Corinna vilanovae, Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2014

Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2014, Taxonomic revision of the species group rubripes of Corinna Koch, 1842 (Araneae; Corinnidae), Zootaxa 3815 (4), pp. 451-493 : 484

Corinna vilanovae n. sp.

Figs. 87–89

Type material. Male holotype from Parque Nacional da Serra dos Orgãos, 22 ° 27 ' 23.4 ''S 42 ° 59 ' 41.4 ''W, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22–25.I. 2011, G.H.F. Azevedo, deposited in UFMG (10189).

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of the first author’s friend Ellen Caroline Couto Vilanova.

Diagnosis. Males of Corinna vilanovae n. sp. are readily recognized by the stout, spatulated embolus, tegulum with well-developed retroapical projection and apex of retrolateral tibial apophysis directed prolateraly ( Figs. 87–88 ).

Description. Male (holotype). Carapace black, with posterior end of thoracic region dark red, chelicerae black, endites red and labium black, with posterior end paler, sternum brown, leg I dark red, legs II, III and IV dark yellow; dorsum of abdomen dark gray, ventrally gray. Total length 7.5. Carapace 4.0 long; 3.25 wide; 2.3 high. Clypeus 0.27 high. Abdomen 3.4 long; 2.46 wide. Eyes: anterior row 1.5, posterior row 1.8. MOQ: 0.57 long, 0.66 anterior wide, 0.63 posterior wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.24; ALE 0.12; PME 0.21; PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0.18; AME–ALE 0.24; PME–PME 0.27; PME–PLE 0.45; ALE–PLE 0.12. Chelicerae 2.2 long; 4 retromarginal teeth and 3 promarginal teeth. Sternum 2.0 long; 1.75 wide. Leg measurements: femur I 3.4 / patella 1.5 / tibia 3.0/ metatarsus 2.6 / tarsus 1.6 / total 12.1; II 3.1 / 1.4 / 2.5 / 2.3 / 1.5 / 10.8; III 2.6 / 1.3 / 1.7 / 2.2 / 1.2 / 9.0; IV 3.4 / 1.4 / 2.7 / 2.9 / 1.3 / 11.7. Leg formula 1423. Leg spination: I—femur d 1 - 1 -0, p0- 0-1; tibia v 1 p- 2 - 1 r; metatarsus v 2 - 0-2. II—femur d 1 - 1 -0; tibia v 0-1 r- 1 r; metatarsus v 2 - 0-2. III—femur d 1 - 1 - 1; tibia v 0-2 -0, r 1 -0-0, p 0-1 -0; metatarsus p 0-1 -0, r 0-1 -0, v 2 - 2 - 1. IV—femur d 1 - 1 - 1; tibia r 0-1 - 1, v 1 p- 1 p-0; metatarsus r 0-1 -0, v 2 - 2 - 1. Palp: femur with two posterior dorsal spines; TPC placed far from base of embolus; E stout and spatulated, not covered by folds of conductor ( Figs. 87–88 ).

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Other material examined. None.

Figures

FIGURES 83 – 88. Corinna balacobaco n. sp., male: (83) palp, ventral; (84) same, retrolateral; female: (85) epigynum, ventral; (86) same, dorsal. Corinna vilanovae n. sp., male: (87) palp, ventral; (88) same, retrolateral. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 89. Known distribution records of Corinna balacobaco n. sp., and C. vilanovae n. sp. in Southeastern Brazil.