Buitinga wataita, Bernhard A. Huber & Charles M. Warui, 2012
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2012.29 |
publication LSID |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6496409 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E19D0275-54F4-4F89-BF12-D2AF12B7276A |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:E19D0275-54F4-4F89-BF12-D2AF12B7276A |
treatment provided by |
Jeremy |
scientific name |
Buitinga wataita |
status |
sp. nov. |
Buitinga wataita View in CoL sp. nov.
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Figs 32-35 View Figs 28 - 49. — 28 - 31 , 75-80 View Figs 75 - 80
Buitinga Kenya 5 : Dimitrov, Astrin & Huber 2012 (DNA sequence data).
Diagnosis
Distinguished from known congeners by combination of male cheliceral armature ( Fig. 77 View Figs 75 - 80 ), male palp (shapes of procursus and bulbal process; Figs 75, 76 View Figs 75 - 80 ), color pattern on prosoma and abdomen ( Figs 32- 35 View Figs 28 - 49. — 28 - 31 ), and epigynum with straight scape in anterior position and distinctive posterior structure ( Fig. 78 View Figs 75 - 80 ).
Etymology
The species is named after the Taita people (also Wataita or Wadawida), a Kenyan ethnic group located in the Taita-Taveta District; noun in apposition.
Type material
Holotype
♂, in ZFMK ( Ar 8737 ) GoogleMaps .
Paratypes
10 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, in ZFMK (9 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀: Ar 8738-39 ) GoogleMaps and NMKE (1 ♂, 1 ♀) GoogleMaps .
Type locality
KENYA, Coast Province, Taita Hills, Ngangao Forest (3°22.2’ S, 38°20.4’ E), 1810 m a.s.l., 19 Jan. 2010 (B.A. Huber).
Other material examined
KENYA: Coast Province: 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Ken 89 ), Taita Hills, Ngangao Forest , same data as types above GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, 1 juv., in MRAC ( 209580 ), Ngangao Forest, 1720 m a.s.l., sweeping along forest edge, 25 Mar. 2000 (R. Jocqué, C. Warui) ; 11 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, in ZFMK ( Ar 8740 ) GoogleMaps and 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, in NMKE, Taita Hills, Macha Forest (3°25.3’S, 38°21.5’E), 1610 m a.s.l., 20 Jan. 2010 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps ; 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Ken 94 ), same data GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, in ZFMK ( Ar 8741 ), Taita Hills, Ndiwenyi Forest (3°26.4’S, 38°20.6’E), 1610 m a.s.l., 20 Jan. 2010 (B.A. Huber) GoogleMaps ; 12 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, in ZFMK ( Ar 8742 ), Chavia Forest (3°28.8’S, 38°20.4’E), 1590 m a.s.l., 20 Jan. 2010 (B.A. Huber ) GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀ in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Ken 95 ), same data GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv., in CAS, S slopes Taita Hills , 1030 m a.s.l., 30 Oct. 1957 (E.S. Ross, R.E. Leech) .
Description
Male (holotype)
MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 3.4, carapace width 1.3. Leg 1: 27.0 (6.8 + 0.5 + 6.5 + 10.4 + 2.8), tibia 2: 4.1, tibia 3: 3.0, tibia 4: 4.0; tibia 1 L/d: 41. Distance PME-PME 185 µm, diameter PME 90 µm, distance PME-ALE 55 µm, no AME.
COLOR. Prosoma pale whitish with black pattern on carapace including ocular area and clypeus, sternum with wide black lateral V-shaped margins, legs ochre-yellow, darker rings on femora (subdistally) and tibiae (proximally and subdistally), tips of femora and tibiae lighter, abdomen pale grey with distinctive black pattern.
BODY. Habitus as in Figs 32-34 View Figs 28 - 49. — 28 - 31 ; ocular area slightly elevated; no thoracic furrow, with small median cone on carapace posteriorly; clypeus unmodified. Chelicerae as in Fig. 77 View Figs 75 - 80 , with proximal lateral apophyses, pair of small apophyses proximally near median line, and frontal apophyses in relatively proximal position provided with four modified hairs each ( Fig. 80 View Figs 75 - 80 ). Sternum as wide as long (0.65), unmodified.
PALPS. As in Figs 75 and 76 View Figs 75 - 80 , coxa and trochanter each with retrolatero-ventral apophysis, femur barely modified, trichobothria on tibia very distal, procursus strongly bent back towards femur, distally complex, bulb with simple weakly sclerotized embolus and distinctive pincer-shaped apophysis accompanied by small sclerotized cone.
LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 7%; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 with ~20 pseudosegments.
VARIATION. The color patterns are very constant but two elements may be less distinct or even missing: the anterior dorsal abdominal mark and the anterior lateral pair of marks on the carapace. Tibia 1 in 35 other males: 5.8-6.9 (mean 6.4).
Female
In general similar to male but ventral abdominal pattern slightly different (anterior paired element shorter, median element longer; Fig. 35 View Figs 28 - 49. — 28 - 31 ), triads closer together (distance PME-PME 140 µm), and carapace without median cone. Tibia 1 in 25 females: 4.5-5.7 (mean 5.2). Epigynum a simple plate with straight scape in anterior position, with distinctive structure posteriorly ( Fig. 78 View Figs 75 - 80 ); internal genitalia as in Fig. 79 View Figs 75 - 80 , with small pore plates scattered over wide area.
Distribution
Known from Taita Hills only ( Fig. 18 View Figs 16 - 19 ).
ZFMK |
Germany, Bonn, Zoologische Forschungsinstitut und Museum "Alexander Koenig" |
NMKE |
Kenya, Nairobi, National Museum of Kenya |
MRAC |
Belgium, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale |
CAS |
USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences |
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