Masteria galipote, Passanha & Brescovit, 2018

Passanha, Victor & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae), Zootaxa 4463 (1), pp. 1-73 : 50-56

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.5970223
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D95431-A201-8E54-FF36-4EA2FC697D26
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Masteria galipote
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Masteria galipote View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs 28 View FIGURE 28 , 31D View FIGURE 31 , 33 View FIGURE 33 )

Types. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. ♂ holotype, La Piramide (18°42’22.7”N; 70°36’01.6”W), 18.X.2011, S. Carrero leg. (MNHNSD-09-1327), Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo, Constanza, La Vega, 18.X.2011, S. Carrero leg., deposited in MNHNSD-09-1327 GoogleMaps . Paratypes: ♀, La Neverita (18°41’49.1”N; 70°35’27.1”W), Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo, Constanza, La Vega, 17.X.2011, S. Carrero leg. (MNHNSD-09-1326) GoogleMaps ; ♀, Reserva Científica Ébano Verde Pas (19°03’55.9”N; 70°33’46.8”W), Loma La Golondrina La Sal, Bajito, Jarabacoa , La Vega, A. Mateo , R. Carreras & G. de Los Santos leg. ( IBSP 167203 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Addition material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. La Vega: Jarabacoa, Paso Bajito , La Sal , Loma La Golondrina , Reserva Científica Ébano Verde (19°03’55.9”N; 70°33’46.8”W), 1♀, 16.V.2009, A. Mateo leg. (MNHNSD-09-131); Constanza, Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo, La Piramide (18°42’22.7”N; 70°36’01.6”W), 1♀, 18.X.2011, S. Carrero leg. (MNHNSD-09-1327). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The epithet is a noun apposition of a local legend in the Dominican Republic, which originated from the European lycanthropy. It makes reference to a man who can tranform into animals.

Diagnosis. Males of Masteria galipote n. sp. resemble those of M. spinosa , M. simla and M. sabrinae n. sp. in having paraembolic apophysis, but differ in the short and tapered embolus and paraembolic apophysis ( Fig. 28B– C View FIGURE 28 ). Females resemble those of Masteria simla and M. spinosa in the bilobed spermathecae with high ectal lobe and short ental lobe, but differs from those of M. simla in the separated lobes and from M. spinosa in the ectal lobe with narrowed duct and rounded apex ( Fig. 28F View FIGURE 28 ).

Description. Male (Holotype). Color: Carapace in dorsal and ventral views and legs yellowish, abdomen whitish. Total length 3.32. Carapace 1.44 long, 1.10 wide. Abdomen 1.88 long. Fovea 0.11. Clypeus 0.04. Ocular tubercle 0.10 long, 0.19 wide. Eyes: six, posterior row slightly recurved. AME absent, ALE 0.08, PME 0.03, PLE 0.05. Basal segment of chelicerae with 12 prolateral teeth and 12 smaller mesobasal teeth. Labium 0.19 long, 0.25 wide. Sternum 0.72 wide, 0.79 long. Palp: femur 0.88/ patella 0.50/ tibia 0.72/ tarsus 0.41/ total 2.51. Legs I: femur 1.16/ patella 0.60/ tibia 1.04/ metatarsus 0.75/ tarsus 0.66/ total 4.21; II: 1.00/ 0.60/ 0.72/ 0.63/ 0.57/ total 3.52; III: 0.94/ 0.44/ 0.63/ 0.72/ 0.57/ 3.30; IV: 1.29/ 0.63/ 1.07/ 1.00/ 0.69/ 4.68; Leg formula 4123; Spination: palp: femur p1, patella v1-1 -3ap, p1, r1, tibia d1b, p1; Legs I: femur p1, patella v1-3 ap, p1, tibia v1-1 -3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 - 1; II: femur p1, patella v1-3 ap, p1, r1, tibia d3b-1-1, v1-1 -3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -1, p1; III: femur p1, patella v1- 3 ap, p1, r1-1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1-1 -2-3ap, p1-1, r1-1, metatarsus d1-2, v2 b-3-3ap, p1-1, r1; IV: femur p1, patella v1- 3 ap, p1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1-2 -1-3ap, p1-1, r1-1, metatarsus d1-3, v2 b-3-3ap, p1, r1. Tibia I: P1 with elevated spur with quadrate apex, P2 with strong spine with slightly projected base below P1 and P3, and P3 two strong spines sharing same projected base. Metatarsus I with flattened basal spine and basal depression associated with prolateral processes of tibia I ( Figs 28E View FIGURE 28 , 31D View FIGURE 31 ). Palpal tibia short, twice length of cymbium, basally dilated, with row of ventral and dorsal elongate slender setae and 6–8 retrolateral spines ( Fig. 28D View FIGURE 28 ). Cymbium as long as wide with four apical spines. Palpal bulb piriform, paraembolic apophysis with slight curvature and flattened distally ( Fig. 28B–C View FIGURE 28 ). PLS: basal, medial and apical, 0.38, 0.41, 0.35 long.

Female (Paratype, MNHNSD-09-1326). Color as in male. Total length 3.60. Carapace 1.72 long, 1.19 wide. Abdomen 1.88 long. Fovea 0.11. Clypeus 0.05. Ocular tubercle 0.16 long, 0.22 wide. Eyes: 6, posterior row slightly recurved ( Fig. 28A View FIGURE 28 ). AME absent, ALE 0.08, PME 0.04, PLE 0.07. Basal segment of chelicerae with 12 prolateral teeth and 12 smaller mesobasal teeth. Labium 0.19 long, 0.35 wide. Sternum 0.75 wide, 0.94 long. Palp: femur 0.94/ patella 0.54/ tibia 0.79/ tarsus 0.69/ total 2.96; Legs I: femur 1.25/ patella 0.66/ tibia 1.04/ metatarsus 0.75/ tarsus 0.63/ total 4.33; II: 1.04/ 0.50/ 0.69/ 0.63/ 0.54/ 3.40; III: 1.13/ 0.63/ 0.66/ 0.79/ 0.60/ 3.81; IV: 1.32/ 0.66/ 1.16/ 1.00/ 0.63/ 4.77; Spination: palp: femur p1, r1, patella v1-3 ap, p1, tibia d1b, v1-1 -3ap, p1, tarsus v2 b; Legs I: femur p1, patella v1-3 ap, p1, tibia v1-1 -3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -1; II: femur p1, patella v1-3 ap, p1-1, tibia d3b-1-1-1-1, v1-1 -3ap, p1, metatarsus v1-1 -1, p1; III: femur p1, r1, patella v1-3 ap, p1-1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1-1 -3ap, p1-1, r1-1, metatarsus d1-1- 1-1, v2 b-3-3ap, p1, r1; IV: femur p1, r1, patella v1-3 ap, p1, r1, tibia d2b-1-1, v1-1 -2-3ap, p1-1, r1-1-1-1, metatarsus d1-1-1-1, v3 b-3-3ap, p1-1, r1-1. Palpal claw with 15 teeth. Spermathecae bilobed, separated by their diameter, elongated ectal lobe and narrow duct, short ental lobe. Small glandular region between lobes ( Fig. 28F View FIGURE 28 ). PLS: basal, medial and apical, 0.47, 0.41, 0.44 long.

Variation. 3 females: total length 3.60–4.13.

Distribution. Dominican Republic, División La Vega ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 ).