Neotrops lopardoae Grismado & Ramírez 2013, new species
Creators: name: Grismado, Cristian J.
name: Ramírez, Martín J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Neotrops
Neotrops lopardoae

description: Neotrops lopardoae, new species
Figures 73–75, 76C–D; map 5
TYPES: Male holotype and two female paratypes from Argentina: Misiones Province: Parque Nacional Iguazú, Pto. Canoas, 200 m, Dec. 08, 1990, to Jan. 06, 1991, S., J. Peck (PBI _ OON 1861), deposited in AMNH; one additional female paratype (together o ne juvenile) from Misiones Province: San Pedro: Parque Provincial Cruce Caballero, - 26.46666 °, - 56.96666 °, Jan. 13, 2005, to Jan. 16, 2005, C. Grismado, L. Lopardo, L. Piacentini, A. Quaglino, G. Rubio (MACN-Ar 15359 PBI _ OON 14796), deposited in MACN-Ar.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name of this species is a patronym in honor of Lara Lopardo, co-collector of this species in Cruce Caballero, in recognizion of her help and support in the 2005 trip to Misiones.
DIAGNOSIS: Among the species of the poguazu group, N. lopardoae resembles N. labarquei in having a sternum with a straight anterior margin (figs. 73E, 75E), but differs by the relatively longer male bulb (figs. 74B–D, 76D) and a shorter female anterior receptacle, strongly widened distally (fig. 76C).
DESCRIPTION: Male (holotype, PBI_OON 1861). Cephalothorax: Carapace pale orange, ovoid in dorsal view, pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view, anteriorly narrowed to less than half their maximum width; lateral margin straight; nonmarginal pars cephalica and pars thoracica setae lost (bases remain); marginal setae dark, needlelike. Clypeus setae dark, needlelike. Eyes ALE, PME subequal, larger than PLE, ALE circular, PME circular, PLE oval; posterior eye row procurved from front; ALE separated by their radius to diameter, ALE-PLE separated by less than ALE radius, PME touching throughout most of their length, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Sternum as long as wide, pale orange, anterior margin unmodified, posterior margin extending posteriorly beyond anterior edges of coxae IV as single extension; setae sparse, evenly scattered (fig. 73E). Mouthparts: chelicerae, endites, and labium pale orange; cheliceral setae dark, evenly scattered. Labium anterior margin not indented at middle; with six or more setae on anterior margin. Endites anteromedian tip with backward folded ridge, anteromedian part less sclerotized, lateral ridges with acute tips medially oriented (fig. 73E). Abdomen: Dorsum pale gray. Book lung covers ovoid. Postepigastric scutum pale orange. Spinneret scutum absent. Dorsum setae dark, needle-like. Colulus represented only by setae. Legs: Pale orange; femur IV thickened, much larger than femora I–III. Leg spination: leg I: femora d0-1-0, pv0-0-1-1-0, tibiae v2-2-2-2- 2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2; leg II: femora d0-1-0, pv0-0-1-1-0, tibiae v2-2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2- 2-2; leg IV: femora d0-1-1-0, tibiae d0-1-0, p1-0-0, v0-1-0-2, metatarsi d0-1-2, p0-1-1, v0- 0-1, r0-1-1. Trichobothria not examined. Genitalia: Palp proximal segments pale orange; femur normal size, two or more times as long as trochanter; cymbium pale orange, ovoid in dorsal view, not fused with bulb; bulb white, more than two times as long as cymbium, slender, elongated, distal part with conductor translucent, acute, short; additional process prolateral, ventral, darkened, sclerotized, terminating in two short prongs; embolus dark (figs. 73B–D, 76D).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 14796). As in male except as noted. Cephalothorax: Carapace broadly oval in dorsal view; nonmarginal pars cephalica setae dark, needlelike, in one row; nonmarginal pars thoracica setae dark, needlelike. Sternum precoxal triangles present; setae dark. Labium elongated hexagon. Palp spines absent. Abdomen: Dorsum light gray. Postepigastric area setae dark, needle-like. Colulus absent. Legs: Patella plus tibia I nearly as long as carapace. Leg spination: leg I: femora d0-1-1-1-0, pv0-0-1-1-0, tibiae v2- 2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2-2; leg II: femora d0-1-0-1-0, pv0-0-1-1-0, tibiae v2-2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2-2; leg III: femora d0-1-1, tibiae d0-1-0, r0-1-0, p1-1, v2-2, metatarsi d0- 2-2, v1-1; leg IV: femora d0-1-1-0-1-0, tibiae d0-1-0, p1-0-1, r1-0-1, v0-1-2, metatarsi v0-1- 2, p1-1, d0-0-1, r1-1. Genitalia (fig. 76C): Anterior receptacle elongated, with accessory glands along entire length of ‘‘stalk,’’ which is apically widened; locking mechanism not evident, with only a longitudinal, unsclerotized opening between receptacle and posterodorsal plate (presumed opening of the uterus externus).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: ARGENTINA: Misiones: P.N. Iguazú, Sendero Macuco, Área Cataratas, subtropical forest, June 11, 1993, M. Di Vitteti, 1♀ (MACN-Ar 27477 PBI _ OON 43189); San Pedro: Parque Provincial Cruce Caballero, - 26.46666 °, - 56.96666 °, Jan. 13, 2005, to Jan. 16, 2005, C. Grismado, L. Lopardo, L. Piacentini, A. Quaglino, G. Rubio, 1♀ (MACN-Ar 15358 PBI _ OON 14790).
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Misiones Province (map 5).
description: Published as part of Grismado, Cristian J. & Ramírez, Martín J., 2013, The New World Goblin Spiders Of The New Genus Neotrops (Araneae: Oonopidae), Part 1, pp. 1-150 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (383) on pages 93-97, DOI: 10.1206/819.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5404446