Patrera boteroi, Martínez & Brescovit & Villarreal & Oliveira, 2021

Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D., Villarreal, Eduardo & Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., 2021, An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4914 (1), pp. 1-64 : 30-31

Patrera boteroi new species

Figures 14A–D ; 32

Type material. Male holotype from Parque Nacional Natural Tamá (7°15′35.26″N; 72°13′34.31″W), 1250m, Toledo, Norte de Santander, Colombia, 29.IX.1999, V. Rodríguez leg. (ICN-Ar-10643) .

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor to Ricardo Botero Trujillo, for his contributions to the taxonomic studies of Neotropical arachnids.

Diagnosis. Males of Patrera boteroi n. sp. resemble those of P. quimbaya n. sp. by having an entire retrolateral tibial apophysis, similar cymbium shape, and long, S-shaped embolus ( Fig. 18 C–E), but can be distinguished by the long, curved, apically sharp retrolateral tibial apophysis (shoter and apically truncated in P. quimbaya ).

Description. Male (Holotype, ICN-Ar-10643). Carapace brown ( Fig. 14A ), labium and endites brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum yellow. Legs yellow, darker at metatarsi and tarsi. Abdomen gray ( Fig. 14A ). Spinnerets gray. Total length 7.25, carapace length 3.05, width 2.64, high 0.71. Clypeus height 0.08. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.16, PME 0.17, PLE 0.18; AME–AME 0.24, AME–ALE 0.30, PME–PME 0.48, PME–PLE 0.37, ALE–PLE 0.41. Chelicerae 1.50 long; four promarginal teeth; four retromarginal denticles. Leg measurements: leg I—femur 3.91/ patella 1.31/ tibia 4.59/ metatarsus 3.49/ tarsus 1.41/ total 14.71; II—3.99/ 1.41/ 4.25/ 3.61/ 1.42/ 14.68; III—2.61/ 0.98/ 2.65/ 2.35/ 0.99/ 9.58; IV—3.68/ 1.3 / 4.15/ 3.23/ 1.23/ 13.61. Leg spination: I—metatarsus v2-0-0, p1-1-0; II=I; III—tibia d1-0-0, p1-0-1, r 1-1-1, metatarsus p1-1-2, r1-1-2; IV—tibia d1-0-01, p1-1-0, metatarsus p1-2-2, r1-1-2. Abdomen: length 4.32, epigastric furrow 1.02 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 1.92 from base of spinnerets. Palp: retrolateral tibial apophysis large, curved and with thin apex; cymbium as long as half the tibia length, with protuberant tutacular groove; subtegulum longer than wide, thin, with inconspicuous distal projection; tegulum longer than wide, with a reduced ventral tegular process under the median apophysis; median apophysis short, curved, and medially situated; embolus long, thin, apically filiform, with narrow base and basally inserted on the tegulum ( Fig. 14 B–D).

Female. Unknown.

Natural History. The specimen was collected beating low shrubs and malise traps on foliage in cloud forest.

Distribution. Only known from Santander department ( Fig. 32 ).

Figures

FIGURE 14A–D. Patrera boteroi n. sp. Male (ICN-Ar-10643): A habitus, dorsal view; B left palp, retroventral view (Arrow: indicates tutacular groove); C palp, ventral view; D palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A: 2mm; B: 1mm; C: 0.8mm; D–E: 0.5mm.

FIGURE 18A–G. Patrera quimbaya n. sp. Male (ICN-Ar-10628):A habitus, dorsal view; C left palp, retroventral view; D palp, ventral view (Arrow: indicates tutacular groove); E palp, retrolateral view. Female (ICN-Ar-10629): B habitus, dorsal view; F epigynum, ventral view; G epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–B: 2mm; C–E: 0.5mm; F–G: 0.2mm.

FIGURE 32. Distribution of species of the florezi group in Colombia.