Thymoites camaqua Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015, new species
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theridiidae
Thymoites
Thymoites camaqua

description: Thymoites camaqua new species
Figs. 31–35, 88
Material examined. Holotype. BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul, Cristal, Camaquã river, riparian forest, 31°01’01.7”S; 51°56’42.0”W, 21.VI.2008, E.N.L. Rodrigues & P.E.S. Rodrigues leg., 1M (MCN 52005). Paratype. BRAZIL: same data as the holotype, 1F (MCN 52006). Paratype. BRAZIL: same data as the holotype, 1M (IBSP 166159). Paratype. BRAZIL: same data as the holotype, 1F (IBSP 166160). Paratype. BRAZIL: same data as the holotype, 1F (MCTP 38134).
Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis. The male of Thymoites camaqua new species differs from those of the other species in the shape of the carapace (Figs. 32, 33), the palp resembles that of T. tabuleiro new species, but differs in the patella developed (Fig. 31), trajectory of the sperm duct in the tegulum and shape of conductor developed (Fig. 31).The female of Thymoites camaqua new species differs from those of the other species by the large atrium in the ventral epiginal plate (Fig. 34) and the shape of the fertilization ducts (Fig. 35).
Description. Male holotype (from riparian forest of Camaquã river, MCN 52005): Total length 1.44. Carapace length 0.75, width 0.46. Clypeus height 0.23. Sternum length 0.33, width 0.35. Abdomen length 0.67, width 0.60, height 0.60. Leg formula I/II/IV/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.73/0.58/0.44/0.52; patellae + tibiae 0.79/ 0.52/0.42/0.52; metatarsi + tarsi 0.73/0.60/0.48/0.56; total 2.25/1.70/1.34/1.60. Carapace (Figs. 32, 33) yellow brown, anteriorly dark brown, with a long projection anteriorly, mainly AME (Figs. 33). Eyes with dark borders. AME and PME bigger than the other eyes. Endites, chelicerae, and labium yellow. Sternum yellow, darkened borders. Legs yellow. Abdomen (Fig. 32) oval, pale yellow, dorsum and laterals with dots dark brown; venter pale yellow, dark brown around the spinnerets. Spinnerets pale yellow. Palp with patella developed, conductor curved (Fig. 31) and sperm duct in the tegulum forming a loop (Fig. 31).
Female paratype (same locality as male, MCN 52006): Total length 1.19. Carapace length 0.56, width 0.50. Clypeus height 0.35. Sternum length 0.29, width 0.35. Abdomen length 0.65, width 0.63, height 0.61. Leg formula I/IV/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.63/0.50/0.37/0.58; patellae + tibiae 0.56/0.46/0.37/0.50; metatarsi + tarsi 0.65/0.52/0.44/0.54; total 1.84/1.48/1.18/1.62. Carapace yellow brown, anteriorly dark brown. Eyes as in male. Endites, chelicerae, and labium yellow. Sternum yellow, darkened borders. Legs yellow. Abdomen oval, pale yellow, dorsum and laterals with dots dark brown; venter pale yellow, dark brown around the spinnerets. Spinnerets pale yellow. Epigynum with oval spermathecae rounded and non-sinuous copulatory ducts (Figs. 34, 35).
Distribution. Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul).
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2015, On the spider genus Thymoites in the Neotropical Region (Araneae, Theridiidae): nine new species, complementary descriptions and new records, pp. 181-207 in Zootaxa 3972 (2) on page 192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/244588