Masteria petrunkevitchi ( Chickering, 1964 )

Passanha, Victor & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zootaxa 4463 (1), pp. 1-73 : 15-17

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1441911

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5970174

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scientific name

Masteria petrunkevitchi ( Chickering, 1964 )
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Masteria petrunkevitchi ( Chickering, 1964) View in CoL

( Figs 8 View FIGURE 8 , 29A View FIGURE 29 , 32 View FIGURE 32 )

Accola spinosa: Petrunkevitch, 1929: 13 , figs 1–5 (misidentified female).

Accola petrunkevitchi Chickering, 1964: 175 , figs 1–4.

Masteria petrunkevitchi: Raven, 1979: 625 View in CoL .

Type. PUERTO RICO. ♂ holotype , ♀ allotype, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez , Puerto Rico, I.1964, A. M. Chickering leg., deposited in MCZ, examined.

Additional material examined. PUERTO RICO. Rio Grande: El Verde (18°20'27"N; 65°49'34"W), 23. III.1990, 1 ♂ ( AMNH) GoogleMaps ; El Verde , Puerto Rico University, Biology Station, (18°20'27"N; 65°49'34"W), 17. II.1969, 2 ♀, L. Herman leg. ( AMNH) GoogleMaps ; Ponce: Toro Negro Forest (18°10’24.31”N; 66°29’32.32”W), 28. VII.1966, 1 ♂, S. Peck leg. ( AMNH) GoogleMaps ; Cayey (18°6.71’46''N; 66°96’W), 30. V.1915, 1 ♀ ( AMNH) ; San Sebastian (18°20’14”N; 66°59’26”W), IV.1963, 1 ♀, S. Aceudo leg. ( AMNH) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males of Masteria petrunkevitchi resemble those of M. barona and M. soucouyant n. sp. in the elongated embolus and short tegulum, but differ from M. barona and M. soucouyant n. sp. in the presence of grouped spines on the palpal tibia ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ) (that, in the latter, are in the basal portion; Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ). Females resemble those of M. manauara and M. sabrinae n. sp. in the unilobed spermathecae, but differ in the inconspicuous duct and the large interdistance between spermathecae ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ).

Description

Male ( Puerto Rico, El Verde, AMNH). Color: Carapace in dorsal view yellow and in ventral view whitish, legs and abdomen in ventral view yellow and dorsal surface of abdomen whitish. Total length 3.73. Carapace 1.88 long, 1.35 wide. Abdomen 1.85 long. Fovea 0.14. Clypeus 0.06. Ocular tubercle 0.20 long, 0.26 wide. Eyes: eight, posterior row slightly recurved ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ). AME 0.02, ALE 0.09, PME 0.05, PLE 0.09. Basal segment of chelicerae with 11 prolateral teeth and 12 smaller mesobasal teeth. Labium 0.14 long, 0.38 wide. Sternum 0.85 wide, 0.94 long. Palp: femur 0.98/ patella 0.55/ tibia 0.88/ tarsus 0.45/ total 2.86; Legs I: femur 1.45/ patella 0.88/ tibia 1.28/ metatarsus 1.00/ tarsus 0.83/ total 5.44; II: 1.15/ 0.58/ 0.93/ 0.88/ 0.63/ 4.17; III: 1.08/ 0.60/ 0.85/ 0.93/ 0.68/ 4.14; IV: 1.50/ 0.78/ 1.25/ 1.30/ 0.80/ 5.63; Leg formula 4123. Spination: Palp: patella v1, tibia v1-1 -1-1-1-1-1, p1; Legs I: tibia v1, p1-2ap, metatarsus v1-1 -2ap, p1b; II: femur p1, patella v1-1, p1, tibia v1-1, metatarsus v1-1 -1, p1; III: femur p1, r1, patella v2 ap, p1, r1-1, tibia d1-1, v1-1 -1-3ap, p1- 1, r1-1, metatarsus d1-1-2-2-1, v3-3 -3ap, p1, r1-1-1; IV: femur r1, patella v2 ap, r1, tibia d1-1, v1-1 -1-3ap, p1- 1-1, r1-1, metatarsus d2-1-2, v3-3 -3ap, p1-1, r1-1-1. Tibia I: P1 absent, P2 with an apical strong spine, and P3 with a cracked apical spine ( Figs 8D View FIGURE 8 , 29A View FIGURE 29 ). Metatarsus I with flattened basal spine and basal depression associated with prolateral processes of tibia I ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 , 29A View FIGURE 29 ). Palpal tibia two to three times size of cymbium, with row of ventral spines, and 15 basal grouped spines ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ). Cymbium as long as wide, with four apical spines. Palpal bulb elongated with short tegulum, embolus 1.5 times size of tegulum, with discrete curvature ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ). PLS: basal, medial and apical segments, 0.45, 0.35, 0.40 long.

Female ( Puerto Rico, San Sebastian, AMNH). Color: Carapace in dorsal and ventral views, legs and abdomen light brown. Total length 3.70. Carapace 1.63 long, 1.22 wide. Abdomen 2.07 long. Fovea 0.10. Clypeus 0.03. Ocular tubercle 0.16 long, 0.24 wide. Eyes: eight, posterior row slightly recurved. AME 0.02, ALE 0.10, PME 0.04, PLE 0.05. Basal segment of chelicerae with 11 prolateral teeth, and 12 smaller mesobasal teeth. Labium 0.15 long, 0.32 wide. Sternum 0.76 wide, 0.87 long. Palp: femur 0.80/ patella 0.40/ tibia 0.68/ tarsus 0.70/ total 2.58; Legs I: femur 1.23/ patella 0.60/ tibia 1.00/ metatarsus 0.78/ tarsus 0.63/ total 4.24; II: 1.03/ 0.58/ 0.75/ 0.68/ 0.58/ 3.62; III: 0.98/ 0.43/ 0.68/ 0.75/ 0.53/ 3.37; IV: 1.28/ 0.65/ 1.10/ 1.08/ 0.68/ 4.79; Leg formula 4123. Spination: palp: femur p1, patella d1, v1, tibia v2-2 -3ap, p1, tarsus v2-1 - 1; Legs I: femur p1, patella v1-1, tibia v1-1 -3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -1; II: femur r1, patella d1, v1-1, p1, r1, tibia v1-1 -3ap, p1, r1, metatarsus v1-1 -1; III: femur r1, patella v1, p1, r1-1, tibia d1-1, v1-2 -3ap, p1, r1-1, metatarsus d1-1-2, v1-3 -3ap, p1-1, r1; IV: femur r1, patella v2, p1, r1, tibia d1-1-1, v1-2 -3ap, p1-1, 1-1, metatarsus d1-1-2, v1-3 -3ap, p1-1, r1. Palpal claw with 18 teeth. Genitalia with two spermathecae, unilobed, short and globose ducts with dense basal glandular region ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ). PLS: basal, medial and apical segments, 0.42, 0.34, 0.36 long.

Variation. 2 males: total length 3.71–3.73. 4 females: total length 2.97–3.88.

Distribution. Puerto Rico ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 ).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Dipluridae

Genus

Masteria

Loc

Masteria petrunkevitchi ( Chickering, 1964 )

Passanha, Victor & Brescovit, Antonio D. 2018
2018
Loc

Accola petrunkevitchi

Chickering, 1964 : 175
Loc

Masteria petrunkevitchi: Raven, 1979 : 625

Raven, 1979 : 625
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