Kochiana fukushimae Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Moeller, Wolf
name: Galleti-Lima, Arthur
name: Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theraphosidae
Kochiana
Kochiana fukushimae

description: Kochiana fukushimae sp. nov.
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Figs 19–26, 79–90, 117–118, 119; Table 4
Diagnosis
Males and females differ from Kochiana brunnipes by the color pattern, black with red setae in dorsal abdomen, maxilla, and chelicerae basal segment dark grey bordered by red setae (Figs 19–24, 117–118). Males of K fukushimae sp. nov differ from those of K. brunnipes by the shorter embolus, less curved in ventral direction (Figs 79–81), the subtle accessory keels (AC) (Fig. 80) and the retrolateral branch of tibial apophysis less flattened (Fig. 87). Females differ from K. brunnipes by the spermathecae not projected in ventral direction and by absence of middle depression (MD) at base (Fig. 89).
Etymology
The name is given in honor of Dr Caroline Sayuri Fukushima, for her valuable contribution to Theraphosidae taxonomy and conservation.
Type material
Holotype
BRAZIL • ♂; Sergipe, Areia Branca, Parque Nacional Serra de Itabaiana, 30 Apr. 2022; M.D.F. Magalhães, P.H. Martins and Gonzalez-Filho H.M.O col.; CAD 1444.
Paratype
BRAZIL • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; CAD 1445.
Description
Male (holotype CAD 1444)
Color (in alcohol): carapace dark grey with long hairs. Chelicerae dark grey. Legs dark grey except the femur black. Dorsal abdomen black covered with red bristles, mirror patch slightly yellow color. Sternum and coxae black. Maxillae and labium dark grey with strong red setae on the edge (Figs 19–21). Live specimens show more intense colors, especially the red abdominal bristles (Figs 17). Only type III urticating setae, on the central dorsum of the abdomen. Total length: 30.3. Chelicerae basal segment: length 4.14. Carapace elongated: length 14.73, width 13.27. Abdomen: length 12.95. Clypeus absent. Eye tubercle slightly elevated, oval: length 1.51, width 2.24. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior slightly recurved. Eyes and interdistances: AME 0.43, ALE 0.4, PME 0.37, PLE 0.4, AME–AME 0.24, AME–ALE 0.17, ALE–ALE 1.27, PME–PME 0.94, PME–PLE 0.04, PLE– PLE 1.36, AME–PME 0.11, ALE–PLE 0.26. Thoracic fovea straight, short, deep: width 1.70. Chelicerae basal segment with 11 well-developed teeth on furrow promargin, with a group of ca 34 small teeth on proximal area of furrow. Intercheliceral tumescence absent. Maxillae with ca 150 cuspules, located on anterior inner corner. Labium trapezoidal: length 1.87, width 2.28, with ca 60 cuspules. Sternum oval: length 6.30, width 5.46; with three pairs of oval sigilla separated by its diameter from the edge.
Palp: elongated tegulum with PS and PI (Fig. 79–81); short and discrete PS; Presence of PTK above PS, in tegulum (Figs 80–81); presence of (AC) between PI and PTK (Fig. 80); retrolateral and apical keels absent (Figs 80–81); long embolus, fully curved to the retrolateral direction with the apex slightly curved to ventral direction (Figs 79, 80); presence of medial crest (MC) in the embolus apex (Fig. 82). Cymbium with two asymmetric lobes. Straight palpal tibia, with a small prolateral protuberance (PP) and small grooves in the contact region with the palpal bulb (Figs 83–85).
Tibial apophysis: with two straight branches of different sizes (Fig. 87); retrolateral branch longer, slightly curved and flattened in apex, with a small apical spine (Fig. 86); prolateral branch digitiform, with two thirds of the retrolateral branch, with a small basal spine (Fig. 88). Metatarsus I folds between the two branches of the tibial apophysis.
Superior tarsal claws with four small teeth on the midline. Tarsal scopulae: I-II entire; III entire with longitudinal band of conical setae; IV divided by longitudinal band of conical setae. Metatarsal scopulae dense, extension: I and II more than distal half; III on distal half; IV on distal 1/3, divided by longitudinal band of conical setae. Clavate tarsal trichobothria in two rows, each with ca 10 trichae, interspersed with ca 13 filiform trichobothria of different sizes. Leg formula 4123 (Table 4).
Spination (proximal to distal): Cymbium and tarsi without spines. Palp: femur (p) 1; patella 0; tibia (p) 2. Leg I: femur (p) 1; patella 0; tibia (v) 2-1-1, (p) 1-1-0; metatarsus (v) ap1; Leg II: femur (p) 1; patella 0; tibia (v) 3-3-ap3; metatarsus (v) 2-ap1. Leg III: femur 0; patella 0; tibia (v) 2-1-ap2, (p) 1, (r), 1-0-1; metatarsus (v) 1-2-ap3, (p) 1, (r), 2-1-1; Leg IV: femur 0; patela 0; tibia (v) 1-ap3, (p) 1-1-2, (r), 1-1-2; metatarsus (v) 2-2-2+ap3, (p) 2-3-2, (r), 1-2-2.
Female (Paratype CAD 1445)
Color (in alcohol): as in male, except by carapace black without long hairs (Figs 22–24, 118). Only type III urticating setae, on the central dorsum of the abdomen. Total length: 37.08. Chelicerae basal segment: length 5.58. Carapace elongated: length 17.08, width 14.97. Abdomen: length 19.9. Clypeus absent. Eye tubercle slightly elevated, oval: length 1.76, width 2.31. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior slightly recurved. Eyes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.50, PME 0.34, PLE 0.40, AME–AME 0.29, AME–ALE 0.22, ALE–ALE 1.66, PME–PME 1.25, PME–PLE 0.06, PLE–PLE 1.74, AME–PME 0.24, ALE–PLE 0.38. Thoracic fovea straight, short, deep: width 2.48. Chelicerae basal segment with 11 well-developed teeth on furrow promargin, and a group of ca 34 small teeth on proximal area of furrow. Intercheliceral tumescence absent. Maxillae with ca 150 cuspules, located on anterior inner corner. Labium trapezoidal: length 2.34, width 3.11, with ca 60 cuspules. Sternum slightly round: length 7.16, width 6.88; with three pairs of oval sigilla separated by its diameter from the edge.
Spermathecae: not projected in ventral direction, with two sclerotized rounded receptacles over a sclerotized base without middle depression (Fig. 96). Presence of granular cavities over the receptacles, ducts and base (Figs 89–90).
Superior tarsal claws with four small teeth on the midline. Tarsal scopulae: I-II entire; III entire with longitudinal band of conical setae; IV divided by longitudinal band of conical setae. Metatarsal scopulae dense, extension: I entire; II more than a distal half; III on distal half; IV on distal 1/3, divided by longitudinal band of conical setae. Clavate tarsal trichobothria in two rows, each with ca 10 trichae, interspersed with ca 13 filiform trichobothria of different sizes. Leg formula 4123 (Table 3).
Spination (proximal to distal): cymbium and tarsi without spines. Palp: femur (p) 1; patella 0; tibia (v) ap3, (p) 1. Leg I: femur (p) 1; patella 0; tibia (v) 1-1-1, (p) 1; metatarsus (v) ap1. Leg II: femur (p) 1, patella 0; tibia (v) 2-1-ap3; metatarsus (v) 2-ap1. Leg III: femur 0; patella 0; tibia (v) 1-1-ap2, (p) 1, (r), 0-1-1; metatarsus (v) 0-2-ap2, (p) 1, (r), 2-0-1. Leg IV: femur 0; patela 0; tibia (v) 1-ap2, (p) 1-0-2, (r), 0-1-2; metatarsus (d) 0, (v) 2-2-ap2, (p) 1-3-2, (r), 1-3-2.
description: Published as part of Moeller, Wolf, Galleti-Lima, Arthur & Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2024, New species of tarantulas from Brazil and notes on the Hapalopini tribe (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), pp. 53-87 in European Journal of Taxonomy 947 on pages 66-69, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2611, http://zenodo.org/record/13284797