Kiekie panamenensis, Polotow & Brescovit, 2018

Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, Kiekie, a new Neotropical spider genus of Ctenidae (Cteninae, Araneae), Zootaxa 4531 (3), pp. 353-373 : 368-370

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5989745

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Kiekie panamenensis
status

sp. nov.

Kiekie panamenensis new species

Figs 13 View FIGURE 13 A–D, 15B

Type material. Male holotype from Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island (9.15, -79.85), I.1936, J.A. Griswold coll., deposited in MCZ 79100. Paratypes: 1 female from same locality of holotype, 30.XII.1935, J.A. Griswold coll., deposited in MCZ 79097 ; 1 male and 1 female from same locality of holotype, 18.I.1958, A.M. Chickering coll., deposited in MCZ 79089 and 79090 .

Etymology. The species name is a toponym in apposition referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males of Kiekie panamensis ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A–B) resemble those of K. sarapiqui ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A–B) by the shape of embolus and RTA, but can be distinguished by the shape of the median apophysis, with a narrow base and larger apically, with the cup-shape opening visible in ventral view. The females resemble those of K. sarapiqui ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ) by the shape of the epigynum, but can be distinguished by the slightly narrow plate of the median field ( Fig. 13C View FIGURE 13 ). Internally, the position and shape of the copulatory ducts of K. panamensis ( Fig. 13D View FIGURE 13 ) are similar to K. sarapiqui ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ), but the first can be distinguished by the smaller spermathecae.

Description. Male (MCZ 79100). Total length 21.10. Carapace 11.50 long and 4.80 wide. Clypeus 0.45 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.42, ALE 0.35, PME 0.45, PLE 0.45. Leg measurements: I: femur 13.60/ patella 5.30/ tibia 13.90/ metatarsus 12.80/ tarsus 4.50/ total 50.10; II: 13.30/ 5.10/ 12.30/ 11.50/ 4.10/ 46.30; III: 11.40/ 4.90/ 9.60/ 10.60/ 3.40/ 39.90; IV: 13.80/ 5.20/ 13.70/ 14.80/ 4.70/ 52.20. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I–II v2-2 -2-2- 2, r1-1-0, p1-1-1-0, III–IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I–II v2-2 -2, r1-1-0, p-1-1-0, III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1, IV v2-1 -1-2, r1-1, p1-1. Palp ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A–B): RTA spine-shaped, slightly curved forward; embolus elongated and laminar, with a large base, narrowing just after the base to the tip; median apophysis short, with the cup-shaped aperture visible ventrally; conductor with narrow base and large apex, covering the tip of embolus.

Female (MCZ 79097). Total length 27.40. Carapace 12.20 long and 9.80 wide. Clypeus 0.62 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.42, ALE 0.42, PME 0.47, PLE 0.47. Legs measurements: I: femur 11.90/ patella 5.60/ tibia 11.40/ metatarsus 9.60/ tarsus 3.40/ total 41.90; II: 11.50/ 5.20/ 9.90/ 9.10/ 3.20/ 38.90; III: 9.80/ 4.50/ 8.30/ 8.80/ 3.10/ 34.50; IV: 12.50/ 5.00/ 11.30/ 13.50/ 3.70/ 46.00. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I–II v2-2 -2-2-2, r0, p0, III–IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I–II v2-2 -2, r0, p0, III v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1, IV v1-1 -1-2-2, r1-1, p1-1. Epigynum ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 C–D): median field subpentagonal and elongated; lateral fields with large hyaline projection; lateral projections short; copulatory ducts laminar and elongated, with one loop and folded; spermathecae beanshaped and elongated; fertilization ducts small.

Additional material examined. PANAMA. Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island (9.15, -79.85) , 1 female, IX.1939, A.M. Chickering coll. (MCZ 79105); 1 male, 15.VIII.1954, A.M. Chickering coll. (MCZ 79117); 1 female, 25.VI–19.VII.1936, A.M. Chickering coll. (MCZ 79118); 2 females, 30.VII–1.IX.1928 ( AMNH). Coclé: El Valle de Anton (8.61, -80.12) , 1 female, 22.XII.1945, C.D. Michener coll. ( AMNH). Cerro Azul: Los Altos (9.22, -79.40) , 1 female, 24.V.1994, N. Smith & R. Kassabian coll. ( CAS) .

Variation. Three males: total length 20.60–21.60, carapace length 11.10–12.30, femur I 12.80–14.20; seven females: total length 22.60–27.70, carapace length 10.50–12.20, femur I 10.90–13.60. Distribution. Panama, Canal Zone ( Fig. 15B View FIGURE 15 ).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Ctenidae

Genus

Kiekie

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