Tantra kuna gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 1, 46–47

Diagnosis

Males and females of Tantra kuna gen. et sp. nov. resemble those of Tantra embera gen. et sp. nov. and Tantra naso gen. et sp. nov. by the wide guanine silver stripe centrally (i.e., above the second pair of opisthosomal apodemes), open posteriorly (Figs 42A–B, 43A–B, 44A–B, 45A–B, 46A–B, 47A–B), but T. kuna can be distinguished by the two thick silver guanine patches anteriorly, connected to the silver stripe (Figs 46A–B, 47A–B), whereas T. embera and T. naso have dispersed silver guanine blotches anteriorly, not forming discrete patches (Figs 42A–B, 43A–B, 44A–B, 45A–B). Males of T. kuna also resemble those of T. embera and T. naso and by the tegular pocket wide and rounded, the conductor extension lacking a retrolateral projection, and the conductor apophysis long, exceeding the conductor extension posteriorly (Figs 42D–F, 44D–F, 46D–F), but T. kuna can be distinguished by the tegular pocket squared (Fig. 46E), whereas T. embera and T. naso have it wide and rounded (Figs 42E, 44E).

Etymology

The specific name is a noun in apposition to honor the Kuna native people of Panama, which derived from ‘dule’ or ‘tule’ that means ‘person’ in the Kuna language.

Type material

Holotype

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • ♂; Reserva Forestal Fortuna, Quebrada Honda, one-hectare PANCODING inventory; 8.750083° N, 82.239083° W; 1135 m a.s.l.; 7–12 Jun. 2007; M. Arnedo, D. Dimitrov, G. Hormiga, F. Labarque and M. Ramírez leg.; voucher code SFD1NAH037; DNA barcode SPIPA121-10; MIUP.

Paratypes

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFC2DCD016; preparation codes FML-00711, LNP-00257; DNA code thes5122; GenBank code PX096904; MACNAr 29075 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFC1DBD011; preparation codes FML-00742, LNP-00265; DNA code thes5066; GenBank code PX096903; MACN-Ar 29073 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1NBH019; preparation code FML-00894; DNA barcode SPIPA339-10; MIUP • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1NBH034; preparation code FML-00965; DNA barcode SPIPA122-10; MACN-Ar 29074.

Other material

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1D8H025; DNA barcode SPIPA337-10; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1DAL020; DNA code thes5262; GenBank code PX096907; MCZ • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFD1NAH022; DNA barcode SPIPA338-10; MACN-Ar 29072 • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NAA014; DNA code thes5261; GenBank code PX096906; CRBA • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SFU2NAH042; DNA code thes5260; GenBank code PX096905; CRBA.

Description

Male (paratype MACN-Ar 29075)

Total length 1.03. Prosoma: length 0.65, width 0.48, height 0.50. Sternum: length 0.32, width 0.35. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.07. Opisthosoma: length 0.71, width 0.59, height 0.48. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma white, cephalic area with olive-green speckled lines (Fig. 46A–B). Dorsum of ocular area dark olive-green (Fig. 46A–B). Sternum yellow (Fig. 46C). Opisthosoma color overall dark olive-green, with wide guanine silver stripe centrally, open posteriorly, connected to two thick silver guanine patches anteriorly (Fig. 46A–B). Epiandrium, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, spinneret field and behind anal tubercle dark olive-green (Fig. 46C). Femora white but olive-green distally, patella olive-green, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi orange (Fig. 46A– C). Palp: paracymbium hooked, paracymbial process with setae row, tegulum striated with tegular spur elongated, acute, median apophysis elongated with median groove, conductor covering embolic division, conductor posterior extension lacking retrolateral projection, conductor apophysis relatively long, embolus laminated, multiple divided embolic apophysis, retrolateral branch filiform, sclerotized, elongated, protruding from beneath conductor (Fig. 46D–F).

Female (paratypes MACN-Ar 29074, MACN-Ar 29073, MIUP SFD1NBH019)

Total length 1.62. Prosoma: length 0.71, width 0.59, height 0.55. Sternum: length 0.33, width 0.35. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.08. Opisthosoma: length 1.23, width 1.14, height 0.92. Leg formula: 1243. Coloration as in male but cephalic area of the prosoma olive-green and sternum white with olive-green borders (Fig. 47A–C). Epigynal plate whitish-orange (Fig. 47C). Epigynal plate: domed, dorsal-lateral spurs extending to midline, dorsal epigynal plate exposed (Fig. 47C). Vulva: convoluted copulatory ducts, proximal copulatory ducts with patch of gland ducts dorsally, distal copulatory ducts coiling dorso-ventrally and inserting ventromedially posteriorly into spermathecae, spermathecae round, sclerotized, and connate (i.e., fused along the midline), fertilization ducts sclerotized, emerging laterally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving dorsally anteriorly to meet uterus externus (Fig. 47D).

Records and biology

Records are limited to collections made at 1135 m a.s.l. in premontane rainforest from Reserva Forestal Fortuna (Fig. 1). Males and females have been collected during the day and night mostly by looking down, and less frequently also by looking up and cryptic techniques.

Variation

Some females examined have darker coloration than the described specimens.