Caayguara cupepemassu Rheims, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Rheims, Cristina A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Caayguara
Caayguara cupepemassu

description: Caayguara cupepemassu sp. nov.
Figs 39–43, 76, 85
Type material. Holotype: ɞ from Serra do Japi [23°13' S; 46°56' W], Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, 15–19 July 2002, Equipe Curso USP leg (IBSP 54056). Paratypes: 1ɞ, 2Ƥ, with the same data as holotype (IBSP 54040; 54046; 54048); 1ɞ, 1Ƥ, Caucaia do Alto [23°40' S; 47°01' W], Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil, 18–28 June 2002, Equipe Biota leg. (IBSP 98945; 98951); 1Ƥ, Reserva Barbacena, São Pedro do Ivaí [23°51' S; 51°51' W], Paraná, Brazil, 26 March 2008, J. Ricetti leg. (IBSP 98136); 1ɞ, Usina Hidrelétrica de Segredo, Reservatório do Rio Jordão, Candói/Mangueirinha [25°43' S; 52°10' W], Paraná, Brazil, 1996, R. Bertani leg. (IBSP 7958).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: 1ɞ, Sete Lagoas [19°28' S; 44°14' W], Centro Nacional de Pesquisas do Milho e Sorgo, EMBRAPA (IBSP 20082); 3ɞ, 2Ƥ, Marliéria [19°29' – 19°48' S; 42°28' – 42°38' W], Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (IBSP 98977–98980); 2ɞ, 2Ƥ, Belo Horizonte, Estação Ecológica da UFMG [19°52' S; 43°58' W] (IBSP 41134); 1Ƥ, Catas Altas [20°05' S; 43°29' W], Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural da Serra do Caraça (IBSP 54471); Espírito Santo: 1ɞ, Santa Teresa, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi [19°54' S; 40°33' W] (IBSP 121572); 1ɞ, Guarapari [20°39' S; 40°30' W] (MZSP 10784); Rio de Janeiro: 1Ƥ, Resende, Parque Nacional Itatiaia [22°19' S; 44°35' W] (IBSP 54523); 1ɞ, Rio de Janeiro [22°55' S; 43°13' W] (IBSP 62833); 1ɞ, Represa Rio Grande (MZSP 12653); São Paulo: 1Ƥ, Itirapina, Estação Experimental de Itirapina [22°15' S; 47°49' W] (IBSP 62833); 1Ƥ, Atibaia [23°07' S; 46°33' W], Parque Municipal da Serra de Itapetininga (IBSP 36220); 18ɞ, 13Ƥ, 1 juvenile, Jundiaí, Serra do Japi [23°13' S; 46°56' W] (IBSP 20158; 37718; 38096; 54041–54045; 54047; 54049–54055; 54057–54058; 54473; 54476–54478; 7249); 1Ƥ, Itapetininga, Estação Ecológica de Angatuba [23°24' S; 48°21' W] (IBSP 54037); 1ɞ, 3Ƥ, Guarulhos, Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, núcleo Cabuçu [23°24'15.1" S; 46°31'59.7" W] (IBSP 54327–54328; 54569–54570); 2ɞ, São Paulo, Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira [23°25' S; 46°37' W] (IBSP 4028; 49011); 1ɞ, 4Ƥ, Parque Estadual do Jaraguá [23°27' S; 46°46' W] (IBSP 54332; 54339; 54342; 54344); 1ɞ, 1Ƥ, Mogi das Cruzes [23°29' S; 46°12' W] (IBSP 5842; 13818); 3Ƥ, Parque Natural Municipal da Serra do Itapety (IBSP 39434; 54031); 1Ƥ, Itapevi [23°32' S; 46°56' W] (IBSP 41964); 6Ƥ, São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, Reserva do CUASO [23°33' S; 46°43' W] (IBSP 23720; 27271; 29140; 29142; 32929; 32943); 16ɞ, 6Ƥ, Cotia [23°37' S; 46°55' W], Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande (IBSP 124308–124309; 124311; 124316–124319; 124327–124329; 124333; 124335–124338; 124341; 124344; 124348; 124350); 1ɞ, Ibiúna [23°39' S; 47°13' W] (IBSP 72035); 4ɞ, 8Ƥ, Caucaia do Alto [23°40' S; 47°01' W] (IBSP 98934–98939; 98941; 98946–98947; 98949; 98952); 4ɞ, 5Ƥ, São Paulo, Reservatório do Guarapiranga [23°44' S; 46°44' W] (IBSP 62055–62062; 62095); 1ɞ, São Sebastião [23°45' S; 45°24' W] (IBSP 687); 1ɞ, Iporanga [24°35' S; 48°35' W], Bombas (MZSP 14302); Paraná: 1Ƥ, Londrina [23°18' S; 51°10' W], Parque Estadual da Mata dos Godoy, (IBSP 44002); 2Ƥ, Cruzeiro do Iguaçu, Dois Vizinhos [25°37' S; 53°08' W], Foz do Chopim (IBSP 21281); 1ɞ, 2Ƥ, Candói/Manguieirinha [25°43' S; 52°10' W], Usina Hidrelétrica de Segredo, Reservatório do Rio Jordão (IBSP 8039; 8051; 40306); Rio Grande do Sul: 1ɞ, 1Ƥ, Derrubadas [27°00'– 27°20' S; 53°40'– 54°10' W], Parque Estadual do Turvo (IBSP 54526; 54528).
Etymology. The specific name is a combined noun phrase in apposition taken from the Tupi Indian language and means “large keel” (cupepema = keel; assu = large) and refers to the very large subdistal ventral keel on the embolus of the male palp.
Diagnosis. The males of Caayguara cupepemassu sp. nov. resemble those of C. cupepemayri sp. nov. by the general conformation of the male palp, with simple RTA without ventral lobes and embolus with many keels and projections (Figs 39, 44). They can be distinguished from the latter by the very long and wide ventral keel and distal, ventrally bent keel, covering part of the distal region of the embolus (Fig. 39; vk, dk). The females resemble those of C. juati sp. nov., C. apiaba sp. nov. and C. ajuba sp. nov. by the general conformation of the epigynum (Figs 26, 31, 36, 41). They are distinguished from the latter by the touching part of lateral lobes being shorter than half the large rounded median septum in the epigynum (Fig. 41) and by the vulva with pp showing an narrow proximal part, almost as long as the multilobed part, and by the very short fertilization ducts (Fig. 42).
Description. Male (IBSP 54056): Dorsal shield of prosoma orange with brown fovea. Chelicerae, legs and pedipalps orange. Sternum cream colored with pale orange margins. Labium and endites pale orange, distally lighter. Opisthosoma dorsally brownish gray, mottled with brown spots and with pair of anterior white marks. Ventrally cream colored. Total length 8.1. Prosoma: 3.3 long, 3.3 wide. Opisthosoma: 4.7 long, 2.6 wide. Leg measurements: I: 22.9 (6.0, 2.1, 6.7, 6.0, 2.1); II: 25.4 (6.7, 2.1, 7.5, 6.7, 2.4); III: 16.8 (4.8, 1.7, 4.7, 4.2, 1.4); IV: 19.2 (5.5, 1.6, 5.2, 5.2, 1.7). Spination follows the generic pattern. Palp (Fig. 76): RTA simple with no ventral lobes (Fig. 40); dorsal projection small, slightly triangular (Figs 3940; dp). Tegulum with small triangular projection (Fig. 39; tp). Embolus with inconspicuous pars pendula.
Female (IBSP 54054): Coloration pattern as in male. Total length 11.2. Prosoma: 3.9 long, 3.6 wide. Opisthosoma: 7.0 long, 2.6 wide. Eye diameters: 0.22, 0.22, 0.16, 0.24; interdistances: 0.20, 0.06, 0.34, 0.30, 0.20, 0.14. Leg measurements: I: 19.0 (5.1, 2.2, 5.3, 4.8, 1.6); II: 21.4 (5.9, 2.3, 6.1, 5.4, 1.7); III: 14.4 (4.4, 1.7, 3.8, 3.4, 1.1); IV: 16.4 (5.0, 1.7, 4.2, 4.0, 1.5). Spination follows the generic pattern. Epigynum with large rounded median septum (Fig. 41), epigynal field rounded, slightly wider than long (Fig. 41). Vulva: pp long and slender with 8–9 linearly arranged lobes on posterior half (Fig. 42).
Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 7.3–8.7; prosoma 3.1–3.8; femur I 5.8–6.3. Females (n = 10): total length 8.4–12.8; prosoma 3.2–4.0; femur I 4.1–5.4.
Distribution. Southeastern and southern Atlantic Forest, from central eastern Minas Gerais to northern Rio Grande do Sul (Fig. 85).
description: Published as part of Rheims, Cristina A., 2010, Caayguara, a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Araneae: Sparassidae), pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 2630 on pages 14-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198317