Pseudonannolene caatinga Iniesta & Ferreira, 2014

Figs 11, 25B, D, F, 30A–B, 32A, 36A–B, 56– 57, 163E, 165F, 167E, 177F, 181; Supp. file 4: Figs 201D, 203B, 204A, 205B, 207B, 212F, 213A, 218A, 219C

Pseudonannolene caatinga Iniesta & Ferreira, 2014: 375, figs 10, 14f.

Pseudonannolene caatinga – Gallo & Bichuette 2019: 47.

Diagnosis

Males of P. caatinga resemble those of P. microzoporus, P. curtipes Schubart, 1960, and P. leopoldoi by having gonopod with subtriangular internal branch, and solenomere with ectal and apicomesal processes (Fig. 57D–F). Pseudonannolene caatinga can be distinguished from those species by having a distal projection on the internal branch (Fig. 57D).

Etymology

Noun in apposition, taken from the semi-arid biome ‘Caatinga’ where the species is widely distributed (Iniesta & Ferreira 2014).

Material examined

Holotype BRAZIL • ♂; Bahia, Ourolândia, cave Toca dos Ossos; [-10.858192, -41.134315]; 10 Jun. 2012; R.L. Ferreira leg.; ISLA 3627.

Paratypes (total: 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3628 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3629 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3630 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3631 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3634 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3632 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; ISLA 3633 • 1 ♀; same locality data as for holotype; 28 Jan. 2009; R.L. Ferreira leg.; ISLA 3635 .

Other material (total: 28 ♂♂, 38 ♀♀, 14 immatures)

BRAZIL – Ceará • 1 ♂; Crato, Floresta Nacional Chapada do Araripe-Apodi; [-7.336788, -39.432647]; 941 m a.s.l.; 20–30 Jan. 2014; C. Sampaio leg.; UFPB 0086 • 1 ♂; Crato, Fonte do Xerife; [-7.230036, -39.412316]; 426 m a.s.l.; 2–3 Jun. 2000; floresta; A.B. Kury leg.; MNRJ • 1 ♂ immature; Rodovia CE 090, Floresta IBAMA; [-3.657215, -38.689267]; 16 m a.s.l.; 18 Mar. 1999; A.B. Kury and A. Giupponi leg.; MNRJ . – Alagoas • 1 ♂; Murici, Estação Ecológica Murici; [-9.232525, -35.858161]; 408 m a.s.l.; 13–22 Sep. 2003; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 2166 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2166 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2180 • 1 ♂, 1 immature; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2169 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2172 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2175 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2173 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2167 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 2178 • 1 ♂; same locality data as for preceding; 22–23 Sep. 2014; E.P. Lorenzo leg.; UFPB 0146 . – Sergipe • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Itabaiana, Estação Ecológica da Serra de Itabaiana (= Parque Nacional da Serra de Itabaiana); [-10.779742, -37.349371]; 343 m a.s.l.; 14–20 Sep. 1999; A.D. Brescovit leg.; IBSP 905 . – Bahia • 1 ♀; Piatã; [-13.151128, -41.775671]; 1293m a.s.l.; 23–28 Dec. 2010; M. Teixeira Jr. leg.; IBSP 3944 • 1 ♂; Caetité, cave PF 13; [-14.066228, -42.486907]; 8–15 Dec. 2008; R. Andrade et al. leg . • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 14; IBSP 5769 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 04; IBSP 5770 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 22; IBSP 5776 • 3 ♂♂ immatures, 2 ♀♀ immatures; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 10; IBSP 5787 • 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP 5788 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; IBSP • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 21; IBSP 5790 • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 immature; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 10; IBSP 5791 • 2 ♀♀, 1 immature; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 11; IBSP 5792 • 1 immature; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 12; IBSP 5793 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding except for cave PF 13; IBSP 5796 • 4 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 3 ♀♀ immatures, 1 immature; Coribe, Serra do Ramalho, cave Enfurnado [-13.645275, -44.209846]; 646 m a.s.l.; Jul. 2007; A. Perez leg.; MNRJ 30154. – Distrito Federal • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Brasília, Área de Marinha; [-15.795139, -47.882086]; 1095 m a.s.l.; Oct. 1999; C. Nogueira, F. Valdujo and R. Montigello leg.; MNRJ 30149 • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Brazlândia, Fazenda 33; [-15.670741, -48.200567]; 1114 m a.s.l.; 28 Dec. 2009; A. Chagas Jr., G. Segal and C. Segal leg.; MNRJ 30146 .

Descriptive notes

MEASUREMENTS. 55–60 body rings (1–2 apodous + telson). Males: body length 60–70.4 mm; maximum midbody diameter 3.8–4.3 mm. Females: body length 57.3–68.8 mm; maximum midbody diameter 3.5–4.5 mm.

COLOR. Body color brownish grey; collum darker; prozonites greyish anteriorly; metazonites with a medial brown band and a reddish posterior band; antennae and legs lighter brown.

HEAD. Antennae long (Fig. 163E), just reaching back to end of ring 6 when extended dorsally; antennomeres elongated; relative antennomere lengths 1<2<3>4≈5>6>7. Mandibular cardo with ventral margin narrow. Ommatidial cluster well-developed, elliptical; ca 32 ommatidia in 4 rows.

BODY RINGS. Collum with lateral lobes rounded, with ca 9 striae, slightly curved ectad (Fig. 56A). Very faintly constricted between prozonite and metazonite; prozonites smooth; metazonites laterally with transverse striae slightly above ozopore in anterior body rings. Anterior sterna in midbody rings subrectangular, with shallow transverse striae (Fig. 167E).

FIRST LEG-PAIR OF MALES. Coxae (cx) short (less than half of remaining podomere lengths), subtriangular, with the base arched, densely setose (Fig. 57A); prefemoral process (prf) as wide as half of prefemur, subcylindrical, densely setose up to its median region (Fig. 57B); remaining podomeres with setae along the mesal region.

SECOND LEG-PAIR OF MALES. Coxa (cx) large and rounded; penis (pn) located at proximal region, rounded, not extended basally (Fig. 57C); prefemur compressed dorsoventrally; remaining podomeres setose.

GONOPODS. Gonocoxa (gcx) elongated, almost twice as long as telopodite, with the base arched; flattened antero-posteriorly (Fig. 57D–F);with rows of papillae mesally.Seminal groove (sg) curved; arising medially on mesal cavity and terminating apically on the seminal apophysis (sa). Shoulder (sh) rounded. Telopodite (tp) almost as wide as gcx (Fig. 57D); solenomere (sl) with apicomesal process (amp) subtriangular; ectal process (ep) subtriangular, separated from amp by deep notch; sa located at mesal portion, slightly visible apically. Internal branch (ib) subtriangular, narrow, curved ectad at midlength, surrounding the base of tp as a shield; with torsion of 180° in the distal portion and a rounded projection, directed ectad; ib with setae along its entire margin slightly exceeding apically seminal region of sl (Fig. 57D–F).

VULVAE. As typical for the genus. Bursa subtriangular, glabrous (Fig. 177F); internal valve subtriangular, with mesal region rounded; operculum narrow; external valve wide, subtriangular.

Distribution

The species is widely distributed in the Cerrado (tropical savanna ecoregion) of Goiás up to the southern Bahia State, in the semi-arid region of the Caatinga biome and partially some patches of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil (Fig. 181).