Nopsma florencia, Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2020, Revision of the spider genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise (Araneae: Caponiidae) with proposition of the new genus Nopsma, from Central and South America, Zootaxa 4751 (3), pp. 461-486 : 483

Nopsma florencia new species

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Types. Male holotype (ICN-Ar 10354) from CIMAZ Macagual, (1°30’5.364’’N; 75°39’46.26’’W), Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, 29.iii–04.iv.2017, E. Flórez et al. Male paratype (ICN-Ar 10658), same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males of N. florencia n. sp. resemble those of N. juchuy n. comb. by the small tegulum not reaching the palpal tibia length, but are readily recognized by relatively conspicuous smaller tegulum, only one-fifth the cymbium length ( Figs 18 B–C).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 6.38. Carapace 2.91 long, 1.93 wide. Sternum 2.45 long, 2.01 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.70; II: 3.95; III: 3.82; IV: 4.75. Carapace orange with remarkable dorsal pattern ( Fig. 18F ). Chelicerae, palps, sternum and labium orange, endites orange, pales in distal edge ( Fig. 18E ), and legs orange; coxae and trochanters light orange. Abdomen gray, with not defined dorsal pattern ( Fig. 18A ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Palp with a conspicuous small oval tegulum and a very long, procurved embolus ( Fig. 18 B–C) with short projection on the tip.

Female: unknown.

Variation. Males (n=2): total length: 6.38–6.44; carapace length: 2.91–2.96.

Remark. The specimens were collected with pitfall traps in a conserved wet forest ecosystem.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Colombia ( Fig. 18G ).

Figures

FIGURE 18. A–F Nopsma florencia n. sp., male holotype. A Habitus, dorsal view. B Left palp, prolateral view. C Left palp, retrolateral view. D Habitus, ventral view. E Prosoma, ventral view. F Same, dorsal view. Scale bar: A, D (1mm); B–C, E–F (0.5mm). G Distribution map of Nopsma juchuy (Dupérré) n. comb., circle (Ecuador); Nopsma enriquei n. sp., square (Peru); Nopsma florencia n. sp., star (Colombia) and Nopsma armandoi n. sp., triangle (Nicaragua).