Phrixotrichus vulpinus ( Karsch 1880 ) Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014

Perafán, Carlos & Pérez-Miles, Fernando, 2014, The Andean tarantulas Euathlus Ausserer, 1875, Paraphysa Simon, 1892 and Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): phylogenetic analysis, genera redefinition and new species descriptions, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (39 - 40), pp. 2389-2418 : 2412

Phrixotrichus vulpinus ( Karsch 1880) comb. nov.

( Figure 10E )

Orthothrichus vulpinus Karsch 1880, p. 390 .

Ashantia latithorax Strand 1908, p. 770 . Euathlus vulpinus: Schmidt 1996a, 1996b , p. 67, unnumbered fig.; Schmidt 1998b, p.

10, fig. 1; Schmidt 2003, p. 163, figs. 355–358; Peters 2003, p. 175, fig. 696; Gallon

2005: 199, fig. 5; Perafán and Pérez-Miles 2010, p. 49, figs. 1–2. Syn. nov. Euathlus latithorax: Gallon 2005, p. 199 , figs. 1–4. Syn. nov.

Type

Holotype ♂, not examined, damaged (specimen preserved not in alcochol (dry) and very broken). Photographs of the holotype were studied.

Additional material examined

Chile, VIII Región del Biobío, Concepción, Prov. Concepción , 150 m asl, (36°50' S, 73°03' W), 21December 1995 , J.N. Artigas leg., 1 ♀ ( MZUC-UCCC 35275 ) ; Chile, VIII Región del Biobío, Provincia de Ñuble, Río Infiernillo , 50 m asl, 1 ♀ (MZUCUCCC 35276).

Diagnosis

Female differs from other Phrixotrichus species by the presence of a digitiform projection on one or both seminal receptacles, and the lateral spheroid chamber of seminal receptacles with large lobes ( Figure 10E ).

Misplaced species

Figures

Figure 10. (A–D) Phrixotrichus scrofa. (A) palpal organ, prolateral view; (B) palpal organ, retrolateral view; (C) abdomen; (D) spermathecae, dorsal view. (E) Phrixotrichus vulpinus comb. nov. (E) spermathecae, dorsal view. PI: prolateral inferior keel, PS: prolateral superior keel. The arrow shows digitiform projection on seminal receptacles. Circles delimit the two urticating setae lateral patches. Scale bar = 1 mm.