Orchestina quasimodo Izquierdo, 2017

Izquierdo, Matías Andrés & Ramírez, Martín J., 2017, Taxonomic Revision Of The Jumping Goblin Spiders Of The Genus Orchestina Simon, 1882, In The Americas (Araneae: Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2017 (410), pp. 1-1 : 1-

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090-410.1.1

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scientific name

Orchestina quasimodo Izquierdo
status

sp. nov.

Orchestina quasimodo Izquierdo View in CoL , new species

Figures 6–9 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 View FIGURE 9 , 16A–C View FIGURE 16 , 18C View FIGURE 18 , 19C View FIGURE 19 , 20G, H View FIGURE 20 , 21C, G, H View FIGURE 21 , map 1

TYPES: Male holotype and female paratype from the United States: Riverside Co., California: 1½ mi S Temecula (just SW Temecula river underpass), 305 m (33.503333°, -117.123611°), Apr. 01, 1976, W. Icenogle, deposited in AMNH, PBI_OON 50040 ; same data, 5 male, 8 female paratypes, and 3 juveniles, sex unknown, deposited in AMNH, PBI_OON 38005 .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition used to note the strongly elevated carapace in males that resembles a hump, as that of Quasimodo, principal character of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be distinguished by the presence of a strongly elevated carapace in lateral view (figs. 6F, 7A–C); females resemble those of O. utahana by the general shape of the genitalia, but in O. quasimodo the external pockets have a more rounded cavity with slightly larger openings directed posteriorly, whereas in O. utah- ana the pockets have a deeper cavity and the openings are smaller, directed to the sides of the abdomen (figs. 9A, 18C, 19C, 21C). In addition, the carapace in females of O. quasimodo is slightly higher in lateral view than in O. utahana . Coloration is also different, although the preserved material could have lost its natural pigmentation.

MALE (PBI_OON 38005): Total length 1.24.

CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace orange, with diffuse net-shaped pattern, strongly elevated in lateral view (fig. 6A, F). Pars thoracica with long, needlelike setae (figs. 6F, 7A, B, G). Clypeus and cephalic region with gland pores (fig. 7D–F). Sternum with patches or dots of brown pigment (fig. 6B). Endites without serrula. ABDOMEN: Dorsum with gray netlike pattern (fig. 6A, F).

LEGS: Yellow, tibiae I proximal end swollen with row of prolateral strong macrosetae and gland pores on prolateral, ventral surfaces (figs. 6F, 8). Leg spination, metatarsi: IV p0-0-1; r0-0-1. GENITALIA (figs. 16A–C, 20G, H): Bulb spherical; embolus slightly sinuous in lateral view; sperm duct with only one loop (fig. 20G).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 38005): CEPHALOTHO- RAX: Carapace slightly elevated; clypeus and cephalic region without gland pores (fig. 6C, E). Endites with serrula in single row. LEGS: Leg spination, metatarsi: IV p0-0-1; r0-0-1; tibiae I without modifications. GENITALIA (figs. 9, 18C, 19C, 21C, G, H): External pockets present, placed anteriorly, internal pockets absent; anterior receptaculum twisted ventrally, with welldeveloped anterior apodemes; posterior receptaculum present, posterior apodeme divided, formed by two parallel plates.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from California (map 1).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: UNITED STATES: California: Orange Co.: 12 min. E Capistrano. Nr Riverside Co. line (33.542422°, -117.531706°), Mar. 30, 1960, W. Gertsch, W. Ivie, R. Schrammel, 1♀ (AMNH, PBI_OON 1132). Riverside Co.: Near Prado Dam, Quercus agrifica litter (33.8902°, -117.6408°), Mar. 24, 1956, I. Newell, 13, 3♀ (AMNH, PBI_OON 1318). San Luis Obispo Co.: Reservoir Canyon (35.29192°, -120.63100°), Aug. 15, 1959, W. Gertsch, W. Ivie, 1♀ (AMNH, PBI_OON 1109).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

Genus

Orchestina

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