Tupirinna palmares Xavier & Bonaldo 2021, sp. nov.

Tupirinna palmares sp. nov.

Figs 7A, B, 17A–D

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Type material. Holotype: ♂ from Fazenda Boa Vista (09°39’57”S, 35°44’06”W), Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, 17.XII.2005, leg. G. Quintela (IBSP 85193). Paratypes: BRAZIL: Alagoas: Same data as holotype, 1♀ (IBSP 85193); Same data, 26–30.IX.2011, leg. F.S. Silva & A.M. DeSouza, 1♂ (CHNUFPI 2433); Ceará: Guaramiranga, Serra de Baturité, Parque das Trilhas (04°16’S, 38°56’W), VII.2002, leg. I. Quintet et al., 1♂ (IBSP 97901); Paraíba: Areia, Parque Estadual Mata do Pau Ferro (06°57’55.4”S, 35°45’00”W), 15.VII.2011, leg. J.B.R. Alencar, 1♀ (CHNUFPI 2417); Same data, 19.III.2011, leg. A.M.P. Lima, 1♂ (CHNUFPI 2423); Maceió, Fazenda Boa Vista (09°39’57”S, 35°44’06”W), 28.X.2006, leg. G. Quintela, 1♂ (IBSP 85194); Bahia: Abaíra, Mata da Forquilha, Serra do Barbado, Distrito de Catolés (13°17’27”S, 41°54’06”W), 3.XI.2013, leg. L.S. Carvalho & M.B. da Silva, 3♂ 1♀ (UFMG 15033); Jequié (13°43’12”S, 40°12’29”W), 1.III.2004 – 11.I.2005, leg. L. Bocardo, pitfall trap, 1♂ (IBSP 66347); Lafaiete Coutinho (13°24’24”S, 40°45’42”W), VII.2006 – VII.2007, leg. J. Romão, pitfall trap, 1♂ (IBSP 145523), 1♂ (IBSP 145516); Mata de São João, RPPN Dunas Santo Antônio (12°27’30”S, 37°55’59”W), 18–25.I.2006, leg. J.P. de S. Alves, 1♂ (IBSP 75172); Mucugê, RPPN Adilia Paraguaçu (12°59’41”S, 42°02’14”W), XII.2003, leg. J.P. de S. Alves, 1♂ (IBSP 71095); Salvador, Cabula, Campus 19° Batalhão Caçadores (12°57’27”S, 38°28’10”W), 1.VI.2007, leg. D. Uzel et al., pitfall trap, 1♂ (IBSP 135848); Una, Estação Ecológica de Una (14°48’S, 39°02’W), X.1999 – IX.2000, leg. M.F. Dias, 1♂ (IBSP 65445).

Etymology. The specific ephitet is a noun in apposition referring to the Quilombo dos Palmares, in the State of Alagoas, Brazil. Quilombos were settlements founded by escaped slaves during Brazilian colonial period.

Diagnosis. Males of Tupirinna palmares sp. nov. resemble those of T. lata sp. nov. by the TEP dorsal to the embolus, but differ by the RTA sub-apical dorsal lobe represented by a small hump and by the wide-based, sub-triangular embolus (Fig. 17A, B). Females share with those of T. albofasciata the epigynal plate with a well-defined median depression, differing by the median depression being sub-triangular (Fig. 17C, D).

Description. Male holotype (IBSP 85193). Carapace orange, with median brown stripe extending over ocular area, and dark brown stripes laterally. Chelicerae brown. Labium brown, with sclerotized “pockets” on anterior region. Endites brown. Sternum yellow, with borders and anterior lateral excavations dark brown. Legs yellow, with posterior region of lateral surfaces of tibiae black. Abdomen dorsum yellow, with pair of longitudinal black spots in cardiac area; in median region, two pairs of black spots on each side; subsequently, one subrectangular black spot, yellow in middle. Contour of spinnerets black; venter yellow (Fig. 7A). Total length 4.87. Carapace length 2.32, width 1.99, height 0.45. Clypeus height 0.18. Eye diameters and interdistances: anterior row 0.60, posterior row 0.69, MOQ: length 0.37, anterior width 0.33, posterior width 0.39, AME 0.16, PME 0.14, ALE 0.11, PLE 0.12, AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.03. Chelicerae: length 1.57 with 4 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Sternum length 1.19, width 1.19. Leg I: femur (fe) 1.62, patella (pa) 0.82, tibia (ti) 2.00, metatarsus (mt) 1.93, tarsus (ta) 0.98. II: fe 1.66, pa 0.67, ti 1.71, mt 1.99, ta 0.92. III: fe 1.63, pa 0.69, ti 1.69, mt 2.17, ta 0.95. IV: fe 2.03, pa 0.77, ti 2.30, mt 2.84, ta 1.13. Abdomen: length 2.30, width 1.40. Leg spination: I – femur d1-1-1, p0-0-1; tibia v2-2-2-2; metatarsus v2-2-0. II – femur d1-1-1, p0-0-1; tibia v2-2-2-2; metatarsus v2-2-0. III – femur d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1; tibia p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-0; metatarsus p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2- 2. IV – femur; tibia p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-2; metatarsus p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-2. Palp: tibia longer than half cymbial length; ventral lobe of retrolateral tibial apophysis without apical spur; dorsal lobe represented by small hump; ventral tibial apophysis bilobed apically; embolus short, embolar basal process present; tegular retrolateral process rounded (Fig. 17A, B).

Female paratype (IBSP 85193). Carapace orange, with median brown stripe extending over ocular area, and dark brown lateral stripes. Chelicerae brown. Labium brown, with sclerotized “pockets” on anterior region. Endites brown. Sternum yellow, with borders and anterior lateral excavations brown. Legs yellow, with posterior region of lateral surfaces of tibiae black. Abdomen dorsum grey, with pair of longitudinal black spots in cardiac area; in median region three pairs of rounded black spots on each side, with connections between them, followed by a huge subquadrangular black spot; venter grey (Fig. 7B). Total length 4.47. Carapace length 2.10, width 1.85, height 1.11. Clypeus height 0.14. Eye diameters and interdistances: anterior row 0.61, posterior row 0.70, MOQ: length 0.28, anterior width 0.31, posterior width 0.39, AME 0.11, PME 0.14, ALE 0.10, PLE 0.13, AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.07, ALE-PLE 0.03. Chelicerae: length 0.94 with 4 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Sternum length 1.13, width 1.20. Leg I: femur (fe) 2.02, patella (pa) 0.82, tibia (ti) 1.79, metatarsus (mt) 1.55, tarsus (ta) 0.82. II: fe 2.08, pa 0.84, ti 1.77, mt 1.74, ta 0.87. III: fe 1.92, pa 0.62, ti 1.52, mt 1.59, ta 0.83. IV: fe 2.39, pa 0.84, ti 2.03, mt 2.54, ta 0.83. Abdomen: length 2.37, width 1.49. Leg spination: I – femur d1-1-1, p0-0-1; tibia v2-2-2-2; metatarsus v2-2-0. II – femur d1-1-1, p0-0-2; tibia v2-2-2; metatarsus v2-2-0. III – femur d1-1-1, p0- 1-1, r0-1-1; tibia p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-0; metatarsus p1-1-1, r1-1-1, v2-2-0. IV – femur d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-0-1; tibia p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-2; metatarsus p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-2. Epigynum: copulatory opening anteriorly positioned; posterior vulval plate weakly developed; secondary spermathecae present (Fig. 16E, F).

Variation. Lengths (3♂) total 4.25–4.86, carapace 1.72–2.49, femur I 1.91–2.19; (2♀) total 5.24–6.56, carapace 2.28–2.38, femur I 1.86–2.00.

Material examined. Only the type material.

Distribution. Northeastern Brazil (Fig. 26).