Sadala punicea Simon  1880
Creators: name: Rheims, Cristina A.
name: Jäger, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Sadala
Sadala punicea

description: Sadala punicea Simon, 1880 comb. rest.
Figs 12, 45–55, 89
Sadala punicea Simon, 1880: 328 (female holotype from Pebas [‑3.3167, ‑71.8167], Loreto, Peru, MNHN 3571, examined).
Sparassus puniceus: Simon 1897: 35.
Olios puniceus: Simon 1903a: 1020; Petrunkevitch 1911: 502; Mello-Leitão 1918: 55, fig. 31; Jäger 2020: 81 (misplaced in Olios).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: 1♂, 4♀, Presidente Figueiredo, Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina [‑1.9000, 59.4667], 1987–1988, Equipe IBSP leg. (IBSP 7362, 7365, 7358, 7369, 87530); 2♀, Manaus, Fazenda Cabo Frio [‑2.4167, ‑59.8333], 12 March 2002, Frickman leg. (INPA); 1♂, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke [‑3.000, ‑59.8667], 7 January 1992, S. Darwich & U. Barbosa leg. (INPA 2441); Acre: 1♂, Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Várzea Gibralta‑Pedro [‑8.0333, ‑73.5500], 20 November 1996, R. S. Vieira leg. (IBSP 9361). PERU: Loreto: 1♂, Iquitos, San Juan Bautista, Zungarococha, Arboreto del UNAP (‑3.8298, ‑73.3753), 8–9 April 2013, C.A. Rheims & R. P. Indicatti leg. (IBSP 165051).
Diagnosis. Males of S. punicea resemble those of S. kaiabi spec. nov. (Figs 13–15) and S. yuyapichis spec. nov. (Figs 83–85) by the palp with embolus arising from tegulum at 4 o’clock position (Fig. 46). They are distinguished from those of S. kaiabi spec. nov. by the RTA roughly the same width throughout (Fig. 47), tegulum oval and conductor surpassing the anterior margin of alveolus by half its length (Fig. 46) (RTA tapering and distally pointed, tegulum rounded and conductor barely surpassing the anterior margin of alveolus in S. kaiabi spec. nov.); from those of S. yuyapichis spec. nov. by the embolus base not extending beyond retrocymbial margin in ventral view (Fig. 46) (embolus base with a retrolateral swing, extending beyond retrocymbial margin in S. yuyapichis spec. nov.). Females resemble those of S. nanay spec. nov. (Figs 35–37) by the epigyne with MS diamond-shaped posteriorly (Fig. 48). They are distinguished by the MS less than 1.5 times longer than wide with rounded CO (Fig. 48) and vulva with internal ducts tightly twisted (Figs 49–50) (MS more than 1.5 times longer than wide with elliptical CO and internal ducts loosely twisted in S. nanay spec. nov.).
Description. Male (IB 165051): Total length 13.6. Prosoma: 5.9 long, 5.5 wide. Opisthosoma: 7.2 long, 4.5 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.50, 0.40, 0.30, 0.39; interdistances: 0.30, 0.04, 0.45, 0.45, 0.30, 0.20. Legs: I: 34.6 (9.7, 3.2, 9.7, 9.8, 2.2); II: 37.7 (10.9, 3.3, 10.4, 10.5, 2.6); III: 26.3 (8.0, 2.6, 6.9, 6.8, 2.0); IV: 29.9 (8.9, 2.5, 7.9, 8.4, 2.2). Spination follows the generic pattern except patella I: p0; tibiae I–II: d1-0-1; tibia IV: d0; metatarsus IV: r1-1-1. Palp: RTA roughly as wide as long, concave in ventral view; PTA triangular, slightly longer than wide; subtegulum visible prolaterally in ventral view; conductor three times longer than wide (Figs 45–47, 51–53).
Redescription. Female (IBSP 7362): Total length 18.3. Prosoma: 7.5 long, 8.5 wide. Opisthosoma: 9.8 long, 8.5 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.54, 0.40, 0.38, 0.48; interdistances: 0.40, 0.16, 0.80, 0.74, 0.40, 0.40. Legs: I: 31.6 (9.3, 3.7, 8.1, 8.4, 2.1); II: 33.3 (9.7, 3.7, 8.8, 8.8, 2.3); III: 23.4 (7.0, 3.0, 6.0, 5.6, 1.8); IV: 27.4 (8.4, 3.0, 7.0, 6.8, 2.2). Spination follows the generic pattern. Epigyne: EF as wide as long; MAB short; TP almost 2–3 times wider than long; LL touching posteriorly; (Figs 48, 54). Vulva: FW laterad; GP small, rounded, arising from duct at second turn; SP spherical; FD mediad, then laterad with subdistal turn (Figs 49–50, 55).
Variation. Males (n = 4): total length 13.0–15.8; prosoma length 5.9–6.6; femur I length 8.5–10.0. Females (n = 6): total length 18.3–21.8; prosoma length 7.5–8.2; femur I length 8.0–9.3.
Distribution. Iquitos in Eastern Peru and Manaus in central Amazonia, Brazil (Fig. 89).
description: Published as part of Rheims, Cristina A. & Jäger, Peter, 2022, Revalidation of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 with the description of a new genus of Neotropical huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae), pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 5135 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5135.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6550195