Gelanor juruti Benavides & Hormiga, 2016, new species
Creators: name: Ligia R. Benavides
name: Gustavo Hormiga
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Mimetidae
Gelanor
Gelanor juruti

description: Gelanor juruti new species
(Figs. 27–31)
Types. Male holotype, BRAZIL, Pará: Juruti. Acampamento Mutum. -1.101306, -56.019222. 05. VI.2007. N. Lo- Mang-Hung leg. (MPEG-ARA-21557). Female paratype, same locality as the holotype, 25.v.2009. N.C. Bastos (MPEG-ARA-21571).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: 80Km N of Manaus, Colosso Reserve, forest interior, - 2.083333, -54.033333, 1M, 7.ix.1989, Fowler, Vincticinque, Viera (MCZ 77129), Manaus, Reserva Ducke, - 2.930828, -59.974912, 1M, 26.x.1973, L.P. Albuquerque (INPA), Presidente Figueiredo, Hidraeletrica Balbina (Ilha Palhal 2), -1.790111, -59.448806, 1M, 19.vii.2006, A. Tourinho (INPA 740); Pará: Jacareacanga, -6.034381, -57.152253, 1F, x.1959, M. Alvarenga (AMNH), Juruti. Acampamento Mutum., -1.101306, -56.019222, 1F, 1M, 06.VIII.2008, L.T. Miglio (MPEG 21562), 1M, 07.II.2007, J.A.P. Barreiros (MPEG 21554), 1F, 1M, 07.VIII. 2008, L.T. Miglio (MPEG 21565), 1F, 07.VIII. 2009, L.T. Miglio (MPEG 21563), 1F, 07.VIII.2008, N.F. Lo-Man-Hung (MPEG 21566), 1F, 08.VIII.2008, N.C. Bastos (MPEG 21567), 1F, 20.XI.2007, C.M. Souza (MPEG 21558), 2F, 25.V.2009, N.C. Bastos (MPEG 21570), 1F, 5.III.2006, S.C. Dias (MPEG 9071), Juruti. Vale do Igarape Mutum, Plato do Rio Juruti, -1.101306, -56.019222, 1F, 0 5.III.2006, D.R. Santos souza (MPEG 9070), Melgaco. Estacao Cientifica Ferreira Penna, FLONA Caxiuana, -1.050444, -51.083667, 1F, 13.X.2005, N.S. Abrahim (MPEG 21646). GUYANA: Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo: 4.42Km S Gunn's Strip, bank of Essequibo River, 1.101583, -58.134611, 240m, 7M, 3F, 6–15.vii.1999, J. Coddington, G. Hormiga, J. Miller, I. Agnarsson, M. Kuntner (USNM). VENEZUELA: Monagas: Caripe, Cueva Guacharo. Forest over Coffee, 10.165556, -63.529722, 700m, 1M, 20–30.vii.1987, S. Peck & J Peck (AMNH); Territorio Federal Amazonas: Dpto. Rio Negro, Neblina Base Camp on Rio Mawarinuma, 0.83333, -66.16667, 140m, 1F, 3– ii.5 –iii.1984, R.G. Zweifel (AMNH).
Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition, after Jurutí, the region in which the type specimens were collected.
Diagnosis. Gelanor juruti can be easily recognized by the two small round white spots on the top anterior margin of the characteristic white spots of most Gelanor (shared with G. altithorax, G. fortuna and G. zonatus) combined with red margins that partially enclose the white spot (Figs 27 D, 29E).
Description. Male holotype. Habitus as in Figs. 27 A–F. Total length 4.12. Cephalothorax 2.33 long, 1.72 wide, 0.83 high; abdomen 1.79 long, 1.42 wide, 1.26 high. Carapace light orange with five red stripes: one covering ocular area, one running transversally on cephalic region, a small one on the apex and two lateral ones that go from carapace edge towards apex (Fig. 27 A). Sternum pale yellow, 1.15 long, 0.89 wide. Labium 0.26 long, 0.23 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high; AME inter-distance 0.18, PME 0.08. PME–AME distance 0.19; AME–ALE 0.21, PME–PLE 0.27. Chelicerae colored as carapace (Fig. 27 H); ChL 0.75 ChW1 0.39; ChW2 0.39. Ocular area with setae as in Fig. 27 I. Abdomen with two characteristic white spots and two smaller round white spots anterior to large ones; all four spots with a red margin; in small spots, margin not completely encircling spots (Fig.27 D). Fovea as in Figs. 27 J–K. For palp and leg measurements, see Table 5. Palp 2.41 times longer than total body length (Fig. 28). Cymbium almost as wide as is long (0.77 long, 0.73 wide). Cymbial flap with a smooth edge and concave, "C" shaped (Figs. 28 A, C). Paracymbium contiguous with cymbium (Figs. 28 C, E, I).
Tr Fm Pt Tb Mt Ta
Palp 0.37 4.41 1.41 3.77
Leg I 0.15 4.65 1.46 4.84 6.58 2.46
Leg II 0.19 4.16 0.86 3.49 3.59 1.39
Leg III 0.15 2.66 0.66 1.75 1.79 0.69
Leg IV 0.19 2.95 0.60 2.21 2.19 0.70 Female paratype. Habitus as in Figs. 30 A–E. Total length 4.03. Cephalothorax 1.98 long, 1.56 wide, 0.98 high; abdomen 2.05 long, 2.37 wide, 1.93 high. Color patterns on cephalothorax and abdomen similar to those on males. Sternum 0.83 long, 0.78 wide. Labium 0.32 long, 0.21 wide. Clypeus 0.11 high. AME inter-distance 0.18; PME inter-distance 0.10; PME–AME distance 0.15; AME–ALE distance 0.11; PME–PLE distance 0.23. ChL 0.87; ChW1 0.39; ChW2 0.43. For palp and leg measurements see Table 6. Tibiae and metatarsi I and II as in Figs. 29 F– G. Epigynum as in Figs. 30 A–I. Epigynum lobes anteriorly triangular (Fig. 30 A); in ventral and posterior views, anterior margin showing a medial depression (Figs. 30 B–C). Spermathecae oval, with a flat anterior edge and externally fused (Figs. 30 F–G). Spinnerets as in Figs. 30 L–O.
Tr Fm Pt Tb Mt Ta
Palp 0.13 0.65 0.21 0.47 0.81
Leg I 0.2 3.18 0.85 2.93 3.37 1.72
Leg II 0.23 3.11 0.89 2.28 2.18 1.04
Leg III 0.1 2.07 0.4 1.58 1.34 0.56
Leg IV 0.15 1.93 0.38 1.29 1.21 0.66 Variation. Red marks on carapace and abdomen may be absent. Male cephalothorax ranges in length from 2.14 to 2.33; cephalothorax width ranges from 1.47 to 1.72; cephalothorax height ranges from 1.11 to 2.91; abdomen width ranges from 3.49 to 4.37; abdomen height ranges from 2.26 to 2.86; total body length ranges from 3.97 to 4.72 (n=4). Female cephalothorax ranges in length from 1.98 to 2.27; cephalothorax width ranges from 1.52 to 1.64; cephalothorax height ranges from 1.11 to 2.91; abdomen width ranges from 3.49 to 4.37; abdomen height ranges from 2.26 to 2.86; total body length ranges from 3.97 to 4.72 (n=3).
Distribution. Recorded for the Brazilian Amazon region, Venezuela, and Guyana (Fig. 31).
description: Published as part of Ligia R. Benavides & Gustavo Hormiga, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 4064 (1) on pages 34-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/270432