Kochiana brunnipes ( Koch, 1841 )

Moeller, Wolf, Galleti-Lima, Arthur & Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2024, New species of tarantulas from Brazil and notes on the Hapalopini tribe (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 947, pp. 53-87 : 69-71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2611
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13306115
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scientific name	Kochiana brunnipes ( Koch, 1841 )
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Kochiana brunnipes ( Koch, 1841) View in CoL

Figs 27–34 View Figs 27–34 , 91–102 View Figs 91–102 , 119 View Fig

Mygale brunnipes Koch, 1841: 35 .

Eurypelma brunnipes – Koch 1850: 74, transferred from Mygale (did not designate the type of Eurypelma ).

Avicularia brunnipes – Raven 1985: 153, considered Eurypelma a junior synonym of Avicularia Lamarck, 1818 View in CoL .

Kochiana brunnipes View in CoL — Fukushima et al. 2008: 405, transferred from Avicularia View in CoL .

Emended diagnosis

Males and females differ from Kochiana fukushimae sp. nov. by the collor pattern, black with patellae, metatarsi and tarsi orange brown and absence of red setae on abdomen ( Figs 27–34 View Figs 27–34 ). Males differ from K. fukushimae sp. nov. by the longer embolus, more curved in ventral direction from half its length ( Fig. 92 View Figs 91–102 ), prominent accessory keels (AC) ( Figs 92–93 View Figs 91–102 ) and retrolateral branch of tibial apophysis entirely flattened ( Fig. 99 View Figs 91–102 ). Females differ from K. fukushimae sp. nov. by the spermathecae projected in ventral direction (“horn shaped” according to Fukushima et al., 2008) and presence of unsclerotized middle depression (MD) at base ( Fig. 101 View Figs 91–102 ).

Type material (not examined)

Holotype

BRAZIL • ♀; unknown type locality; unknown collection date; G.W. Freireis col.; C.L. Koch det.; ZMB-2071 .

Other material examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂; Alagoas, Murici, Murici Ecological Station , 09°14′ S, 35°48′ W; 12 Aug. 2006; R. Bertani, D.R.M. Ortega and R.H. Nagahama col.; MZSP 28776 View Materials (used by Fukushima et al. 2008 for the species redescription) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; MZSP 28774 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Pernambuco, Brejo da Madre de Deus, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Mata do Bituri , 8°11′30.2ʺ S, 36°23′52.0ʺ W; 16 Oct. 2019; R. Fonseca-Ferreira, M. Morales, N.E.V. Saraiva and A.C.S. Silvino leg.; CAD 1104 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Paraíba, Areia, Parque Estadual da Mata do Pau Ferro , 6°57′55.4ʺ S, 35°45′0ʺ W; 31 May 2015; L.S. Carvalho col.; CHNUFPI 2130 GoogleMaps .

Emended description

See Fukushima et al. 2008 for colors description, measurements and spination data.

Male ( MZSP 28774, same used by Fukushima et al. 2008)

Palpal bulb: elongated tegulum with PS and PI ( Figs 91–93 View Figs 91–102 ); short and discrete PS; Presence of PTK above PS, in tegulum ( Figs 92–93 View Figs 91–102 ); presence of (AC) between PI and PTK ( Figs 92–93 View Figs 91–102 ); retrolateral and apical keels absent ( Figs 91, 93 View Figs 91–102 ); long embolus, fully curved to the retrolateral direction and curved to ventral direction from half its length ( Figs 91–92 View Figs 91–102 ); presence of medial crest (MC) in the embolus apex. ( Fig. 94 View Figs 91–102 ). Cymbium with two asymmetric lobes. Straight palpal tibia, with a small prolateral protuberance (PP) and small grooves in the contact region with the palpal bulb ( Figs 95–97 View Figs 91–102 ). Retrolateral branch of tibial apophysis entirely flattened ( Fig. 99 View Figs 91–102 ).

Female ( MZSP 28776, same used by Fukushima et al. 2008)

Spermathecae: projected in ventral direction, with two sclerotized rounded receptacles over a sclerotized base with a non-sclerotized middle depression. Presence of GC along the receptacles, ducts, and base ( Figs 101–102 View Figs 91–102 ).