Amphidraus bochica Galvis, 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Galvis, William
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Amphidraus
Amphidraus bochica

description: Amphidraus bochica sp. nov.
Figs 1a–d, 16a–b, 20a–b, 24a, 24g, 27
Types. Holotype: male from Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio de Tequendama, Cundinamarca, Colombia, 2204 m, 4.61613°N, 74.31264°W, 16.X.2016, F. Cala Riquelme, V. Muñoz-Charry & W. Galvis (ICN –Ar 8276). Paratype: one female with same data as holotype (ICN –Ar 8269).
Etymology. The epithet is a noun in apposition that honors the mythic figure of the Muisca religion Bochica (also known as Nemquetaha, Nemqueteba or Sadigua), that similarly to the Incan god Viracocha or the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, was the founding hero of their civilization, and who, according to the legend, brought morals and laws to the people and taught them agriculture and other crafts.
Diagnosis. Males of A. bochica sp. nov. are similar to those of A. pae sp. nov and A. tisquesusa sp. nov. by the simple, short RTA. However, they can be distinguished from those by the shorter RTA, with a bilobed process on the embolic disc (ED) (Figs 1a–b, 20a–b). Females of A. bochica sp. nov. are similar to those of A. chie sp. nov. and A. sikuani sp. nov. by the short copulatory ducts, but can be distinguished from those by the presence of a deep medial pocket (po) in the epigyne, with a quadrangular laminar process (Figs 1c–d, 24a, 24g).
Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 2.69. Carapace yellowish with two dark brown dorsal stripes, 1.33 long, 0.87 wide, 0.57 high (Fig. 16a). OC dark brown, 0.57 long. Anterior eye row 0.86 wide and posterior 0.82 wide. Sternum yellow, 0.58 long, 0.38 wide. Labium yellowish, 0.10 long, 0.15 wide. Chelicerae yellow with three retromarginal and two promarginal teeth. Palp yellow with a finger-like and short RTA, bilobed process on the embolic disc (ED), straight embolus, triangular tegular lobe (TL) (Figs 1a–b). Legs 4312, all yellow. Leg macrosetae: femur, I, IV d 1di; II d 1 di, p 1 di; III d 2 di, p 1 di; patella, IV r 1 me; tibia, I v 1-2 -0; II v 1-1 -0; III v 1 pr, p 1-1, r 1-1; IV p 1 di, r 1-1; metatarsus, I–II v 2-2, p 1 di; III v 1 -0-1, p 1-0-2, r 1-0-2; IV v 1 -0-1, p 1-0-2, r 1- 1-2. Abdomen yellowish with two dorsal and longitudinal brown stripes (Fig. 16a).
Female. (paratype). Total length 3.54. Carapace yellow with two dark brown dorsal stripes, 1.51 long, 1.07 wide, 0.74 high (Fig. 16b). OC dark brown, 0.70 long. Anterior eye row 1.05 wide and posterior 1.00 wide. Sternum yellowish, 0.68 long, 0.47 wide. Labium gray, 0.16 long, 0.18 wide. Chelicerae yellowish, with five retromarginal and two promarginal teeth. Legs 4312, all yellow with gray marks. Leg macrosetae: femur, I–II, IV d 1 di; III d 1 di, p 1 di; patellae, III–IV r 1 me; tibiae, I v 2-2 -2; II v 2-2 -2, p 1 di; III v 1 pr, p 0-1-1, r 0-1-1; IV v 1 pr, p 0-1-1, r 0-1-1; metatarsus, I v 2-2; II v 2-2, p 1 di; III v 1 -0-1, p 1-0-2, r 1-0-2; IV v 1 -0-1, p 1-0-2, r 1-1-2. Abdomen cream-colored with a dark brown reticulated pattern of marks (Fig. 16b). Epigyne (Figs 1c–d, 24a, 24g) with anterior copulatory openings, short copulatory ducts, a posterior single and medial pocket with a quadrangular and laminar process, oval spermathecae, and anterior glandular ducts in the anterior portion of the copulatory ducts (black arrow in Figs 1d, 24a).
Comments. The type material was collected by beating low vegetation and in a Winkler trap, in a semipreserved high-Andean wet forest.
Distribution. Colombia (Cundinamarca) (Fig. 27). Known altitudinal distribution: 2204 m.
description: Published as part of Galvis, William, 2017, Nineteen new species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 (Salticidae: Euophryini) from Colombia, with comments about their conservation, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 4286 (1) on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/828206