Patrera shida Duperre & Tapia, 2016, sp. nov.

Patrera shida sp. nov.

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Figs 46–48

Diagnosis

Males are easily distinguished from all other congeneric species by the projecting basal part of the tegulum, and the presence of a bipartite ventral tegular projection (Fig. 46).

Etymology

The speciFc name is a noun in apposition taken from the Kichwa language meaning ‘look-like’, for it resemblance to the type species.

Type material Holotype

ECUADOR: Ƌ, Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve, 24–30 May 2014, hand collecting, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. (QCAZ).

Additional material examined

ECUADOR: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga Biological Reserve: 1 Ƌ, beating trees, 24–30 May 2014, E. Tapia, C. Tapia and N. Dupérré leg. (DTC).

Description

Male (holotype)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length: 3.2; carapace length: 1.5 carapace width: 1.3; abdomen length: 1.7.

CEPHALOTHORAX. Pars cephalica orange-brown; pars thoracica orange-brown. Fovea dark. Sternum light yellow, margin slightly darker. Labium and endites orange-brown.

CHELICERAE. Orange-brown. Posterior side with large tooth, narrow and triangular; promargin with 3, retromargin with 6 teeth (Fig. 47).

LEGS. Femora yellow, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi light yellow-orange. Total length: I: 9.4; II: 7.7; III: 4.5; IV: 6.5; leg articles length (femur/patella/tibia/metatarsus/tarsus): leg I 2.3/0.6/2.6/2.7/1.2; leg II 2.0/0.6/2.2/2.1/0.8; leg III 1.2/0.5/0.9/1.4/0.5; leg IV 1.8/0.7/1.5/1.8/0.7.

LEGS SPINATION. (legs spines on prolateral and retrolateral side not observed, specimen damaged): Metatarsus I v2 -0-0. Metatarsus II v2 -0-0. Tibia III d0-1-1, v1-1 -0; metatarsus III d0-1-1, v2 -0-0. Tibia IV d0-1-1, v1-1 -2; metatarsus IV d0-1-1, v2-1 -2. Tarsal claws not observed.

ABDOMEN. Oval. Dorsally yellowish.

GENITALIA. Palpal patella without apophysis. Palpal tibia shorter than cymbium (Fig. 47); anterior part of retrolateral tibial apophysis plate-like, posterior part triangular (Fig. 47). Subtegulum not observed; tegulum elongated oval with rounded swelling baso-prolaterally; ventral projection of tegulum well sclerotized, bipartite; median apophysis short, hook-shaped; ventral tegular projection, long and thin; embolus Fliform and curved apically (Fig 46).

Female

Unknown.

Natural history

Specimens were either hand collected or collected by beating trees.

Distribution

Ecuador: known only from the type locality.