Mesabolivar kathrinae Huber, 2015

Huber, Bernhard A., 2018, The South American spider genera Mesabolivar and Carapoia (Araneae, Pholcidae): new species and a framework for redrawing generic limits, Zootaxa 4395 (1), pp. 1-178 : 68

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Mesabolivar kathrinae Huber, 2015
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Mesabolivar kathrinae Huber, 2015 View in CoL

Figs 255–256 View FIGURES 253–260 , 273 View FIGURES 271–279 , 296 View FIGURES 292–305

Mesabolivar kathrinae Huber, 2015: 8 View in CoL , figs 4, 11, 26–27, 57–61, 75–77 (♂♀, Brazil: Bahia).

Diagnosis. (amended; see Huber 2015). Easily distinguished from similar congeners ( M. pallens , M. azureus , M. brasiliensis ) by slender procursus (compare Figs 271–279 View FIGURES 271–279 ) (but see Note below) and by epigynum without median pocket (Huber 2015: figs 26, 60; Fig. 296 View FIGURES 292–305 ).

Note. A very similar species occurs in Paraná state (Fazenda Experimental Gralha Azul, 25.667°S, 49.270°W; specimens in ZFMK Ar 19104 and Br10-59; “Br10-4” in Fig. 730 View FIGURES 730–731 ). Males seem to be slightly larger but otherwise identical in all details; females differ by having a shallow but distinct median epigynal pocket ( Fig. 297 View FIGURES 292–305 ).

Type material. BRAZIL: Bahia: ♂ holotype, 1♀ paratype, IBSP (166456), 7♂ 3♀ paratypes, ZFMK (Ar 12621), Reserva Biológica de Una, ‘site 2’ (15°10.6’S, 39°03.5’W), ~ 50–100 m a.s.l., 4.x.2011 (B.A. Huber, A. Pérez-González, M. Alves Dias).

New records. BRAZIL: Bahia: 5♂ 6♀ in pure ethanol, UFPI ( ARA 272 ), Maracás, near Sede da Ferbasa (13.471°S, 40.438°W), 955 m a.s.l., 11–13.iii.2012 (E. Araújo, A. Medeiros). GoogleMaps

Alagoas: 27♂ 23♀, ZFMK (Ar 19094–95), near Murici, Estação Ecológica de Murici (9°14.8’S, 35°50.3’W), 350– 400 m a.s.l., 18.v.2015 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 2♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 15-198), same data GoogleMaps ; 12♂ 14♀ 5 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 19096), same data but 19.v.2015 GoogleMaps ; 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 15-205), same data GoogleMaps .

Pernambuco: 5♂ 4♀ 6 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 19097), near Bonito, forest near Cachoeira da Gruta (8°32.8’S, 35°42.7’W), 380 m a.s.l., 24–25.v.2015 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho) GoogleMaps ; 1 juv. in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 15-223), same data GoogleMaps . 6♂ 16♀ 2 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 19098–99), Reserva Biológica de Saltinho (8°43.6’S, 35°10.7’W), 50 m a.s.l., 26.v.2015 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho). GoogleMaps

Paraíba: 2♂ 2♀ 3 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 19100), Jardim Botânico Benjamin Maranhão, " Mata do Buraquinho " (7°08.31’S, 34°51.46’W), 30 m a.s.l., 2.vi.2015 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho) GoogleMaps ; 1♀ in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 15- 247), same data GoogleMaps . 2♂ 2♀ 4 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 19101), Floresta Nacional da Restinga de Cabedelo, " Mata do Amém " (7°03.9’S, 34°51.2’W), 30 m a.s.l., 2.vi.2015 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho); 2 juvs in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 15- 248), same data GoogleMaps .

Amapá: 6♂ 4♀ 6 juvs, ZFMK (Ar 19102–03), forest SW Macapá, ‘site 1’ (0.051°S, 51.136°W), 25 m a.s.l., 12.x.2016 (B.A. Huber, L.S. Carvalho) GoogleMaps ; 2♀ 3 juvs in pure ethanol, ZFMK (Br 16-247), same data GoogleMaps .

Description (amendments; see Huber 2015). Tibia 1 in 56 newly examined males: 7.2–10.7 (mean 9.4); in 62 females: 6.3–8.6 (mean 7.4). Male and female leg femora distally wider than proximally; male femora 2 thicker distally than other femora (femora maximum width in large male: 0.17, 0.25, 0.17, 0.18). ‘Valve’ in internal female genitalia sometimes dark and clearly visible through cuticle, sometimes not visible from outside.

Natural history. The spiders were found in weakly domed webs freely suspended among the vegetation, usually about 0.5–1.5 m above the ground. Males and females sometimes shared a web.

Distribution. Widely distributed in NE Brazil ( Fig. 730 View FIGURES 730–731 ).

IBSP

Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Genus

Mesabolivar

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Mesabolivar kathrinae Huber, 2015

Huber, Bernhard A. 2018
2018
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Mesabolivar kathrinae

Huber 2015: 8
2015
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