Masteria soucouyant, Passanha & Brescovit, 2018

Passanha, Victor & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zootaxa 4463 (1), pp. 1-73 : 19-21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1441911
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:20E7F0F5-7592-47CE-B67F-36DE0124E76F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5970178
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D95431-A222-8E77-FF36-4B3AFC6B78B5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Masteria soucouyant
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Masteria soucouyant View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 , 29C View FIGURE 29 , 32 View FIGURE 32 )

Types. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. ♂ holotype , ♀ paratype, Tamana Hill (10°28'5.304"N; 61°11'47.58"W), Sangre Grande, II.1972, J.A.L. Cooke leg., deposited in AMNH GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species is named after a vampire witch who is a local legend of Trinidad and Tobago and originated from European vampires.

Diagnosis. Males of Masteria soucouyant n. sp. resemble those of M. barona and M. petrunkevitchi in the elongated palpal bulb, but differ from those of M. barona in the presence of grouped retrolateral spines on the palpal tibia ( Fig. 10D View FIGURE 10 ) and from those of M. petrunkevitchi in the presence of eight eyes ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ). Females differ from those of other species in the trilobed spermathecae ( Fig. 10E View FIGURE 10 ).

Description. Male (Holotype). Color: Carapace and legs orange, abdomen light brown. Total length 4.36. Carapace 2.07 long, 1.57 wide. Abdomen 2.29 long. Fovea 0.11. Clypeus 0.05. Ocular tubercle 0.16 long, 0.25 wide. Eyes: six, posterior row recurved. AME absent, ALE 0.11, PME 0.07, PLE 0.09. Basal segment of chelicerae with 10 prolateral teeth, and 15 smaller mesobasal teeth. Labium 0.22 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 0.88 wide, 1.04 long. Palp: femur 1.35/ patella 0.82/ tibia 1.22/ tarsus 0.47/ total 3.86. Legs I: femur 1.91/ patella 1.04/ tibia 1.94/ metatarsus 1.41/ tarsus 1.13/ total 7.43; II: 1.47/ 0.72/ 1.19/ 1.10/ 0.91/ 5.39; III: 1.41/ 0.75/ 1.10/ 1.13/ 0.85/ 5.24; IV: 1.97/ 0.85/ 1.79/ 1.66/ 1.10/ 7.37. Leg formula 1423. Spination: palp: femur p1, patella d1ap, v1-1 -3ap, p1, tibia p1; Legs I: femur p1, patella v1-2 -3ap, p1, tibia v1-1 -1-3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -1; II: femur p1, patella v1-1 - 3ap, p1, tibia v1-1 -3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -2ap, p1; III: femur p1-1, r1-1, patella v1-2 ap, p1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1- 1 -2-3ap, p1-1, r1-1-1, metatarsus d1-1, v2-3 -3ap, p1, r1-1; IV: femur p1, r1, patella v1-1 -2ap, p1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1-1 -2-3ap, p1-1, r1-1-1, metatarsus d1-1, v3-3 -3ap, p1-1, r1. Tibia I: P1 a high spur, P2 a strong spine with slightly projected base and below P1 and P3, P3 a strong spine with projected base. Metatarsus I with flattened spine and basal depression associated with processes of tibia I ( Figs 10F View FIGURE 10 , 29C View FIGURE 29 ). Palp: tibia three times the length of cymbium, with row of dorsal and ventral elongated setae, group of 10-12 microspines on retrolateral tibia ( Fig. 10D View FIGURE 10 ). Cymbium as wide as long, with four apical spines. Bulb with short tegulum, embolus three times length of tegulum, tapering to apex, curved on base ( Fig. 10B–C View FIGURE 10 ). PLS: basal, medial and apical, 0.63, 0.63, 0.66 long.

Female (Paratype). Color: as in male. Total length 5.16. Carapace 2.41 long, 1.82 wide. Abdomen 2.75 long. Fovea 0.19. Clypeus 0.05. Ocular tubercle 0.22 long, 0.35 wide. Eyes: six, posterior row recurved ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ). AME absent, ALE 0.12, PME 0.07, PLE 0.12. Basal segment of chelicerae with 11 prolateral teeth, and 15 smaller mesobasal teeth. Labium 0.35 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 0.94 wide, 1.19 long. Palp: femur 1.19/ patella 0.69/ tibia 1.10/ tarsus 1.07/ total 4.05; Legs I: femur 2.04/ patella 1.07/ tibia 1.85/ metatarsus 1.57/ tarsus 1.13/ total 7.66; II: 1.82/ 0.94/ 1.41/ 1.35/ 0.97/ 6.49; III: 1.79/ 0.88/ 1.32/ 1.41/ 0.91/ 6.31; IV: 2.22/ 0.94/ 1.91/ 1.85/ 1.04/ 7.96; Leg formula 4123. Spination: palp: femur p1, patella v1-1 -3ap, p1, tibia v2-1 -3ap, p1, tarsus v1 b; Legs I: femur p1, patella v1-1 -3ap, p1, tibia v1-1 -1-3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -1; II: femur p1, patella v1-1 -3ap, p1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1- 1 -1-3ap, p1, metatarsus v2 b-1-3ap, p1; III: femur p1, patella v1-2 ap, p1-1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1-1-1, v1-1 -1-3ap, p1-1, r1, metatarsus d1-1, v2 b-3-3ap, p1-1, r1; IV: femur p1, patella v1-2 ap, p1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1-1-1, v1-1 -1-3ap, p1, r2- 1-1, metatarsus d1-2, v2 b-3-3ap, p1-1, r1. Palpal claw with 16 teeth. Spermathecae trilobed, with ectal lobe sharp and straight, two internal lobes, sharp and sinuous, on same slightly projected base, ectal lobe more thickened than ental ( Fig. 10E View FIGURE 10 ). PLS: basal, medial and apical, 0.47, 0.63, 0.47 long.

Distribution. Known only from Trinidad and Tobago ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 ).