Euathlus manicata ( Simon 1892 ) Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014

Perafán, Carlos & Pérez-Miles, Fernando, 2014, The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (39 - 40), pp. 2389-2418 : 2406

Euathlus manicata ( Simon 1892) , comb. nov.

( Figure 6 )

Paraphysa manicata Simon 1892, p. 166

Paraphysa scrofa: Schmidt and Antonelli 1999, p. 21 , figs. 1–7 (4–7 misidentified); Peters 2000, p. 74, fig. 207–209 (misidentified); Schmidt 2003, p. 126, figs. 105–107 (misidentified)

Types

Holotype ♂, Chile ( MNHN 17.714 ), examined.

Additional material examined

Chile, VIII Región del Biobío, Concepción, Barrio Universitario , 150 m asl, November 2004, 1 ♂ ( MZUC-UCCC 35890 ) .

Diagnosis

Differs from other Euathlus species by the presence of black spiniform setae on the prolateroventral coxae and retrolateroventral maxillae ( Figure 6A,B ). Male differs from other species by the palpal organ morphology ( Figure 6C,D ) with wide embolus, and apical and accessory keels ( Figure 6E ).

Remarks

We removed Pa. manicata from the synonymy of Pa. scrofa and transferred it to Euathlus for the reasons given above, in the remarks of the genus.

The spiniform setae found in this species are similar in morphology to those described for some species of Grammostola ( Ferretti et al. 2011) . We did not locate a female allotype of this species, but it is our opinion that fig. 15 on pl. 1 of Legendre and Calderón (1984) does not match with Euathlus nor Phrixotrichus , given the differences in spermathecae morphology.

Figures

Figure 6. Euathlus manicata comb. nov. (A) Maxilla, retrolateral view; (B) maxilla, detail showing black spiniform setae; (C) palpal organ, prolateral view; (D) palpal organ, retrolateral view; (E) detail of embolus showing prolateral and accessory keels (scale bar = 0.5 mm). AK: accessory keels, PI: prolateral inferior keel, PS: prolateral superior keel. Scale bar = 1 mm.