Actinopus simoi, Duniesky, 2019

Duniesky, Rios-Tamayo, 2019, Four new species of Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Uruguay, Zootaxa 4624 (4), pp. 523-538 : 530-533

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477649

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scientific name

Actinopus simoi
status

sp. nov.

Actinopus simoi View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 , 7 View FIGURE 7 , 10 View FIGURE 10 )

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Type material: Uruguay: Maldonado. Holotype ♂: Cerro San Antonio [34°52′S 55°16′W], 15 February 1980, M. Estoll ( MNHN 1310 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Paratype ♀: San Carlos [34°48′S 54°55′W], 9 January 1978, R. Capocasale ( MNHN 1281 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Other material examined. Uruguay: Maldonado: Sierra de Animas [34°45′S 55°19′W], E. García & J. Ro- dríguez, 10 January 1971, 1♀ ( MNHN 632 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; Canelones: Balneario Solis [34°47′S 55°23′W], A. Leep, 1 December 1974, 1♂ ( MNHN 666 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. Miguel Simó Núñez, for his contributions to the knowledge of Uruguayan spiders.

Diagnosis. Males of A. simoi differ from those of all other species by the dark body colour; they resemble those of A. liodon but differ in leg coloration, with red metatarsi-tarsi and palp tibiae ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ); they can by recognized by a chelicerae prolongation without cuspules (like A. liodon and A. longipalpis ). Males also differ from those of A. longipalpis by their copulatory bulb shape ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 F–H). Females can be distinguished from those of other species by the shape of their spermathecae ( Fig. 7F, G View FIGURE 7 ) with a small external lobe, similar to that of A. insignis but differ by their booklung with dark markings and a longer sternum.

Description. ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ). Male holotype (MNHN 1310). Total length: 12.20. Carapace ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ): length 5.80, width 5.50; cephalic region: length 3.40, width 4.20; clypeus small, 11 bristles between PME, 4 behind each PME- PLE, 4 bristles and one larger on both sides of ocular group. Fovea: length 1.00, width 2.50. Eyes, diameters and interdistances: AME 0.26 (large), ALE 0.32, PME 0.16, PLE 0.32, ocular group length 0.90, anterior width 2.60, 2.38 posterior width; AME-ALE 0.69, PME-PLE 0.16, AME-PME 0.37, ALE-PLE 0.42, AME-AME 0.21. Chelicerae: length 2.60, width 1.30; cheliceral apex with 12 recumbent and elongated bristles which cover fang base. Cheliceral prolongation without cuspules. Cheliceral furrow ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ) with 6 large promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth (small one between 3th–4th and 4th–5th) and 10 denticles, near promarginal teeth. Labium: length 0.90, width 1.10. Maxillae: anterior length 1.50, posterior length 2.20, width 1.40. Sternum: Center flat ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ): length 4.00, maximum width 3.20, minimum width 1.10. Postlabial sigilla shallow, posterior sigilla well defined. Abdomen (very compressed due to poor preservation): length ~ 5.40, large, covered by bristles. Spinnerets compressed. Lengths of legs and palp: I: 5.50, 2.20, 3.10, 3.80, 2.20, 16.80. II: 5.50, 2.20, 3.10, 3.80, 2.00, 16.60. III: 4.20, 2.20, 2.50, 4.50, 2.00, 15.40. IV: 5.50, 2.50, 4.50, 4.50, 2.50, 19.50. Palp: 5.50, 2.60, 4.20,–, 1.40, 13.70. Chaetotaxy: Femora: I–IV, 0. Patellae: I–II: 0; III, 35 P SUP-D ANT + 10 on margin, 1-1-1-1 D (2:3 B), 7 R A + 11 on margin; IV, 54 P SUP- D ANT. Tibia: I, 1-1- 3 V (1:2 A); II, 1-2-2-3-4-2-3 R, 1-2-1- 3 V; III, 1 P, 1 D (1:2 B), 1-1 R (1:3 A), 1- 4 V A, with apical crown of 19 thorns; IV, 1-1-2 P, 1-1-2- 3 V. Metatarsi: I, 1-0-1- 1 V ANT, 2-2-1-1- 2 V POST; II, 1-1- 2 V ANT, 2-1-2-1-2-2-1- 4 V POST; III, 1-3-1-2-1-1-3 P, 1 D A, 2-2-2-1-1-3-3-4 D POST-R SUP, 2-3-3-1-1-1-2- 2 V; IV, 1-2-2- 2-2-1-3 P, 2-1-1-1- 4 V. Tarsi: I, 1-1-1-1 P INF, 16 R INF; II, 2-1-1-1-2-2-1 P INF, 19 R INF; III, 12 P INF, 18 R INF; IV, 20 P INF, 13 R A. Total number of retrolateral spines on tibiae I, II ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ): 0 and 17, respectively. Palp: tibiae short, thickened ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ). Bulb ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 F–H) with ATA and BTA developed, embolus with series of denticles at base. Scopulae: Tarsi: I–II, sparse 1:2 apical; III–IV, dense, uniform. Metatarsi: IV sparse 1:4 A. Trichobothria: Tibiae: I–II 4-3; III 5-4; IV 6-5. Metatarsi: I–II 10; III 8; IV 7. Tarsi: I 9; II 7; III 9; IV 7. Color: carapace and chelicerae black. Abdomen dark brown; booklungs with dark markings. Sternum, labium and maxillae dark reddish brown. Legs like carapace with lighter tarsi-metatarsi; palp with lighter tibiae.

Female paratype (MNHN 1281). Total length: 16.20. Carapace ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ): length 6.40, width 6.30; with 12 bristles on each posterior margin; cephalic region: length 3.70, width 5.30; clypeus small with 18 bristles, 9 on chillum; 12 bristles between PME and 4 behind each PME-PLE, 6 bristles and one larger on both sides of ocular group. Fovea: length 1.20, width 3.00. Eyes, diameters and interdistances: AME 0.21, ALE 0.42, PME 0.21, PLE 0.26, ocular group 1.06, anterior width 3.55, 3.34 posterior width; AME-ALE 1.06, PME-PLE 0.21, AME-PME 0.72, ALE-PLE 0.58, AME-AME 0.32. Chelicerae: Length 2.80, width 2.10, chelicerae apex with 12 recumbent and elongated bristles covering fang base. Rastellum with 11 marginal, blunt spines and 7 small dorsal. Cheliceral furrow ( Fig. 7C View FIGURE 7 ) with 5 promarginal and 4 retromarginal teeth, and 10 denticles in furrow, near promargin. Labium: length 1.10, width 1.30, with 10 anterior cuspules. Maxillae: anterior length 2.10, posterior length 2.50, width 1.40, with 60 cuspules 1: 3 V ANT, expanding to anterior face. Sternum: Center flat (Fig, 7B), length: 5.30, maximum wide 4.20, minimum width 1.30. Postlabial sigilla deep, posterior sigilla shallow, well defined. Abdomen: length 11.00, covered by dark bristles. PMS: length 0.79; PLS with basal: medial: apical articles 0.79:0.42:0.26. Spigots: 2 large, 25 small on PMS; PLS, numbers of large (small) spigots on basal: medial: apical article 3(35):2(+20):0(~50). Lengths of legs and palp: I: 3.40, 2.40, 1.60, 2.20, 1.10, 10.70. II: 3.40, 2.50, 1.60, 2.30, 1.10, 10.90. III: 3.00, 2.70, 1.20, 2.50, 1.00, 10.40. IV: 4.00, 2.80, 2.50, 2.70, 0.80, 12.80. Palp: 3.20, 2.20, 2.20,–, 2.50, 10.10. Chaetotaxy: All femora: 0. Patellae: I–II, 0; III, 20 P A + 13 on the margin, 25 R A + 14 on the margin; IV, 71 P SUP-D ANT; palp, 1-1- 1 p. Tibiae: I, 5-11 R, 1/1- 1 V POST; II, 85 R; III, 1 D B, with apical crown of 19 thorns and 6 apical (at apex, anterior to crown), 50 R; IV, 0; palp, 1-1-1 P INF, 1-1-1 p, 17 R INF. Metatarsi: I, 18 P INF, 1-1- 1 V POST, 24 R INF; II, 7 P INF, 12 R INF, 1-1- 2 V POST; III, 28 D ANT-P SUP, 50 on row D POST-R (more abundant R A); IV, 12 P INF, 1 D A. Tarsi: I, 9 P INF, 13 R INF, 1 V A; II, 12 P INF, 9 R INF, 1 V A; III, 22 R, 87 V-P; IV, 82 V-P; palp, 17 P INF, 28 R INF, 2 V A. Total number of retrolateral spines on tibiae I, II ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ): 16 and 85, respectively. Trichobothria: Tibiae: I 4-5; II–III 6-4; IV 7-6. Metatarsi: I 11; II 10; III 9; IV 5. Tarsi: I 7; II 9; III 11; IV 5. Color: carapace, cephalic region, legs and chelicerae dark reddish brown. Abdomen brown; booklungs with dark markings ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ). Sternum light reddish brown, darker labium and maxillae. Spinnerets dark.

Distribution. Currently known only from Maldonado province, but may be more widespread in southern Uruguay ( Fig.10 View FIGURE 10 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Actinopodidae

Genus

Actinopus

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