Catumiri argentinense Mello-Leitao, n. comb.
Creators: name: Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theraphosidae
Catumiri
Catumiri argentinense

description: Catumiri argentinense (Mello­Leitão) n. comb.
(Figs. 16–20)
Cenobiopelma argentinensis Mello­Leitão, 1941: 104, pl. II, fig. 4 (description of female); Roewer, 1942: 220; Bonnet, 1956: 920; Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973a: 110, figs. 1–7 (description of male); Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 63 (redescription); Brignoli, 1983: 135; Legendre & Calderón, 1984: 1038, pl. IX, f. 1–8 (redescription).
Oligoxystre argentinense; Raven, 1985: 150.
Oligoxystre argentinensis; Schmidt, 1993: 68, figs. 123–125; Schmidt, 1999: 8, figs. 1–3.
Material examined — Holotype: Ψ MLP 14608, Argentina: Catamarca, Andalgalá; ɗ MACN 6424, Argentina, Jujuy, Yuto.
Distribution — Argetina, Jujuy, Yuto, 1Ψ (MACN 6427); Córdoba: Capilla del Monte, 1Ψ (MACN 6425); Calamuchita, 1Ψ (MACN 6428), 1Ψ (MACN 6432); Valle Hermoso, 1Ψ (MACN 6429); Cruz del Eje, 1ɗ (MACN 6526). San Luis: El Volcán, 1juvenile and 1Ψ (MACN 6426), 1Ψ (MACN 6430). Tucumán: Tucumán, 1Ψ (MACN 6431). Chile, Curico, 1Ψ (MHNV 005) Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso — Chile (Legéndre & Calderón, 1984).
Diagnosis — Males may be recognized by having the tibial spur formed by a weakly developed process with a large apical spine (Figs. 16–17). Females differ from those of C. petropolium by the termini of their spermathecae being straight, rather than inward facing (Fig. 20) and from those of C. uruguayense only by zoogeographical distribution (C. argentinense occurs in the mid­central of Argentina and Chile).
Description — Male. Total length: 13.50. Carapace: length 6.26; width 5.02. Eye tubercle: length 0.71; width 1.09. Labium: length 0.45; width 1.04. Sternum: length 2.89; width 2.48. Cheliceral furrow with 10 teeth on the prolateral margin. Labium without cuspules. Gnathocoxae with 33–44 cuspules. Sternum oval. Palp: femur 3.06/ patella 1.96/ tibia 2.58/ cymbium 1.03/ total 4.02. Legs I: femur 4.54/ patella 3.01/ tibia 3.31/ metatarsus 3.09/ tarsus 1.91/ total 15.86. II: 4.11/ 2.63/ 2.75/ 2.75/ 1.86/ 14.1. III: 3.48/ 1.91/ 2.54/ 2.92/ 1.82/ 12.67. IV: 5.04/ 2.54/ 3.97/ 4.63/ 2.44/ 18.62. Spines: tarsi without spines; Palp: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0; Legs: I: femur (d) 0­0­p3, patella 0, tibia (v) 1­1­ ap1, (p) 1­1­0, metatarsus (v) 1­2­1; II: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella (v) 1, tibia (v) 1­2­ap3, (p) d1­d1­0, metatarsus (p) 0­1­0, (v) p1­1­1; III: femur (d) 0­3­2, patella (p) 1, tibia (r) 2­ 2­1, (v) 3­2­ap4, (p) 3­2­1, metatarsus (r) 0­1­1, (v) 3­3­ap4, (p) 1­2­1; IV: femur (d) 1­3­ p2, patella (p) 1, (r) 1, tibia (r) 1­2­1, (v) 3­3­ap3, (p) 1­1­0, metatarsus (r) 1­0­1, (v) 3­2­ ap3, (p) 1­1­1. Carapace brown. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior straight. Retrolateral lobe of cymbium slightly larger than prolateral. Male palpal bulb long, straight and thin (Figs. 18–19). Tibial spur formed by only one reduced process with a single large apical spine (Figs. 16–17). Metatarsus I touches the spine when bent. Paired tarsal claws I and II with teeth, III and IV smooth. Scopulae on metatarsi: quarter of metatarsi I and II scopulated, III and IV with scopula restricted to some apical setae. All tarsal scopula divided by a longitudinal band of setae. Opisthosoma brown (darker than carapace).
Female (Holotype). Total length: 14.62. Carapace: length 5.87; width 4.50. Eye tubercle: length 0.67; width 0.97. Labium: length 0.48; width 0.93. Sternum: length 2.68; width 2.24. Cheliceral furrow with 9 teeth on the prolateral margin. Labium without cuspules. Gnathocoxae with 16–20 cuspules. Sternum oval. Palp: femur 3.01/ patella 1.91/ tibia 1.74/ tarsus 1.91/ total 8.57. Legs I: femur 3.9/ patella 2.84/ tibia 2.84/ metatarsus 2.29/ tarsus 1.57/ total 13.44. II: 3.48/ 2.37/ 2.33/ 2.12/ 1.4/ 11.7. III: 3.26/ 1.99/ 2.2/ 2.75/ 1.61/ 11.81. IV: 4.71/ 2.63/ 3.82/ 4.45/ 2.03/ 17.64. Spines: tarsi without spines; Palp: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) p1­p1­ap3; Legs: I: femur 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 0­1­ap p1, metatarsus (v) 0­1­ap1; II: femur (d) 0­0­p1, patella 0, tibia (v) 1­1­ap p1, (p) 0­1­0, metatarsus (v) 1­0­1; III: femur (d) 0­r1­2, patella 0, tibia (r) 1­1­0, (v) 2­2­ap3, (p)1­1­0, metatarsus (r) 0­1­1, (v) 3­2­ap3, (p) 1­1­1; IV: femur (d)0­p1­p1, patella 0, tibia (r) 0­1­1, (v) 2­2­ap3, (p) 1­2­1, metatarsus (r) 1­1­1, (v) 3­2­ap3, (p) 1­1­1. Anterior eye row procurved, posterior slightly recurved. Spermatheca paired with straight termini (Fig. 20). Paired tarsal claws smooth. Scopulae on metatarsi: one quarter of metatarsi I and II occupied by scopula, III with scopula restricted to two apical bands of setae. Metatarsus IV with scopula restricted to some apical setae. All tarsal scopula divided by a longitudinal band of setae. Coloration same as in male.
description: Published as part of Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2004, Description of Catumiri n. gen. and three new species (Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae), pp. 1-14 in Zootaxa 671 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158271