Caayguara catuoca Rheims, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Rheims, Cristina A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Caayguara
Caayguara catuoca

description: Caayguara catuoca sp. nov.
Figs 66–70, 82, 87
Type material. Holotype: ɞ from Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins [24º25' S; 47º03' W], Peruíbe, São Paulo, Brazil, 26 September 1999, A.D. Brescovit et al. leg. (IBSP 24828). Paratypes: 3ɞ, 2Ƥ, with the same data as holotype (IBSP 13591; 24828; 24962; MZSP 31783; SMF); 2ɞ, 1Ƥ, 1 juvenile, from the same locality as holotype, 17–21 March 1997, A.D. Brescovit et al. (IBSP 9722); 1ɞ, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar [23º23' S; 45º07' W], Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, November 1996, L.S.Rocha leg. (IBSP 7683); 1Ƥ, Estação Biológica Alto da Serra [23º46' S; 46º19' W], Paranapiacaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 27 July 2000, C.A Rheims leg. (IBSP 132009); 1Ƥ, Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande [23°37' S; 46°55' W], Cotia, São Paulo, 13-30 June 2002, Equipe Biota leg. (SMF); 1Ƥ, Caucaia do Alto [23°40' S; 47°01' W], São Paulo, 18–28 June 2002, Equipe Biota leg. (MZSP 31782).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL. São Paulo: 13, 4Ƥ, Cotia [23°37' S; 46°55' W], Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande (IBSP 124312; 24325; 124320); 2Ƥ, Caucaia do Alto [23°40' S; 47°01' W] (IBSP 98940; 98942); 1Ƥ, São Paulo, Reservatório do Guarapiranga, Parque Ilha dos Eucaliptos [23°44' S; 46°44' W] (IBSP 62071); 113, 1Ƥ, 8 juveniles, Peruíbe [24º25' S; 47º03' W], Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins (IBSP 24783; 25035; 25203; 25293; 25347; 25547; 25821; 9764; 9828; 9908).
Etymology. The specific name is taken from the Tupi Indian language, it means “divided” and denotes the bifid tip of the embolus of the male palp. Unchangeable.
Diagnosis. Caayguara catuoca sp. nov. is distinguished from the other species of the genus by the strongly bifid embolus in the male palp (Fig. 66) and by the female epigynum with a median septum very narrow posteriorly and slightly divided anteriorly (Fig. 68).
Description. Male (IBSP 24820): Dorsal shield of prosoma pale orange, brown along fovea. Chelicerae and legs pale orange. Sternum pale yellow with orange margins. Labium and endites orange, distally cream colored. Opisthosoma gray, dorsally mottled with brown and white spots. Total length 10.8. Prosoma: 4.6 long, 4.1 wide. Opisthosoma: 5.6 long, 3.3 wide. Eye diameters: 0.32, 0.28, 0.22, 0.28; interdistances: 0.20, 0.04, 0.36, 0.36, 0.16, 0.12. Leg measurements: I: 30.2 (7.9, 2.8, 8.7, 8.2, 2.6); II: 34.5 (9.1, 3.0, 10.0, 9.6, 2.8); III: 22.3 (6.4, 2.3, 6.1, 5.8, 1.7); IV: 25.4 (7.2, 2.3, 6.7, 7.2, 2.0). Spination follows the generic pattern.
Palp (Fig. 82): RTA simple with no lobes; dorsal projection absent (Figs 66–67). Tegulum with small triangular projection (Fig. 66; tp). Embolus with well developed pars pendula and bifid at tip (Fig. 66).
Female (IBSP 24828): Coloration pattern as in male. Total length 10.4. Prosoma: 4.0 long, 3.9 wide. Opisthosoma: 6.4 long, 4.2 wide. Eye diameters: 0.30, 0.32, 0.22, 0.30; interdistances: 0.20, 0.10, 0.40, 0.40, 0.20, 0.16. Leg measurements: I: 19.6 (5.4, 2.4, 5.3, 5.0, 1.5); II: 22.1 (6.3, 2.5, 6.1, 5.6, 1.6); III: 14.9 (4.5, 1.9, 3.8, 3.6, 1.1); IV: 17.0 (5.1, 1.8, 4.3, 4.4, 1.4). Spination follows the generic pattern. Epigynum: epigynal field slightly longer than wide; median septum almost twice longer than wide (Fig. 68). Vulva: pp with 3–4 linearly arranged lobes; fd transversal slightly shorter than pp (Figs 69–70).
Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 8.2–10.8; prosoma 3.7–4.6; femur I 6.2–8.0. Females (n = 6): total length 10.4–12.1; prosoma 4.0–5.3; femur I 5.2–5.9.
Distribution. Southeastern Atlantic Forest, only Serra do Mar in the state of São Paulo (Fig. 87).
description: Published as part of Rheims, Cristina A., 2010, Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Araneae: Sparassidae), pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 2630 on pages 22-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198317