Epeirotypus kote sp. nov.

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Figs 1, 18–19

Diagnosis

Males and females of Epeirotypus kote sp. nov. resemble those of E. kra sp. nov. by the whitish-yellow body coloration (Figs 16A–C, 17A–C, 18A–C, 19A–C), but males of E. kote can be distinguished by the median apophysis distal projection relatively wide (Fig. 18E), whereas E. kra have the projection acuter (Fig. 16E). Females of E. kra can be distinguished by the vulval bifid sclerotized septum forming an inverted trapezoid (Fig. 19D), whereas in E. kote the bifid septum resembles a rectangle (Fig. 17D).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from ‘köte’ which means ‘fat’ in the Ngäbere language, currently spoken by the Ngäbe native people of Panama, and refers to the relatively high prosoma.

Type material

Holotype

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • ♂; Parque Internacional La Amistad, Cerro Picacho, one-hectare PANCODING inventory; 8.890500° N, 82.618778° W; 2299 m a.s.l.; 12–17 Jun. 2008; M. Arnedo, L. Benavides, G. Hormiga, F. Labarque, L. Piacentini and M. Ramírez leg.; voucher code SAU1NGA024; preparation codes FML-00686, FML-00909; DNA code epes2205; GenBank code PX096958; MIUP.

Paratypes

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1NFP007; preparation codes FML-00696, FML-00847; DNA code epes2176; GenBank code PX096956; MACNAr 29069 • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAU1NGH021; DNA code epes2204; GenBank code PX096957; MACN-Ar 29068 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAU1NHA026; DNA code epes2206; GenBank code PX096959; MCZ.

Description

Male (holotype MIUP SAU1NGA024)

Total length 1.97. Prosoma: length 1.16, width 0.94, height 0.71. Sternum: length 0.52, width 0.43. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME 0.08, AME–PME 0.11. Opisthosoma: length 1.31, width 1.11, height 0.83; with posterior lateral tubercles. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark olive-green laterally, yellowish-white centrally forming smooth uniform band (Fig. 18A–B). Dorsum of ocular area yellowish-white (Fig. 18A). Thoracic area of prosoma laterally higher (Fig. 18B). Sternum yellow (Fig. 18C). Dorsum of opisthosoma olive-green with five whitish-gray patches, anterior and middle ones fused, covered by sparsely thin olive-green flecks (Fig. 18A–B). Opisthosoma with two lateral posterior tubercles connected ventrally by guanine silver stripe (Fig. 18C). Epiandrium, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, and spinneret field yellow, epiandrum with olive-green borders, olive-green thick patch behind anal tubercle (Fig. 18C). Palp: paracymbium wider than long, tegulum retrolaterally massive, tegular spur rounded, median apophysis rounded, distally notched, with projection extending distally, conductor reduced, partially covering embolus, embolus long, bulky and distally acute (Fig. 18D–F).

Female (paratype MACN-Ar 29069)

Total length 2.80. Prosoma: length 1.28, width 0.99, height 0.77. Sternum: length 0.63, width 0.50. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.11, PME 0.10, AME–PME 0.13. Opisthosoma: length 1.85, width 1.91, height 0.98. Leg formula: 1243. Coloration as in male (Fig. 19A–C). Epigynal plate olive-green, domed, with transverse groove, central pit deep. Vulva: copulatory ducts massive, proximally with patch of gland ducts dorsally, heavily sclerotized distally inserting dorsolaterally posteriorly into spermathecae, spermathecae anteriorly sharp, sclerotized, and connate (i.e., fused one above the other), fertilization ducts sclerotized, relative small, emerging dorsally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving anteriorly to meet uterus externus (Fig. 19D).

Records and biology

Records are limited to collections made at 2299 m a.s.l. in lower montane rainforest from Parque Internacional La Amistad (Fig. 1). Males and females have been collected mostly at night by looking up.

Variation

One female with evident lateral posterior tubercles.