Gelanor waorani, Ligia R. Benavides & Gustavo Hormiga, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6075785 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/463E87DA-FFC4-2E4E-B48C-1F93FAE296E5 |
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scientific name |
Gelanor waorani |
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sp. nov. |
Gelanor waorani View in CoL new species
( Figs. 45–48 View FIGURE 45 View FIGURE 46 View FIGURE 47 View FIGURE 48 )
Types. Male holotype, ECUADOR, Orellana, Reserva Etnica Waorani , Transect Ent. 1Km S. Onkone Gare Camp. Lot904. 7.x.1994. S 00°39'25”, W 76°27'10.08". 216 m. T. Erwin leg. Female paratype, same collecting data as the holotype (USNM).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, 80 Km from city of Manaus. Reserva Gaviao. Forest. -2.410556, -59.875278. 24.i. 199. Fowler, Vinticinque, Viera leg. ( MCZ 77126). COLOMBIA: Amazonas: Km. 22 via Tarapacá, Reserva Tucano. 04.ix. 2003. 95 m. L. Benavides leg. 1M (ICN-Ar-2339). ECUADOR: Orellana Province: Reserva Etnica Waorani , Transect Ent. 1 Km S. Onkone Gare Camp. Lot1598. -0.151389, - 76.11668926. 216 m. vi.1996. T. Erwin leg. 1F ( USNM).
Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition taken after the Waorani people, a native Amerindian tribe from the Amazonian region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana and Pastaza Provinces).
Diagnosis. Males of G. waorani can be recognized by their triangular white abdominal spots ( Fig. 45 View FIGURE 45 A). Females have the largest copulatory openings in the genus, almost as long as the septum, which is strongly constricted medially, resembling an hourglass in ventral view ( Fig. 47 View FIGURE 47 B).
Description. Male holotype. Habitus as in Figs. 45 View FIGURE 45 A–C. Carapace light orange. Total length 4.47 Cephalothorax 2.29 long, 1.75 wide, 0.86 high; abdomen 2.18 long, 1.78 wide, 1.58 high. Sternum pale yellow, 1.18 long, 0.89 wide. Labium darker than the sternum, 0.27 long, 0.25 wide. Clypeus 0.19 high. AME interdistance 0.16; PME inter-distance 0.09; PME–AME distance 0.17; AME–ALE distance 0.15; PME–PLE distance 0.25. Chelicerae dark orange ( Fig 45 View FIGURE 45 D). ChL 0.85; ChW1 0.39; ChW2 0.38. Legs as in Figs. 45 View FIGURE 45 E–G. Palp as in Figs. 45 View FIGURE 45 H–K. Cymbium wider than long (0.61 long, 0.72 wide). Cymbial flap with indentations ( Figs. 45 View FIGURE 45 H, J).
Female paratype. Habitus as in Figs. 46 View FIGURE 46 A–C. Total length 5.95. Cephalothorax 2.49 long, 4.09 wide, 0.79 high; abdomen 3.46 long, 1.86 wide, 3.24 high. Fovea as in Fig. 46 View FIGURE 46 L. Sternum light orange, 1.40 long, 0.94 wide. Labium darker than the sternum, 0.4 long, 0.3 wide. Clypeus 0.15 high. AME inter-distance 0.17; PME interdistance 0.09; PME–AME distance 0.21; AME–ALE distance 0.14; PME–PLE distance 0.35. Chelicerae as in Figs. 46 View FIGURE 46 G–J. ChL 1.13; ChW1 0.49; ChW2 0.46. Legs as in Figs. 46 View FIGURE 46 D–F. For palp and leg measurements see Table 10. Copulatory openings almost as long as septum, which is strongly constricted medially ( Figs. 47 View FIGURE 47 B–C). Spermathecae rounded, less than one diameter apart, not externally fused ( Figs. 47 View FIGURE 47 C–D); accessory glands clustered close to fertilization ducts ( Figs. 47 View FIGURE 47 D–E). Spinnerets as in Figs. 47 View FIGURE 47 F–I.
Distribution. Known from the Amazonian regions of Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador ( Fig. 48 View FIGURE 48 ).
Tr Fm Pt Tb Mt Ta
Palp 0.35 4.09 1.61 3.48
Leg I 0.22 3.54 1.11 3.58 6 1.52 Leg II 0.18 3.27 0.8 2.41 2.85 1.02 Leg III 0.29 2.18 0.52 1.24 1.27 0.47 Leg IV 0.16 2.41 0.56 1.54 1.79 0.6
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