Nyetnops josei Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov.

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Figs 9–12

Diagnosis

The male of Nyetnops josei Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. resembles those of N. guarani, N. naylienae and Nyetnops alexanderi Villarreal & Martínez sp. nov. by having a copulatory bulb (tegulum +embolus), less than 2.2 × as long as palpal tibia but differ from them by having a remarkable dorsal abdominal pattern with chevron stripes.

Etymology

The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Jose Ochoa for his contributions to the knowledge of the arachnids, mainly scorpions in the new world.

Type material

Holotype PERU • ♂; Cusco department, Oropesa, Tipón; 12 Sep. 1993; MUSM – ENT 0515886.

Description

Male (holotype, MUSM–ENT 0515886)

COLORATION (Fig. 9A–D). Carapace light orange. Chelicerae, endites, labium, and sternum light orange. Legs light orange. Abdomen: dorsally gray, with a dark pattern composed by chevron stripes (Fig. 9A). Ventrally gray yellowish, darker on epiandric area. Spinnerets beige. Anterior legs without arolium, crista or gladius.

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.83; carapace length 1.43; width 1.20; height 0.53. Clypeus height 0.24. Eye diameters and interdistances: PME 0.08; PME–PME 0.24. Chelicerae length 0.38. Sternum length 0.91; width 0.85. Legs: I: 3.98; II: 3.66; III: 3.21; IV: 4.48. Abdomen length 2.27.

GENITALIA. Elongated copulatory bulb 2 × as long as palpal tibia; tegulum basal section only slightly swollen and almost as width as apical section, embolus tip weakly sclerotized (Fig. 10A–B).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Only known from the type locality in Cusco department (Figs 11–12).