Costarina upala, Platnick & Berniker & Víquez, 2014
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https://doi.org/10.1206/3794.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387E9-FF89-FFE6-FE02-FB7EFE3EF9F6 |
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Carolina (2021-08-29 14:59:52, last updated 2021-09-01 22:01:29) |
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Costarina upala |
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new species |
Costarina upala , new species ( Figures 100–110 View FIGURES 100–110 )
TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from Upala, Dago 1.1, Alajuela, Costa Rica (C. Víquez), deposited in INBIO (PBI_ OON 49954 View Materials ) .
DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the large, basally twisted distal embolar prong (figs. 100–105), females by the fully fused ventral scuta, the protuberant genital atrium, and the posterolaterally enlarged posterior genitalic elements (figs. 107–110).
MALE (PBI_ OON 49955 View Materials , figs. 100–105): Total length 1.72. Both processes of endite basally widened, with arched tips. Femur I r0-1-1; tibia II v3-4-0. Embolus distal prong widened distally, ventral portions translucent; proximal prong short, narrow (N = 12).
FEMALE (PBI_ OON 49955 View Materials , figs. 106–110): Total length 2.00. Spination typical. Genital atrium oval, with surface convex, protuberant (N = 6).
DISTRIBUTION: Alajuela.
FIGURES 100–110. Costarina upala, new species, male (100–105) and female (106–110). 100. Left palp, prolateral view. 101. Same, ventral view. 102. Same, retrolateral view. 103. Left embolus, prolateral view. 104. Same, ventral view. 105. Same, retrolateral view. 106. Sternum, ventral view. 107. Abdomen, lateral view. 108. Same, ventral view. 109. Digested female genitalia, ventral view. 110. Same, dorsal view.
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