Apopyllus atlanticus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016, new species
Creators: name: Azevedo, Guilherme H. F.
name: Ott, Ricardo
name: Griswold, Charles E.
name: Santos, Adalberto J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Apopyllus
Apopyllus atlanticus

description: Apopyllus atlanticus new species
Figs 3 G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9E–F, 10H, 11H, 12H, 13H, 14C Type material. Male holotype from Mampituba, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (29°12'42.22"S 49°56'9.52"W), 01.XI.2006, A. Gonçalves et al. coll., deposited in MCN 52307. Paratypes: two females, same data as the holotype (MCN 52303).
Etymology. The specific name is a reference to the distribution of this species mainly in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
Diagnosis. Females can be distinguished by the elongated paramedian epigynal pockets, forming an anteriorly directed angle with each other, by the thick AR, by the secondary spermatheca with diameter at least two thirds as long as the primary spermatheca, by the TPD curved dorsally and by the curved (not parallel) PDT (Figs 10 H, 11H, 12H, 13H). Males can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: the very pointed terminal part of RTA in dorsal and retrobasal views (Figs 7 G, 8G, 9F), by the gently curved dorsal keel of RTA in apical view (Fig. 9 E) and by the rhomboidal shape of RTA in retrobasal view (Figs 7 G, 8G, 9F).
Description. Male (holotype). Total length 4.98. Carapace 2.33 long, 1.85 wide. Femur II 1.52 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.10, PME 0.08, PLE 0.06, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.01, PME– PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.03, ALE–PLE, 0.03. MOQ length 0.23, front 0.21, back 0.23. Cymbium widened at level of retrolateral incision. RTA very long, bearing a toothed keel and 2–3 distal teeth. Leg spination: femora III p0-0-1, patellae III p0-0-1, tibiae III v1-2 -2, p1-1-1, r 1-1-1, femora IV p0-0-1, patellae p0-0-1, tibiae IV v1-2 -2.
Female (paratype). Total length 7.08. Carapace 2.49 long, 1.98 wide. Femora II 1.65 long. Eyes sizes and interdistances as in male. Female genitalia with elongated openings. Leg spination: femora III p0-1-1, r0-1-1, patellae III p0-0-1, r0-0-1, tibiae III d0-0-1, v1-2 -2, p1-2-1, r 1-1-1, femora IV p0-1-1, r0-0-1, patellae p0-1-1, r0- 0-1, tibiae IV d0-0-1, v1-2 -2, p1-3-1, r1-3-1.
Variation. A few specimens have epigynal pockets not so thin and elongated as in the holotype.
Material examined. BRAZIL: Bahia: Abaíra, Distrito de Catolés, Pico da Serra do Barbado, 13º17'27"S, 41º54'6"W, 2033 m, 1Ƌ, 3.XI.2013, L.S.Carvalho coll. (CHNUFPI 613); Porto Seguro, 16º23'21"S, 39º10'1.5"W, 126 m, 4Ƌ, 16.V.2012, L.D. Audino coll. (UFMG 16790, 16791), 16º38'48.1"S, 39º6'0.1"W, 27 m, 1Ƌ, 21.V.2012, L.D. Audino coll. (UFMG 16835), 16º8'27.6"S, 39º9'23.4"W, 91 m, 2Ƌ, 29.V.2012, L.D. Audino coll. (UFMG 16828); Mato Grosso do Sul: Três Lagoas, Horto Barra do Moeda, 20º57'0"S, 51º47'0"W, 1Ƌ, 16.V.2009, M. Uehara-Prado coll. (UFMG 5080), ditto, 3Ƌ, 18.V.2009, M. Uehara-Prado coll. (UFMG 5082); Minas Gerais: Catas Altas, RPPN Serra do Caraça, 20º5'S, 43º29'W, 1Ƌ, IV–V.2002, Equipe Biota coll. (IBSP 148889), Juatuba, Área de Preservação da COPASA, Serra Azul / Rio Manso, 20º8'60"S, 44º27'0", 4Ƌ 1 juvenile, 18–24.IV.2002, Equipe Biota coll. (IBSP 149306, 149321), Nova Lima, RPPN Mata Samuel de Paula, 20º0'S, 43º52'W, 967m, 1Ƌ, 29.IV–1.V.2007, J.P.P. Pena-Barbosa et al. coll. (UFMG 2526), Ouro Preto, Parque Estadual do Itacolomi, 20º26'5.3"S, 43º30'32.6"W, 1326 m, 25Ƌ 11♀, 11–13.IV.2008, K.P. Santos et al. coll. (UFMG 2361, 2435), 1Ƌ 1♀ 2–4.XI.2007, K.P. Santos et al. (UFMG 2065, 2066), Santa Bárbara, RPPN Santuário do Caraça, Pico do Sol, 20º4'8.17"S, 43º30'17.21"W, 1210 m, 1Ƌ, 15.IX.2010, L.N. Perillo coll. (UFMG 6691), Santana do Riacho, Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Travessão, 19º19'34"S, 43º30'21"W, 1215 m, 1Ƌ, 10– 14.II.2001, E.S.S. Álvares & E.O. Machado coll. (UFMG 488), São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Estação de Preservação e Desenvolvimento Ambiental de Peti, 19º58'23"S, 43º29'57"W, 820 m, 1♀, 8–9.XII.2012, G.H.F. Azevedo et al. coll. (UFMG 12652); Paraíba: Cabaceiras, 7º29'25"S, 36º17'16"W, 1Ƌ, 26.V.2012, R.L. Andrade coll. (CHNUFPI 1448); Pernambuco: Serra Talhada, Fazenda Saco, Mata da Pimenteira, 7º53'S, 38º18'W, 1Ƌ, X.2008, M. Carvalho coll. (UFMG 4336); Rio Grande do Sul: Augusto Pestana, 28º31'2"S, 53º59'31"W, 1♀, 10.I.2009, L.V. Silva et al. coll. (MCTP 27336), 1Ƌ, 12.XII.2008, L.V. Silva et al. coll. (MCTP 26610), 1♀, 24.I.2009, L.V. Silva et al. coll (MCTP 27337), 2♀, 24.II.2009, L.V. Silva et al. coll. (MCTP 27339, 27340), 1Ƌ, 04.X.2009, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 32459), 5♀, 10.I.2009, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 27345–42736), 1♀, 12.XI.2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26618), 1♀, 12.XII ..2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26617), 1♀, 18.IV.2009, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 27347), 1♀, 24.I.2009, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 27338), 1m, 1♀, 25.X.2009, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 32511), 1♀, 27.XI.2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26622), 1♀, 27.XI.2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26625), 1♀, 27.XI.2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26623), 1♀, 27.XII.2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26626), 2♀, 27.XII.2008, L. V. Silva coll. (MCTP 26628), Cambará do Sul, 29º8'54"S, 50º4'8"W, 1Ƌ, XII.2004, M.V. Petry et al. coll. (MCTP 31222), Capão do Leão, 1♀, 15.I.2008, J. L. O. Rosado col l. (MCN 46781), Horto Florestal, Erchim, 1♀, 31.III–14.IV.2012, R. Moraes coll. (MCN 52 308), Itaara, 29º34'60"S, 53º46'59"W, 1Ƌ 1♀, XI.2006, A.A. Lise coll. (MCTP 20764, 20765), 1♀, II.2007, A. A. Lise et al. coll. (MCTP 20770), 1♀, XI.2006, A. A. Lise et al. coll. (MCTP 20769); Mampituba, 1♀, 3Ƌ, 01.XI.2006, A. Gonçalves coll. (MCN 52303), Roça da Estância, Mampituba, 1Ƌ, 0 1. XI.2 0 0 6, A. Gonçalves coll. (MCN 52307), 1♀, 08.V.2006, A. Gonçalves col l. (MCN 52306), Três Passos, Morrinhos do Sul, 1Ƌ, 01.XI.2006, A. Gonçalves coll. (MCN 52304). Santa Catarina: Blumenau, Parque Municipal das Nascentes do Ribeirão Garcia, 27º1'S, 49º1'W, 1♀, 18.V.2005, R.C. Francisco coll. (IBSP 122688), Guatambú, 27º6'1"S, 52º45'0"W, 1♀, 04.IX.2009, R.C. Francisco coll. (MCTP 26637); São Paulo: Itirapina, Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, 22º16'49"S, 48º7'10"W, 31Ƌ, 2001, C. Bertim coll. (IBSP 126285, 126288, 126300), Jundiaí, Parque Estadual da Serra do Japi, 23º17'S, 46º59'W, 822m, 1Ƌ, XII.2007, J. Sobjack coll. (UFMG 6527).
Distribution. Southern, southeastern and northeastern Brazil, mainly in Atlantic Forest (Fig. 14 C).
description: Published as part of Azevedo, Guilherme H. F., Ott, Ricardo, Griswold, Charles E. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2016, A taxonomic revision of the ground spiders of the genus Apopyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), pp. 301-327 in Zootaxa 4178 (3) on pages 320-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/261073