 77–85).

FEMALE (allotype): Total length 2.65. Book lung covers elliptical, anterolateral edge tuberculate. Dorsal scutum anterior half without projecting denticles. Spine formula: tibia I v4-4-2, metatarsus I v2-2-2; tibia II v4-4-0, metatarsus II v3-3-0; tibia III p1-1-0, v0-1-0, metatarsus III p1-0-1, v0-1-0. Epigynal atrium narrow, with tubular median element, placed anteriorly in our preparations (fig. 102).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern state of Bahia, Brazil (map 3).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Bahia: Lafaiete Coutinho : no specific locality, Aug. 2006 – June 2007, J. Romão ( PBI _OON 11218, IBSP 92685 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11974, IBSP 92712 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11975, IBSP 92698 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11976, IBSP 92682 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11978, IBSP 92677 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11981, IBSP 92690 View Materials ), 5♂, 1♀ . Ipiaú: No specific locality, Jan. 2007, C. Máximo ( PBI _OON 11215, IBSP 92767 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11216, IBSP 92763 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11217, IBSP 92759 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11219, IBSP 92765 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11220, IBSP 92762 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11977, IBSP 92761 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11982, IBSP 92766 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11983, IBSP 92760 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11984, IBSP 92764 View Materials ), 6♂, 3♀ . Boa Nova: No specific locality, Oct. 2003 – Mar. 2004, E.M. Neto ( PBI _OON 11980, IBSP 66313 View Materials ), 1♂ . Coaraci: Fazenda Boa Esperança, Jan. 28, 1971, no collector ( PBI _OON 11221, MNRJ 2092 View Materials ), 1♀ . Itabuna : CEPLAC, 14°38′S 39°18′W, 100 m, Jan. 26, 1995, D. Agosti ( PBI _OON 14575, AMNH), 1♂ GoogleMaps . Ilhéus : CEPLAC, 14°47′22″S 39°02′57″W, Apr. 07, 1998, A.D. Brescovit et al. ( PBI _OON 11970, IBSP 19221 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11972, IBSP 19297 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11973, IBSP 19371 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14306, IBSP 19377 View Materials ), 4♂ GoogleMaps , Apr. 11, 1998, same ( PBI _OON 14307, IBSP 19210 View Materials ), 1♀ , Apr. 12, 1998, same ( PBI _OON 14338, IBSP 18887 View Materials ), 1♀ , Feb. 27, 2007, P.P. Santos, collected in Nasutitermes ’s nest ( PBI _OON 11979, IBSP 98034 View Materials ), 1♂ . Una: Estação Ecológica do Una , Apr. 14, 1998, A.D. Brescovit ( PBI _OON 11897, IBSP 18085 View Materials ), 1♂ ; Estação Ecológica do Una , 15°11′46″S 39°3′34″W, Jan. 31, 1995, D. Agosti ( PBI _OON 14574, AMNH), 1♂ GoogleMaps ; Estação Ecológica do Una , 15°17′31″S 39°04′07″W, 2003, M.F. Dias ( PBI _OON 11861, IBSP 62530 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11862, IBSP 62534 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11869, IBSP 62535 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11878, IBSP 62522 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11880, IBSP 62536 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11881, IBSP 62533 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11888, IBSP 62527 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11892, IBSP 62542 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11918, IBSP 62539 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11924, IBSP 62538 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11925, IBSP 62531 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11928, IBSP 62524 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11934, IBSP 62523 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11941, IBSP 62529 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11949, IBSP 62537 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11964, IBSP 62528 View Materials ), 7♂, 9♀ GoogleMaps ; Estação Ecológica do Una , 15°17′48″S 39°04′28″W, Oct. 1999 – Sept. 2000, M.F. Dias ( PBI _ OON 11856, IBSP 64325 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11857, IBSP 64386 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11858, IBSP 64343 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11859, IBSP 65076 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11860, IBSP 65286 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11863, IBSP 65196 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11864, IBSP 65506 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11866, IBSP 64204 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11867, IBSP 65516 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11868, IBSP 65344 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11870, IBSP 65497 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11871, IBSP 65205 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11872, IBSP 64323 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11873, IBSP 65084 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11874, IBSP 64227 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11875, IBSP 65241 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11876, IBSP 64197 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11877, IBSP 64435 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11879, IBSP 65108 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11882, IBSP 64225 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11883, IBSP 64229 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11884, IBSP 65120 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11885, IBSP 64222 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11886, IBSP 65165 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11887, IBSP 65466 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11889, IBSP 65273 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11890, IBSP 65488 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11891, IBSP 65449 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11893, IBSP 65202 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11894, IBSP 65322 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11895, IBSP 65227 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11896, IBSP 64261 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11898, IBSP 64260 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11899, IBSP 64547 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11900, IBSP 64314 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11901, IBSP 65236 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11902, IBSP 65487 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11903, IBSP 65189 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11904, IBSP 65097 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11905, IBSP 64178 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11906, IBSP 65257 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11907, IBSP 64371 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11908, IBSP 63909 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11909, IBSP 64514 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11910, IBSP 64232 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11911, IBSP 65149 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11912, IBSP 65444 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11913, IBSP 65494 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11914, IBSP 64392 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11915, IBSP 64278 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11916, IBSP 65102 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11917, IBSP 64398 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11919, IBSP 65267 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11920, IBSP 64337 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11921, IBSP 65122 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11922, IBSP 65134 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11923, IBSP 65471 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11926, IBSP 65087 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11927, IBSP 65245 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11929, IBSP 65376 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11930, IBSP 65331 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11931, IBSP 65094 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11932, IBSP 65381 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11933, IBSP 64399 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11935, IBSP 64356 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11936, IBSP 65274 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11937, IBSP 64444 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11938, IBSP 65269 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11939, IBSP 65136 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11940, IBSP 65140 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11942, IBSP 64526 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11943, IBSP 64439 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11944, IBSP 65271 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11945, IBSP 64535 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11946, IBSP 64488 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11947, IBSP 65456 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11948, IBSP 64214 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11950, IBSP 64359 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11951, IBSP 64189 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11952, IBSP 65250 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11953, IBSP 64246 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11954, IBSP 65486 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11955, IBSP 64480 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11956, IBSP 64513 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11957, IBSP 64420 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 11958, IBSP 65478 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11959, IBSP 64476 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11960, IBSP 65513 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11961, IBSP 65315 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11962, IBSP 65503 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11963, IBSP 64383 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11965, IBSP 64421 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11966, IBSP 64248 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11967, IBSP 64450 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11968, IBSP 65282 View Materials ; PBI _OON 11969, IBSP 65451 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14308, IBSP 64345 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14309, IBSP 64269 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14310, IBSP 65177 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14311, IBSP 65427 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14312, IBSP 65362 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14313, IBSP 65124 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 14314, IBSP 64508 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14315, IBSP 64429 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14327, IBSP 65203 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14544, IBSP 64242 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14339, IBSP 18106 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14316, IBSP 64321 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14317, IBSP 65258 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14318, IBSP 64381 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14319, IBSP 65224 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14320, IBSP 66815 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14321, IBSP 64336 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14322, IBSP 64474 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14323, IBSP 65208 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14324, IBSP 64391 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14325, IBSP 64529 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14326, IBSP 65325 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14328, IBSP 65259 View Materials ; PBI _ OON 14329, IBSP 64433 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14330, IBSP 65166 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14331, IBSP 65254 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14332, IBSP 64296 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14333, IBSP 64436 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14334, IBSP 64500 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14335, IBSP 64502 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14336, IBSP 65491 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14337, IBSP 65109 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14341, IBSP 63933 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14342, IBSP 64446 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14344, IBSP 65161 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14545, IBSP 64344 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14340, IBSP 62540 View Materials ; PBI _OON 14343, IBSP 62532 View Materials ) 93♂, 60♀ GoogleMaps ; Porto Seguro: No specific locality, 16°26′59″S 39°03′53″W, 1998, no collector ( PBI _OON 11971, IBSP 36904 View Materials ), 1♀ GoogleMaps .