Shuyushka moscai

Nadine Duperre & Elicio Tapia, 2016, Overview of the Anyphaenids (Araneae, Anyphaeninae, Anyphaenidae) spider fauna from the Chocó forest of Ecuador, with the description of thirteen new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 255, pp. 1-50 : 25-27

Shuyushka moscai gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 32–36

Diagnosis

Males are easily distinguished from all congeneric species by their large patellar apophysis ( Fig. 34 ), from S. wachi gen. et sp. nov. by the sinuous end of the male embolus ( Fig. 33 ), strongly curved in the latter species. Females are distinguished by their V-shaped epigynal Fap and hook-shaped copulatory openings ( Fig. 35 ).

Etymology

The speciFc name is in honour of Dr. Franco Mosca, scientist and surgeon, for his contribution to Otonga Fundation.

Type material

Holotype

ECUADOR: Ƌ, Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve , 24–30 May 2014, beating trees, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. ( QCAZ) .

Other material examined

ECUADOR: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve: 3 ƋƋ, 3 ♀♀, beating trees, 24–30 May 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. ( DTC) ; 2 ♀♀, moss from trees 0.5–3 m above the ground, Berlese , 00.41433° S, 79.00035° W, 1888 m, 15 Oct. 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. ( DTC) .

Description

Male (holotype)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 7.7; carapace length: 3.3 carapace width: 2.4; abdomen length: 4.4.

CEPHALOTHORAX. Pars cephalica apically brown with dark lines behind PLE, basally yellow; pars thoracica apically yellow with small dark mark, medially brown with dark lines along radiating lines, basally yellow, margin dark. Fovea dark. Sternum light brown, with two wide lateral dark bands. Labium and endites dark brown.

CHELICERAE. Dark brown; promargin with 5, retromargin with 5 teeth.

LEGS. Legs light yellow with dark spotted pattern. Total length: I: 11.3; II: 9.8; III: 7.5; IV: 11.0; leg articles length (femur/patella/tibia/metatarsus/tarsus): leg I 3.0/0.9/3.1/2.8/1.5; leg II 2.7/0.9/2.6/2.3/1.3; leg III 2.2/0.8/1.5/2.2/0.8; leg IV 2.8/0.9/2.6/3.5/1.2.

LEGS SPINATION. Femur I p1-1-1; tibia I p1-1-1, r0-1-1; metatarsus I p0-1-0. Femur II p1-1-1; tibia II p1- 1-1, r0-1-1; metatarsus II p0-1-0. Femur III p0-1-1; tibia III p1-1-1, r0-1-1; metatarsus III p1-1-1, d0-1- 1, v1-1 -2. Femur IV p0-1-1; tibia IV p1-1-1, r0-1-1; metatarsus IV p1-1-1, d0-1-0, v1-1 -2.

ABDOMEN. Cylindrical. Dorsally yellowish dark marks medially and a few small dark spots laterally ( Fig. 32 ).

GENITALIA. Palpal patella with two large, ventral apophyses, and dorsal triangular apophysis ( Fig. 34 ). Palpal tibia shorter than cymbium; with triangular apophysis ventrally; anterior part of retrolateral tibial apophysis small and triangular, posterior part excavated and rugose ( Fig. 34 ). Subtegulum rounded apically; tegulum rounded basally; median apophysis short, hook-shaped; embolus short, wide basally, prolaterally positioned, distally with triangular extensions and S-shaped pale terminal segment ( Fig. 33 ).

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 5.7; carapace length: 2.8; carapace width: 2.1; abdomen length: 2.9.

COLOURATION. As in male but slightly darker.

CEPHALOTHORAX AND ABDOMEN. As in male.

CHELICERAE. Promargin with 5, retromargin with 5 teeth.

LEGS. As in male. Total length: I: 8.3; II: 7.6; III: 6.4; IV: 8.6; leg articles length (femur/patella/tibia/ metatarsus/tarsus): leg I 2.4/0.9/2.0/1.9/1.1; leg II 2.3/0.9/1.9/1.6/0.9; leg III 1.8/0.9/1.2/1.9/0.6; leg IV 2.5/0.9/1.9/2.4/0.9.

LEGS SPINATION. Femur I p0-1-1. Femur II p1-1-1; tibia II p0-1-1. Femur III p0-1-1-, r0-1-1; tibia III v2- 1 -2, r1-1-1. Femur IV p0-1-1, r0-0-1; tibia IV v2-2 -2, r1-1-1.

GENITALIA. Epigynum with V-shaped, well sclerotized epigynal Fap; copulatory openings hook-shaped (Fig. 35). Internal genitalia; copulatory ducts globular; spermathecae not well deFned, small and elongated; fertilization ducts wide and elongated ( Fig. 36 ).

Natural history

Most specimens were collected by beating trees or from moss hanging from trees.

Distribution

Ecuador: known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs 32 – 36. Shuyushka moscai gen. et sp. nov. 32 .  Ƌ,   abdomen,  dorsal  view.   33 .  Ƌ,   palp,  ventral  view.   34. Ƌ,   palp,  retrolateral  view. 35 .  ♀,   epigynum,  ventral  view.   36 .  ♀,  internal  genitalia,  dorsal  view.  Scale  bars: 33 – 36 = 0.1 mm; 32 = 1 mm.