Tafana huatanay De Oliveira & Brescovit 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: De Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M.
name: Brescovit, Antonio Domingos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Anyphaenidae
Tafana
Tafana huatanay

description: Tafana huatanay sp. nov.
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Figs 19–20, 33A, 34
Diagnosis
Males of Tafana huatanay sp. nov. resemble those of T. riveti, T. humahuaca sp. nov. and T. nevada sp. nov. by having the short embolus, but differ by having the base of the embolus wide (Figs 19C, 20A–C). Females resemble those of T. riveti, T. humahuaca sp. nov. and T. nevada sp. nov. by having the epigynal plate with curved lateral lobes in anterior region, but differ by having the copulatory ducts medially flattened and secondary spermathecae on the sides of the primary spermathecae in dorsal view (Figs 19F–G, 33A).
Etymology
The specific name, a noun in apposition, is a tribute to the ‘Sacred Valley of the Incas’ called Huatanay.
Material examined
Holotype PERU • 1 ♂; Cusco, Parque Wiñay Wuyna; [13°30′30″ S, 71°58′18″ W]; 10 Feb. 1990; D. Silva leg.; MUSM.
Paratype PERU • 1 ♀; Paucartambo, Pilcopata, National Park Del Manu Carretera; [12°08′00″ S, 71°40′00″ W]; 2700 m a.s.l.; 19 Feb. 1990; D. Silva leg.; MUSM.
Other material
BOLIVIA – La Paz • 2 ♀♀; Sainami, Valley of the Zongo; [16°29′39″ S; 68°08′51″ W]; 4 Aug. 1993; A.D. Brescovit leg.; IBSP 258182.
COLOMBIA – Neiva • 1 ♀; Huila, Finca Meremberg, 10 km E of Santa Leticia; [2°59′55″ N, 75°18′16″ W]; Mar. 1979; W. Eberhard leg.; MCZ.
ECUADOR – Quito • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Golf Club; [0°15′00″ S, 78°35′00″ W]; 21 Jul. 1958; A.M. Nadler leg.; AMNH.
PERU – Cusco • 3 ♀♀; Carretera to Manu National Park, Paucartambo, Pilcopata; [12°08′00″ S, 71°40′00″ W]; 17–19 Feb. 1990; D. Silva leg.; MUSM • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding but 18 Feb. 1990; MUSM • 1 ♂; Calca, Hacienda Urco; [13°19′09″ S, 71°57′1700″ W]; 15 Oct. 1939; K.P. Schmidt leg.; FMNH.
Description
Male (holotype, MUSM)
COLOR. Carapace orange (Fig. 19A). Labium, sternum and endites yellow. Chelicerae reddish. Legs I–IV yellow, darker at tarsi. Abdomen gray with dark spots (Fig. 19A).
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 5.6, carapace length 2.7, width 2.1. Clypeus height 0.06. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.1, PME 0.12, PLE 0.1; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.06, PME– PME 0.14, PME–PLE 0.14, ALE–PLE 0.04. Chelicerae 1.7 long, with four promarginal teeth and four retromarginal denticles.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. I—femur 2.2 /patella 0.9/ tibia 2.1/ metatarsus 1.8/ tarsus 1.0 /total 8.0; II— 2.0/ 1.0/ 1.9 /1.7 / 0.9/ 7.5; III—1.8 / 0.9/ 1.3/ 1.5/ 0.5/ 6.0; IV—2.5/ 1.1/ 2.15 / 2.7/ 0.7/ 9.15.
LEG SPINATION. I—tibia v2-2-2, metatarsus v2-0-0; II—tibia v1-2-2, p0-1-0; III—tibia v1-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; IV—tibia p1-1-1.
PALP. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short and curved; cymbium with retrolateral projection; apophysis at the base of the embolus short and furrowed; embolus short; ventral tegular process near the median apophysis; sperm duct with secondary looping reaching the apex of the tegulum (Figs 19C–E, 20A–C).
ABDOMEN. Length 2.8, epigastric furrow 0.7 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.0 from base of spinnerets.
Female (paratype, MUSM)
COLOR. Coloration as in males of this species, except for reddish carapace and chelicerae reddish brown (Fig. 19B).
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 6.0, carapace length 2.1, width 1.7. Clypeus height 0.06. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.1, PME 0.1, PLE 0.1; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.04, PME– PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.12, ALE–PLE 0.04. Chelicerae 1.1 long, with four promarginal teeth and three retromarginal denticles.
LEG MEASUREMENTS. I—femur 1.5 / patella 0.63 / tibia 1.3 /metatarsus 1.1 /tarsus 0.6/ total 5.13; II— 1.42 / 0.5/ 1.1/ 1.1/ 0.6 /4.72; III—1.2/ 0.6/ 0.8 /1.1 /0.4 / 4.1; IV—1.6 / 0.6 /1.3 / 1.4/ 0.6/ 5.5.
LEG SPINATION. I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-0-0; II—tibia v2-2-0; III—tibia v1-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1, metatarsus v2-1-2; IV—tibia p0-1-1, r0-1-1.
EPIGYNUM. Hood semircular, with sclerotized lateral lobes; atrium narrow and elongated; epigynal plate covered by cuticle in the posterior region; lateral lobes extremely curved in anterior region. Internally, copulatory ducts sinuous and flattened; primary spermathecae large and oval; secondary spermathecae lateral to the primary spermathecae, rounded, and fertilization ducts long (Figs 19F–G, 20E, 33A).
ABDOMEN. Length 3.8, epigastric furrow 0.8 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.7 from base of spinnerets.
Variation
Five males: total length 4.4–7.9; carapace 2.0–3.3; femur I 1.9–2.6. Six females: total length 4.3–5.3; carapace 1.8–2.0; femur I 1.3–1.5.
Distribution
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia (Fig. 34).
description: Published as part of De Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M. & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2021, Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of ghost spiders of the genus Tafana Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Dionycha, Anyphaenidae), with the descriptions of twelve new species, pp. 1-77 in European Journal of Taxonomy 742 on pages 33-36, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.742.1291, http://zenodo.org/record/4655404