Chapoda fortuna sp. nov.

Figs 22–24

Type material. Holotype: male, PANAMA: Chiriqui: Fortuna, Quebrada Samudio, 8.73464° N, 82.24839° W, elev. 1209–1245 m, 21 September 2008, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, JXZ08#002 (UBC-SEM AR00141). Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype.

Etymology. A noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Similar to Chapoda panamana Chickering, 1946 in the shape of the ventral process on the palpal femur (Fig. 24), but differs in the presence of a proximal tegular lobe and the wide retrolateral sperm duct loop of the male palp (Fig. 23), the one unident retromarginal tooth on the male chelicera ( C. panamana has one bicuspid retromarginal tooth on the chelicera).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00141). Carapace length 1.4 (variation 1.4–1.6, n=2); abdomen length 1.4. Carapace with two tufts behind AMEs. Chelicera: promargin with two teeth, retromargin with one tooth. Palp (Figs 23–24): yellow brown. Proximal tegular lobe present; retrolateral sperm duct loop almost as wide as palpal bulb; embolus short and slightly curved; retrolateral tibial apophysis narrow and finger-like; ventral tibial bump distinct; palpal patella not wide, femur of palp with a ventral process near the center. Measurements of legs: I 2.9, II 2.5, III 3.0, IV 3.4. Color in alcohol (Fig. 22): carapace dark brown, lateral margins with sparse white scales, without guanine deposits in eye area; abdomen dark brown with many brownish speckles, anterior part with a large middle stripe followed with four parallel streaks, all brownish in color; legs dark yellow brown, last two pairs of legs with yellowish brown annuli.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Specimens were collected by beating mossy branches in a wet forest.