Otiothops doctorstrange, Cala-Riquelme & Quijano-Cuervo & Sabogal-González & Agnarsson, 2018

Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn, Quijano-Cuervo, Luis, Sabogal-González, Alexander & Agnarsson, Ingi, 2018, New species of Otiothopinae (Araneae: Palpimanidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4442 (3), pp. 413-426 : 416-419

Otiothops doctorstrange sp. n. Cala-Riquelme & Quijano-Cuervo, 2018

( Figs 14–17 )

Type material. Male holotype from Reserva ‘ La Flecha’, San Jacinto, Bolivar, Colombia, 9.8498556°N, 75.1668972°W, 10 September 2015, dry forest leaf litter, L. Quijano (ICN-Ar10655) . Paratypes: 1 male, Isla Barú , Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia, 10 October 2006, dry forest leaf litter, C. Pardo (ICN-Ar10691) ; 1 male, Reserva Primates , Colosó, Sucre, Colombia, 10.216111°N, 75.6002778°W 1 October 2016, dry forest leaf litter, E. Villarreal (ICN-Ar10691).

Other material examined. COLOMBIA: Bolivar: 1 subadult female and 1 juvenile, same data as holotype (ICN-Ar10656).

Diagnosis. Males of Otiothops doctorstrange sp. n. resemble those of O. kochalkai ( Fig. 18 ; see also Platnick 1978, fig. 1), but can be distinguished by the shape of the cymbium, which is without a prolaterally bent tip, and by the shape of the embolus, which has a trajectory close to the bulb and a curved tip ( Fig. 17 ). Females are unknown.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the Marvel comics “Doctor Strange” created by artist Steve Ditko and writer Stan Lee in 1963.

Description. Male (holotype, ICN-Ar10655): Total length 3.85. Carapace: 1.8 long; 1.25 wide (at leg II), 0.95 high (at leg II). Leg I: femur 1.13 long, 0.58 wide. Abdomen: 1.95 long, 1.5 wide, scute 0.63 long. Posterior median eyes contiguous. Palp: femur 0.48 long, 0.1 wide; patella 0.15 long, 0.18 wide; tibia 0.28 long, 0.28 wide; cymbium 0.55 long; embolus 0.52 long. Sclerotized portions of body dark orange; abdominal scute and unsclerotized portion of dorsal abdomen orange-brown. Palpal femur not thickened; tibia as long as wide; embolus almost as long as cymbium and 2.0 x longer than bulb, strongly curved in the apical third (figs. 15-17).

Distribution. Known from the type locality at San Jacinto (Bolivar), and Isla Barú (Bolivar) and Colosó (Sucre), Colombia.

Natural history. The holotype and paratypes was found in leaf litter in tropical dry forest.

Figures

FIGURES 14–18. Otiothops doctorstrange sp. n. 14, Male holotype, habitus, dorsal view. 15–17, Male holotype, left palp (E = embolus, Cy = cymbium, Bu = bulb): 15, retrolateral view; 16, prolateral view; 17, ventral view. 18, Otiothops kochalkai Platnick, 1978, left palp, ventral view (E = embolus, Cy = cymbium, Bu = bulb).