Paratropis pasochoa, Dupérré & Tapia, 2024
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1434ADD6-A021-4DFB-8471-D834438F8682 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916751 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B364742-5862-FF94-FF28-61DACD48FEA5 |
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Plazi |
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Paratropis pasochoa |
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sp. nov. |
Paratropis pasochoa new species
Figs 18–19 View FIGURE 18 View FIGURE 19 , Map 1 View MAP 1
Type material. Female holotype from Pichincha Province, Pasochoa (00°25’ S78°27’W) [–00.415860° – 78.450000°] 3000 m, 29 Jan. 1989, P. Jiminez ( QCAZ 262395 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .
Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis. Female are distinguished from all species their elongated and pointed maxillary cuspules ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ), their short spermathecae stalks and round spermathecal heads ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ).
Description. (Female holotype): Total length: 7.52; carapace length: 3.66 carapace width: 3.98; abdomen length: 3.86. Coloration in ethanol. CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace reddish-brown, caput arched; fovea wide, slightly procurved ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ). Chelicerae reddish-brown; promargin 10 teeth, retromargin 10 teeth. Labium sub-rectangular, 39 cuspules anteriorly ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ). Maxillae longer than wide, anterior prolateral lobe elongated, conical; 33 elongated, pointed cuspules ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ). Sternum heart-shaped; 1.94 length, 2.44 width, three pairs of oval sigilla ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ). EYES: Eight eyes on tubercle, elevated, height 0.49; AME 0.14; ALE 0.21; PLE 0.19; PME 0.08; PME–PME 0.56. ABDOMEN: Dorsally dark gray, encrusted with soil, with some spatulate setae ( Fig. 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ); N.B., the abdomen looks like it was dehydrated at one point. LEGS: Uniformly dark orange-brown, encrusted with soil particles. Macrosetae ventrally on metatarsi and tarsi II–IV. Spinules present on leg I ventrally, metatarsus 6, tarsus 16; tarsal scopula absent. Trichobothria: palpal tib: drl 5, dpl 5; tarsus I: 7/8, II: 5, III: 4, IV: 5; metatarsus I: 4, II: 3, III: 2, IV: 4. Legs measurements: I 9.95 (3.31/1.28/2.44/1.74/1.18); II 7.90 (2.46/1.26/1.55/1.48/1.15); III 6.94 (2.12/1.11/1.33/1.24/1.14); IV 10.21 (3.07/1.29/2.31/2.04/1.50); leg formula 4123. GENITALIA: Two short spermathecae (1.8x as long as wide); spermathecal heads rounded; stalk straight ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ).
Distribution. Only know from the type locality ( Map 1 View MAP 1 ).
Natural history. The female specimen was found at 3000 m in an inter-Andean humid montane forest ( Valencia & Jørgensen 2008).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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