Anapis naranja, Dupérré & Tapia, 2018

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2018, Further discoveries on the minuscule spiders from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of seven new species of Anapis (Araneae: Anapidae), Zootaxa 4459 (3), pp. 482-506 : 491-492

Anapis naranja new species

Figs 24–29 , 52, 53 , 62a .

Material examined. Male holotype from Ecuador, Cotopaxi Province, OTONGA Biological Reserve (-00.41994 -

79.00623) 1,997m, 13–15.xi.2014, sifting mosses, N. Dupérré, E. Tapia, C. Tapia (QCAZ). Paratypes: Cotopaxi Province, OTONGA Biological Reserve (-00.41433 -79.00035) 1,888m, 8–21. vi.2014, 1 ♀, Dupérré, E. Tapia, C. Tapia ( QCAZ) ; 3–16. viii.2014, 1 ♂, 13–25. xi.2014, 1 ♂, pitfall, N. Dupérré, E. Tapia, C. Tapia (DTC, QCAZ); (- 0 0.41564 -79.00452); 2105m, 16.viii–5. ix.2014, 1 ♂, pitfall, E. Tapia, C. Tapia (ZMH).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the Spanish language meaning orange, for the coloration of this species.

Diagnosis. Males and females are distinguished by their ventrally incomplete spinneret scutum and their rather smooth pars cephalica ( Figs 52, 53 ). Furthermore males are distinguished from all species by their whitish globular palpal patella and tibia ( Fig. 25 ); females by their curved copulatory ducts ( Fig. 28 ).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 1.35; carapace length: 0.59; carapace width: 0.5; abdomen length: 0.76; abdomen width: 0.6; clypeus height: 0.17. Cephalothorax: Carapace orange; pars cephalica smooth; cephalic groove inconspicuous; pars thoracica dorsally rugose, margin slightly punctated ( Fig. 52 ). Sternum orange, suffused with dark gray, punctated, longer than wide, covered with setae. Clypeus orange, punctated. Labral spur present. Chelicerae orange, excavated medially with one basal tooth and denticulate plate apically. Eyes: 6 eyes, rounded; AME absent, ALE separated by their radius, ALE-PLE contiguous, LE-PME touching, PME contiguous. Abdomen: rounded, with dorsal orange scutum; dorsal soft portion without sclerites, laterally suffused with three stripes of gray apically ( Fig. 52 ); incomplete spinneret scutum. Legs: Orange; metatarsus I with one prolateral and one ventral cusp; tarsus I with four cusps ( Fig. 26 ); metatarsus II enlarged with one prolateral and one ventral cusps; tarsus II with five cusps ( Fig. 27 ). Genitalia: Palpal patella with small, ventrally curved retrolateral apophysis; palpal tibia globular, with one retrolateral trichobothrium; small recurved retrolateral apophysis ( Fig. 25 ). Cymbium cup-shaped, with long cap-like extension ( Figs 24, 25 ). Embolus short not reaching tip of conductor; conductor transparent, ridged, long, sharply pointed ( Figs 24, 25, 25a ).

Female (paratype, abdomen damaged): Carapace length: 0.65; carapace width: 0.49; clypeus height: 0.12. Cephalothorax: Same coloration and pattern of punctation as male ( Fig. 53 ). Clypeus orange, punctated. Chelicerae and sternum as male. Eyes: 6 eyes, rounded; AME absent, ALE separated by their radius, ALE-PLE contiguous, LE-PME separated by their radius, PME contiguous. Abdomen: Whitish, rounded without dorsal scutum, with very few, sclerites ( Fig. 53 ); incomplete spinneret scutum. Genitalia: Ventral scutum bright orange, visible through the scutum: pair of large rounded spermathecae, curved copulatory ducts ( Fig. 28 ). Internal genitalia with large rounded spermathecae; copulatory ducts curved inward; fertilization ducts short, recurved, directed internally ( Fig. 29 ).

Distribution. Ecuador: Known only from the type locality.

Natural History. Specimens were collected between 1,888–1,997m in the cloud forest.

Figures

FIGURES 24–29. Anapis naranja n. sp. 24, Male palp prolateral view. 25, Male palp retrolateral view. 25a. Male palp conductor and embolus, retrolateral view. 26, Male left metatarsus and tarsus I, prolateral view. 27, Male, left metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view. 28, Female epigastric region, ventral view. 29, Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 46–53. Habitus, lateral view. 46, Male Anapis anabelleae n. sp. 47, Female Anapis anabelleae n. sp. 48, Male Anapis carmencita n. sp. 49, Female Anapis carmencita n. sp. 50, Male Anapis churu n. sp. 51, Male Anapis mariebertheae n. sp. 52, Male Anapis naranja n. sp. 53, Female Anapis naranja n. sp. Scale bars: 0.5mm

FIGURES 62–62a. Distribution maps of Anapidae in Ecuador. 62, Distribution of previously described species and formerly known localities. 62a, Distribution of new species and new localities for previously described species.