Celaetycheus caruru Polotow & Brescovit, 2013, new species
Creators: name: Polotow, Daniele
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Ctenidae
Celaetycheus
Celaetycheus caruru

description: Celaetycheus caruru new species
Figures 10, 14–15
Type material. Male holotype from Estação Ecológica Pau Brasil, Porto Seguro [16°27ʹ0 0ʺS, 39°03ʹ54ʺW], Bahia, Brazil, 18.IV.1998, A.D. Brescovit et al., deposited in IBSP 17826. Paratypes: 1 male and 1 female, same data as the holotype, 20.IV.1998, deposited in IBSP 17944 and 17952; 1 female, same data as the holotype, 19.IV.1998, deposited in IBSP 17915.
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Bahia. Porto Seguro, Estação Ecológica Pau Brasil [16°27ʹ0 0ʺS, 39°03ʹ54ʺW], 2 females, 18.IV.1998 (IBSP 17913, 17723); 2 males and 1 female, 20.IV.1998 (IBSP 17796, 17842), all collected by A.D. Brescovit et al.
Etymology. “ Caruru ” is a typical meal of the Bahia culinary tradition and also plays a role in the religious ritual of Candomblé. It is made with okra, pepper, dried shrimp and “dendê” palm oil. It can be consumed with “ Acarajé ” and beef, fish or chicken.
Diagnosis. Males of Celaetycheus caruru sp. nov. (Figs 10A–B) can be distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the presence of an additional elongated projection on the median apophysis. Females of Celaetycheus caruru sp. nov. (Figs 10C–D) resemble those of C. bobo sp. nov. (Figs 9C–D) by the subtriangular shape of the median sector of epigynum, but can be distinguished by having this shorter (Fig. 10C).
Description. Male (holotype IBSP 17826). Total length 3.2. Carapace 1.6 long, 1.4 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.09, ALE 0.08, PME 0.16, PLE 0.14. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.6/ patella 0.7/ tibia 1.5/ metatarsus 1.55/ tarsus 0.8/ total 6.15; II: 1.6/ 0.65/ 1.2/ 1.5/ 0.7/ 5.65; III: 1.5/ 0.6/ 1.2/ 1.6/ 0.6/ 5.5; IV: 1.9/ 0.6/ 1.6/ 2.2/ 0.95/ 7.25. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I v2-2 -2-2-2, p1, r1-1-1, II v2-2 -2-2-2, p1, r1, III v1 p-2-2, p1-1, r1-1, IV v2-2 -2, p1-1, r1-1; metatarsus I-IV v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Palpal femur with short spines close to the proximal area; coxa and trochanter of leg II with short and thick spines (Fig. 14 B). Palp (Figs 10A–B): tibia straight, with almost the same size of the cymbium; retrolateral tibial apophysis short with bifid tip; short ventral tibial apophysis; elongated retrolateral cymbial projection; laminar and large embolus; additional tegular projection absent.
Female (paratypes IBSP 17915). Total length 4.5. Carapace 1.9 long, 1.5 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.10, ALE 0.10, PME 0.18, PLE 0.17. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.5/ patella 0.6/ tibia 1.3/ metatarsus 1.3/ tarsus 0.6/ total 5.3; II: 1.45/ 0.6/ 1.1/ 1.2/ 0.6/ 4.95; III: 1.4/ 0.5/ 1.1/ 1.4/ 0.7/ 5.1; IV: 1.6/ 0.65/ 1.4/ 2.0/ 0.8/ 6.45. Leg formula 4132. Leg spination: tibia I–II v2-2 -2-2-2, p0, r0, III v1 p-2-2, p1-1, r1-1, IV v1 p-1p-2, p1-1, r1-1; metatarsus I–II v2-2 -2, p0, r0, III–IV v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Epigynum (Figs 10C–D): median sector short; copulatory duct curved; head of spermathecae round, base smooth.
Distribution. Porto Seguro, State of Bahia, northeast Brazil (Fig. 15 C).
description: Published as part of Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2013, New species of the Neotropical spider genus Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae), pp. 139-157 in Zootaxa 3637 (2) on pages 150-151, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/217254