Nops alexenriquei Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit 2018, new species
Creators: name: Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Caponiidae
Nops
Nops alexenriquei

description: Nops alexenriquei new species
Figures 44A‒F; 45A‒L
Types. Male holotype from Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke (2°57′42″S, 59°55′49″W), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, arboreal funnel trap, 9.ix.1991, H. Höfer, deposited in IBSP 212822. Female paratype, 9.iii.1992, H. Höfer & T. Gasnier, other data as holotype, deposited in IBSP 212823. Female paratype, 27.iv.1992, H. Höfer, other data as holotype, deposited in SMNK.
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, Igarapé Tarumã‒Mirim (3°1′53.6″S, 60°9′49″W), 29.x‒19.xi.1971, U. Irmler, 2♂ 2♀ (MCN 25911). Ditto, 29.x‒19.xi.1971, U. Irmler, 1♀ (MCN 25910). Ditto, 29‒31.x.1980, J. Adis, 1♀ (MCN 2 5916). Ditto, 16‒ix.1976, J. Adis, 1♂ (INPA). Ditto, 29.x.1971, U. Irmler, 1♂ (INPA). Ditto, 8‒29.x.1971, U. Irmler, 1♂ (INPA). Ditto, 8‒29.x.1971, U. Irmler, 1♂ 1♀ (IBSP 212821). Ditto, 29.x.1971, U. Irmler, 1♂ 2♀ (INPA). Ditto, 6. xi.1 987, H. Höfer, 1♀ (internal genitalia for SEM; SMNK). Ditto, 27.xi.1987, H. Höfer, 1♀ (SMNK). Ditto, 13.i.1988, H. Höfer, 1♀ (SMNK). Ditto, 27. x.1 976, J. Adis, 1♂ (SMNK). Ditto, 16.ix.1976, J. Adis, 1♂ (SMNK). Ditto, 23. x.1 987, H. Höfer, 1♂ (SMNK). Ditto, 9.ix.1991, H. Höfer, 1♂ (SMNK). Reserva Biolόgica da Campina (2°29′22″S, 60°1′18″W), A.D. Brescovit, 2.ix.1991, 1♂ (MCN21263). Fazenda Esteio, PDBFF (2°22′34″S, 59°52′39″W), 5.ii.1986, B.C. Klein, 1♂ (MCN 18400). Ilha do Curari, 10‒25.x.1971, U. Irmler, 1♀ (INPA). Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke (2°57′42″S, 59°55′49″W), arboreal funnel trap, 31.viii.1992, H. Höfer, 1♂ (IBSP 10734). Ditto, viii.1971, M.E. Galiano, 1♂ (MACN 2 0135). Lago Janauari (03°20′S, 60°17′W), vi.1987 ‒ vii.1988, J. Adis, 1♂ (IBSP 120268). Borba, Rio Mapiá, 22.iv.1996, Equipe IBSP/SMNK, 1♂ (IBSP 8854). Pará: Parauapebas, Flona de Carajás (6°4′14.972″S, 50°4′6.866″W), 25.viii–03.ix.2009, R. Andrade, 1♂ (IBSP); Canaã dos Carajás (6°29′49″S, 49°52′42″W), 10‒31.i.2013, F. Pellegatti‒Franco, 1♀ (IBSP).
Etymology. The specific name is a patronym honoring Alex Enrique Sánchez Jardines, the son of the first author.
Diagnosis. Both sexes resemble similar congeners Nops maculatus and Nops amazonas n. sp. by having long PLS and elongated posterior umpaired claws; but can be distinguished by having the embolus shorter than tibia length in males (Fig. 44B‒C) and a remarkable ess in females (Fig. 44E).
Description. Male (holotype): Carapace and legs orange (Fig. 44A); chelicerae, labium, endites and sternum yellowish orange; coxae lighter. Abdomen light gray, dorsal pattern with light gray chevron bands as in figure 6K, lighter ventrally. Anal tubercle and spinnerets light gray. Total length 8.5. Carapace 4.15 long, 3.8 wide. Sternum 3.6 long, 3.15 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.8; II: 3.75; III: 3.45; IV: 4.0. Posterior unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed. PLS longer than PMS. Palp with embolus shorter than palpal tibia, slightly curved, but strongly twisted (Fig. 44B‒C); embolar tip with two ventral short extensions (Fig. 45E‒F).
Female (paratype): Carapace pale yellow. Chelicerae, labium, coxas, legs, endites and sternum as in male. Abdomen as in male (Fig. 44D). Anal tubercle and spinnerets whitish yellow. Total length 9.1. Carapace 4.4 long, 4.1 wide. Sternum 3.95 long, 3.4 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.0; II: 3.9; III: 3.6; IV: 4.25. Posterior unpaired claws (Fig. 45J) and PLS as in male. External genital area with weakly sclerotized anterior plate, strongly sclerotized lep and remarkable ess (Fig. 44E). Internal genitalia with receptaculum without invagination and uterus externus with narrow base (Figs 44F; 45A‒C).
Natural history. Most of specimens were collected with arboreal funnel traps.
Distribution. Brazilian States of Amazonas and Pará (Fig. 44G).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Nops MacLeay (Araneae: Caponiidae) with the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the Nopinae genera, pp. 1-121 in Zootaxa 4427 (1) on pages 69-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4427.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1271779