Iraponia scutata, Kranz-Baltensperger & Platnick & Dupérré, 2009

Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, A New Genus of the Spider Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from Iran, American Museum Novitates 3656, pp. 1-12 : 3-11

Iraponia scutata , new species

Figures 1–59

TYPES: Holotype male and allotype female taken on the road to Yasuj , 30 ° 28 9 N, 51 ° 30 9 E, Kohgiluyeh, Iran (May 25, 1974; A. Senglet), deposited in Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a Latin adjective referring to the ventral abdominal scutum of males.

DIAGNOSIS: With the characters of the genus and genitalia as described.

MALE (holotype): Total length 3.54 mm. Carapace 1.48 mm long, 1.26 mm wide, uniformly orange; mouthparts pale orange; sternum orange; abdomen dorsally uniformly white, with scattered long setae, ventrally covered by orange scutum, extending dorsally on both sides. Palpal cymbium covered prolaterally with thick layer of setae; bulb rounded, embolus broad ribbon, slightly bent distally at about half its length (figs. 5–7, 14– 16, 43–45).

FEMALE (allotype): Total length 4.76 mm. Carapace 1.66 mm long, 1.33 mm wide, coloration as in male but abdomen uniformly white except for orange epigastric area enclosing triangular white area. Epigastric scutum small, covering only epigastric area and ending posteriorly as sclerotized arch (fig. 46), internal genitalia consisting of long, posteriorly directed receptacular sac with secretory glands (figs. 47–52).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Three males taken with the types, two in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, one in the American Museum of Natural History .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in southwestern Iran .

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Iraponia scutata, new species. 1. Male, cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view. 2. Same, ventral view. 3. Female, cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view. 4. Same, ventral view. 5. Left male palp, prolateral view. 6. Same, ventral view. 7. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 8–16. Iraponia scutata, new species, male. 8. Habitus, dorsal view. 9. Same, ventral view. 10. Abdomen, ventral view. 11. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 12. Epigastric region, ventral view. 13. Respiratory system, digested, dorsal view. 14. Left palp, prolateral view. 15. Same, ventral view. 16. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 17–22. Iraponia scutata, new species. 17. Female, habitus, dorsal view. 18. Same, ventral view. 19. Female, ocular area, dorsal view. 20. Female, mouthparts, ventral view. 21. Female, epigastric region, ventral view. 22. Male, mouthparts, ventral view.

Figs. 23–29. Iraponia scutata, new species, male. 23. Habitus, dorsal view. 24. Same, ventral view. 25. Same, lateral view. 26. Carapace, dorsal view. 27. Same, lateral view. 28. Same, anterior view. 29. Ocular area, dorsal view.

Figs. 30–37. Iraponia scutata, new species, male. 30. Mouthparts, ventral view. 31. Left chelicera, lateral view. 32. Right chelicera, lateral view. 33. Chelicerae, anterior view. 34. Same, ventral view. 35. Serrula, anterior view. 36. Mouthparts, anterior view. 37. Labial teeth, anterior view.

Figs. 38–45. Iraponia scutata, new species, male. 38. Trichobothrial base from metatarsus III, dorsal view. 39. Tarsal organ from leg I, dorsal view. 40. Spinnerets, posterior view. 41. Anterior lateral spinneret, posterior view. 42. Posterior lateral spinneret, posterior view. 43. Left palp, prolateral view. 44. Same, ventral view. 45. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 46–53. Iraponia scutata, new species. 46. Female, epigastric region, ventral view. 47. Receptaculum, digested, dorsal view. 48. Same, lateral view. 49. Same, posterior view, showing copulatory opening at bottom. 50. Same, surface, lateral view, showing scattered glands. 51. Same, gland and pore. 52. Same, two adjacent glands and pores. 53. Male, stridulatory pick from right palpal femur, lateral view.

Figs. 54–59. Iraponia scutata, new species, female. 54. Spinnerets, posterior view. 55. Anterior lateral spinneret, posterior view. 56. Posterior median spinnerets, posterior view. 57. Presumed minor ampullate gland spigot on posterior median spinneret, posterior view. 58. Posterior lateral spinnerets, posterior view. 59. Stridulatory pick from left palpal femur, lateral view.