Nops tico Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit 2018, new species
Creators: name: Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Caponiidae
Nops
Nops tico

description: Nops tico new species
Figures 40F‒L; 41A‒F
Types. Male holotype from Camino al Valle del Silencio (9°02′56.0″N, 82°59′16.2″W), Cerro Frantzius, Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 2000‒2100 m, 31.iii.2011, M. Moraga, deposited in INBIO 4407602. Female paratype, same data as holotype, deposited in INBIO 4407602. Male and female paratypes, 30.iii.2011, other data as holotype, deposited in INBIO 4407601.
Additional material examined. COSTA RICA: Limon: Valle de la Estrella (9°45′31″N, 83°01′54″W), Pandora, 20.ii.1984, H.F. Howden, 1♂ (AMNH). Sendero Espavel (9°45′N, 83°00′W), Valle de la Estrella, R. B. Hitoy Cerere, 560 m, 18‒22.ix.2003, B. Gamboa, E. Rojas, W. Arana, 1♂ (INBIO 4407587). Laguna Gandoca (9°35′26.4″N, 82°35′57.2″W), Refugio Nacional Gandoca, Manzanillo, litter, 8.ii.2002, D. S. Chandler, 1♀ (INBIO 4407597). Finca de Alberto Moore, Hone Creek, 8‒9.i.2004, litter, C. Víquez, 1♂ (INBIO). Ditto, 3.viii.2004, C. Víquez, 1 immature (INBIO). Ditto, 8‒11.vii.2005, C. Víquez, 1 immature (INBIO). Ditto, 6‒7.i.2005, C. Víquez, 1♀ (INBIO). Ditto, 12‒15.iii.2004, C. Víquez, 1♀ (INBIO). Ditto, 6‒7.i.2005, C. Víquez, 1♀ (INBIO). Ditto, 21‒23.x.2005, C. Víquez, 1 immature (INBIO). Puntarenas: Camino al Valle del Silencio, Cerro Quemado (9°04′30.2″N, 82°58′39.7″W), Buenos Aires, 2250 m, 3.vi.2012, A. Solis, 1♀ (INBIO 4407600). Camino al Valle del Silencio (9°02′56.0″N, 82°59′16.2″W), Cerro Frantzius, Buenos Aires, 8‒10.vi.2012, A. Solis, 1♀ (INBIO 4407585). Casa Coca, P.N. La Amistad, Camino al Valle del Silencio (9°02′55.7″N, 82°59′16.1″W), Buenos Aires, 9.vi.2013, A. Solis, 1♂ (INBIO 4407596). PANAMA: Campamento principal hacia Filo, 1.5km. E del Río Tskuii, 800 m, 27‒29.x.2008, M. Staroga, A. Solis, 1♂ (INBIO).
Etymology. The specific name is a colloquial term for a native of Costa Rica, and is masculine in gender.
Diagnosis. Both sexes resemble similar congeners Nops campeche n. sp. and Nops largus by having a similar dorsal abdominal pattern; but can be distinguished by having short unpaired claws on posterior legs. Males with a strongly curved and retrolaterally twisted embolus (Fig. 40J‒L) and females with wide invagination on receptaculum (Figs 40G‒I; 41F).
Description. Male (holotype): Carapace dark orange. Chelicerae, palps and legs orange; coxae and trochanters lighter (Fig. 41A). Endites, labium and sternum light orange. Abdomen green grayish with the most common pattern as in figure 6I. Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 7.6. Carapace 4.6 long, 3.0 wide. Sternum 2.9 long, 2.6 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.6; II: 3.5; III: 3.0; IV: 3.8. Posterior unpaired claws short but reflexed anteriorly (Fig. 40F). PLS longer than PMS. Palp with embolus shorter than palpal tibia, strongly curved and retrolaterally twisted (Fig. 40J‒L).
Female (paratype): Carapace, chelicerae, labium, legs, coxae, endites and sternum as in male. Abdomen as in male, but somewhat darker (Fig. 41D). Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 7.9. Carapace 4.8 long, 3.2 wide. Sternum 3.0 long, 2.8 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.8; II: 3.7; III: 3.3; IV: 4.0. Posterior unpaired claws and PLS as in male. External genital area with strongly sclerotized anterior plate, strongly
sclerotized lep and remarkable ess (Fig. 41E). Internal genitalia with wide invagination on receptaculum and uterus externus with narrow base (Figs 40G‒I; 41F).
Distribution. Costa Rica and West of Panama (Fig. 41G).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Nops MacLeay (Araneae: Caponiidae) with the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the Nopinae genera, pp. 1-121 in Zootaxa 4427 (1) on pages 61-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4427.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1271779