Nops ipojuca 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 ipojuca

description: Nops ipojuca new species
Figures 49G‒L, 51A‒G
Types. Male holotype from Mata do Oiteiro (8°31′34″S, 35°1′20″W), Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil, 16.xii.2007, A. Costa, deposited in IBSP 133599. Male paratype, same data as holotype, deposited in IBSP 133592. Female paratype, same data as holotype, deposited in IBSP 133585. Female paratype, vii.2008, other data as holotype, deposited in IBSP 133587. Male paratype, 26.i.2008, other data as holotype, deposited in IBSP 133593. Female paratype, 16.ii.2008, other data as holotype, deposited in IBSP 133595.
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Pernambuco: Ipojuca, Mata do Oiteiro (8°31′34″S, 35°1′20″W), 16.ii.2008, 1immature (IBSP 133 588); 1 immature (IBSP 13 3601). Ditto, xii.2007 ‒ ii.2008, 1 immature (IBSP 91813). Alagoas: Murici, Estacão Ecolόgica de Murici (09º15’S, 35º51’W) 13‒22.ix.2003, Equipe BIOTA, pitfall trap, 1♀ (IBSP 99017); 1♀ (IBSP 99022). Maceió, Ipioca, Serra de Saudinha (9°22′S, 35°45′W), 3.iv.2006, G. Quintela, pitfall trap, 1♂ (IBSP 85195). Sergipe: Canindé de São Francisco, Usina Hidroelétrica de Xingό (9°37'15"S, 37°47'27"W), 15.iv.2000, L. Ianuzzi, pitfall trap, 1♂ (IBSP 88193). Itabaiana, Estação Ecolόgica da Serra de Itabaiana (10°40′S, 37°25′W), 14‒20.ix.1999, A.D. Brescovit, 1♂ (palp for SEM) (IBSP 117055). Itabaiana (10°41′6″S, 37°25′30″W), Povoado Ribeira, 17.xi.2002. N. Zyngier, 1♂ (IBSP 36796). Santa Luzia do Itanhy, Mata de Crasto (11°23′S, 37°24′W), 9–13.ix.1999, A.D. Brescovit, 1♂ 1♀ (IBSP 99032); 1♂ (IBSP 99034). Paraíba: Areia, Reserva de Mata de Pau Ferro (6°57′S, 35°44′W), 23‒29.ix.1999, A.D. Brescovit, 1♂ (IBSP 99027); 1♂ (IBSP 99026); 1♀ (IBSP 99025). João Pessoa, Mata de Buraquinho (7°6′S, 34°52′W), 2003–2004, S.C. Dias, 1♂ (IBSP 99951); 1♂ (IBSP 99949); 1♂ (IBSP 99950). Ceará: Pentecoste, Fazenda Experimetal da Universidade Federal do Ceará (03°49′S, 39°20′W), 18.ix.2005, I. Quinet, 1♂ (IBSP 97976); 1♀ (IBSP 97977). Bahia: Una, Reserva Biolόgica de Una (15°17′48″S, 39°04′28″W), 15‒28.xi.2000, A.D. Brescovit, 1♀ (IBSP 53676); 1♀ (IBSP 46884). Ditto, x.1999 – ix.2000, M.F. Dias, 1♂ (IBSP 65328); 1♂ (IBSP 65363). Itamaraju (17°2′20″S, 39°31′51″W), Fazenda Pau Brasil, 20.vi.1968, Ceplac, 1♂ (IBSP 91482).
Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition, derived from the type locality.
Diagnosis. Both sexes resemble similar congener Nops nitidus by having the abdominal pattern with a homogeneous color (Fig. 66A); but can be distinguished by having the posterior unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed similar to figure 5B.
Description. Male (holotype): Carapace and legs light orange (Fig. 51A); chelicerae, labium, endites and sternum yellowish orange; coxae lighter. Abdomen grayish green, dorsally with a homogeneous color (Fig. 51A), lighter ventrally. Anal tubercle darker and spinnerets light gray. Total length 8.8. Carapace 5.1 long, 3.0 wide. Sternum 4.3 long, 3.9 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.0; II: 3.75; III: 3.55; IV: 4.05. Posterior unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed. PLS longer than PMS. Palp with embolus longer than palpal tibia, prolaterally curved (Figs 49J; 51B‒D); embolar tip narrow, with a long extension and a very projected half, almost covering the tip (Fig. 49K).
Female (paratype): Carapace, chelicerae, labium, coxae, legs, endites and sternum as in male. Abdomen as in male (Fig. 51D), but lighter. Anal tubercle and spinnerets light gray. Total length 9.1. Carapace 5.5 long, 3.3 wide. Sternum 4.5 long, 4.1 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.15; II: 4.05; III: 3.6; IV: 4.25. Posterior unpaired claws and PLS as in male. External genital area with weakly sclerotized anterior plate and lep, unremarkable ess (Fig. 52F). Internal genitalia with wide invagination on receptaculum and weakly sclerotized distal margin of lobes, uterus externus with narrow base (Figs 49G‒I; 51G).
Natural history. Most of specimens were captured with pitfall traps.
Distribution. Known from the Brazilian States of Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Paraíba, Ceará, and Bahia (Fig. 51B).
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 79-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4427.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1271779