Tupirinna Bonaldo 2000
Creators: name: Xavier, Cláudia
name: Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Corinnidae
Tupirinna

description: Key to species of Tupirinna
1 Males (those of Tupirinna albofasciata sp. nov., T. oba sp. nov., T. goeldi sp. nov. and T. luctuosa sp. nov. unknown)..... 2
- Females (those of Tupirinna urucu sp. nov. unknown)....................................................... 17
2(1) Dorsal lobe of RTA absent; ventral lobe well developed (Figs 9B, 9F, 10B, 11B, 11F)............................... 3
- Dorsal lobe of RTA present; ventral lobe weakly developed (Fig. 23F).......................................... 11
3(2) Ventral lobe of RTA divided basally, with large lamellate dorsal process (Figs 11F, 12B)............................. 4
- Ventral lobe of RTA otherwise; dorsal process, if present, small (Figs 8F, 10B)..................................... 7
4(3) Embolus short, directed retrolaterally; AS long, narrow....................................................... 5
- Embolus long, directed retroapically; AS shorter, thicker...................................................... 6
5(4) Ventral process of ventral lobe bifid; embolar tip filiform, curved (Fig. 11E, F)............... Tupirinna gigantea sp. nov.
- Ventral process of ventral lobe entire; embolar tip blunt, straight (Fig. 12A, B)................... Tupirinna coari sp. nov.
6(4) Lamellate dorsal process of VL sub-rectangular in ventral view (Fig. 13E)..................... Tupirinna urucu sp. nov.
- Lamellate dorsal process of VL tapering apically in ventral view (Fig. 13A).................... Tupirinna zebra sp. nov.
7(3) Apical spur inserted distally on ventral lobe of RTA; TEP absent (Fig. 9A, B, E, F)................................. 8
- Apical spur inseted medially on ventral lobe of RTA; TEP present (Fig. 8E, F; Bonaldo 2000: figs 339, 340)......................................................................................... Tupirinna rosae Bonaldo, 2000
8(7) Tegulum conspicuously projected retrolaterally, without apical projection (Fig. 9E, F)......... Tupirinna araguaia sp. nov.
- Tegulum not projected retrolaterally, with apical projection.................................................... 9
9(8) Embolus long, slender, without ring-like sub-apical reinforcement (Fig. 9A, B)................. Tupirinna regiae sp. nov.
- Embolus short, broad-based, with ring-like sub-apical reinforcement............................................ 10
10(9) Tegular sub-apical projection large, superposed to embolar base in ventral view (Fig. 11A, B)..... Tupirinna mutum sp. nov.
- Tegular sub-apical projection smaller, not superposed to embolar base in ventral view (Fig. 10A, B)... Tupirinna platnicki sp. nov.
11(2) Tupirinna embolar process parallel in relation to embolus (Figs 15E, F, 16A, B)................................... 12
- Tupirinna embolar process dorsal in relation to embolus (Figs 14A, B, E, F)...................................... 14
12(11) Dorsal lobe small, with acute tip; TEP long and filiform (Fig. 15A, B)........................ Tupirinna cruzes sp. nov.
- Dorsal lobe large, with blunt tip; TEP smaller, wide......................................................... 13
13(12) Apical prolateral process present; TEP smaller than embolus (Fig. 15E, F).................... Tupirinna caraca sp. nov.
- Apical prolateral process absent; TEP and embolus similarly sized (Fig. 16A, B).................. Tupirinna una sp. nov.
14(11) Dorsal lobe relatively large, inserted medially on tibial surface (Fig. 14A, B)..................... Tupirinna lata sp. nov.
- Dorsal lobe represented by a small sub-apical hump......................................................... 15
15(14) Embolus short, sub-triangular (Fig. 17A, B).......................................... Tupirinna palmares sp. nov.
- Embolus long, filiform................................................................................ 16
16(15) VTA longer than wide; tegular retroapical projection present..................... Tupirinna trilineata (Chickering, 1937)
- VTA as long as wide; tegular retroapical projection absent (Fig. 14A, B)..................... Tupirinna ibiapaba sp. nov.
17(1) Epigynal plate concave; posterior vulval plate large, covering at least the posterior half of vulva...................... 18
- Epigynal plate flattened; posterior vulval plate weakly developed, not covering vulval elements...................... 27
18(17) Copulatory opening posteriorly or medially positioned....................................................... 19
- Copulatory opening anteriorly positioned................................................................. 23
19(18) Copulatory opening posteriorly positioned (Figs 11G, H)................................. Tupirinna gigantea sp. nov.
- Copulatory opening medially positioned.................................................................. 20
20(19) Copulatory duct developed anteriorly to copulatory opening.................................................. 21
- Copulatory opening discharging directly into copulatory pouch................................................ 22
21(20) Copulatory opening represented by a transversal, straight slit (Fig. 9C, D)..................... Tupirinna regiae sp. nov.
- Copulatory opening represented by an inverted V-shaped slit........................... Tupirinna rosae Bonaldo, 2000
22(20) Epigynal plate with median sclerotization posterior to copulatory opening; PVP covering most of the vulval elements (Fig. 12E, F)............................................................................. Tupirinna luctuosa sp. nov.
- Epigynal plate without such sclerotization; PVP covering only posterior half of vulva (Fig. 12C, D).. Tupirinna coari sp. nov.
23(18) Anterior border of copulatory opening conspicuous......................................................... 24
- Copulatory opening margined only posteriorly............................................................. 26
24(23) Copulatory opening wide, sub-trapezoidal; PVP covering only posterior half of vulva (Fig. 13C, D). Tupirinna zebra sp. nov.
- Copulatory opening smaller, rounded; PVP covering most of the vulval elements.................................. 25
25(24) Epigynal plate posterior margin concave; copulatory opening relatively large (Fig. 9G, H)..... Tupirinna araguaia sp. nov.
- Epigynal plate posterior margin convex; copulatory opening relatively small (Fig. 11C, D)....... Tupirinna mutum sp. nov.
26(23) Posterior border of copulatory opening sub-quadrangular (Fig. 10C, D)..................... Tupirinna platnicki sp. nov.
- Posterior border of copulatory opening semi-circular (Fig. 10E, F)........................... Tupirinna goeldi sp. nov.
27(17) Epigynal plate with a pair of anterior pockets (Fig. 16C, D)................................... Tupirinna una sp. nov.
- Epigynal plate without anterior pockets................................................................... 28
28(27) Epigynal plate with transverse posterior ridges............................................................. 29
- Epigynal plate without posterior ridges................................................................... 31
29(28) Epigynal plate with procurved posterior ridges (Fig. 15C, D)................................ Tupirinna cruzes sp. nov.
- Epigynal plate with recurved posterior ridges.............................................................. 30
30(29) Copulatory opening small, rounded (Fig. 15G, H)........................................ Tupirinna caraca sp. nov.
- Copulatory opening large, sub-retangular (Fig. 16E, F)....................................... Tupirinna oba sp. nov.
31(28) Copulatory opening rounded, with conspicuous surrounding margins; copulatory pouch inverted T-shaped (Fig. 14G, H)...................................................................................... Tupirinna lata sp. nov.
- Copulatory opening with incomplete surrounded margins; copulatory pouch otherwise............................. 32
32 (31) Epigynal plate with a median depression; margin of copulatory opening procurved................................ 33
- Epigynal plate without median depression; margin of copulatory opening recurved................................ 34
33(32) Median depression of epigynal plate sub-retangular (Fig. 17E, F)............ Tupirinna albofasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1943)
- Median depression of epigynal plate sub-triangular (Fig. 17C, D)......................... Tupirinna palmares sp. nov.
34(32) Copulatory pouch sub-triangular (Fig. 14C, D)......................................... Tupirinna ibiapaba sp. nov.
- Copulatory pouch sub-quadrangular......................................... Tupirina trilineata (Chickering, 1937)
description: Published as part of Xavier, Cláudia & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2021, Taxonomic revision of the genus Tupirinna Bonaldo, 2000 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Corinninae), pp. 201-250 in Zootaxa 5004 (2) on pages 212-213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5123398