Patrera armata ( Chickering, 1940 )

Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D., Villarreal, Eduardo & Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., 2021, An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4914 (1), pp. 1-64 : 45-46

Patrera armata ( Chickering, 1940)

Figures 22 A–E; 33

Sillus armatus Chickering, 1940: 90 , figs 17–19 (Male holotype from Valle de Panama, Panama, deposited in MCZ, examined).

Radulphius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 a: 26 (Female holotype from Guyana, deposited in the Museo Zoologico de “La Specola”, examined); Caporiacco 1948 a: 672, fig. 86. New synonymy.

Aysha strandi: Caporiacco 1955: 391 .

Patrera armata: Brescovit 1997: 33 .

Synonymy. We associate males and females through material collected from Meta department, Colombia.

Diagnosis. Males of Patrera armata can be distinguished from the remaining species by the males having a large dorsobasal bump on the palpal tibia ( Fig. 22C , arrow), bifid retrolateral tibial apophysis with dorsal branch thin and very wide ventral branch, and curved, slender embolus on an apical tegular furrow ( Fig. 22 B–E). Females can be reconigzed by the M-shaped lateral borders, large and oval seminal receptacles, and thin, strongly sclerotized hood ( Fig. 22 G–H).

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Meta: Villavicencio (4°8′56.23″N; 73°38′13.73″W), ♁2, ♀ 1, (ICN-Ar- 5481) . Amazonas: Leticia , quebrada la Yahuarcaca Finca El Agape (4°12′5.65″S; 69°56′8.68″W), 100m, ♀ 1, III.2009, I. Mojica leg. (ICN-Ar-5475) . Cauca: PNNT Isla Gorgona (2°58′6.72″N; 78°11′4.9″W), 5m, ♀ 1, VII. 2003, A. Rico, J. Beltrán, A. Alvarez & H. Pulido leg. (ICN-Ar-2583) . Cundinamarca: Medina, via a Medina , Gazatarena (4°25′38″N; 73°18′57.7″W), 303m, ♁1, 24.X.2017, B. Rodriguez & F. Vásquez leg. (ICN-Ar-10608) . Caquetá: Florencia , Centro de Investigaciones de la Universidad de la Amazonia Macagual (1°37′00″N; 75°36′00″W), 250m, ♁2, 2.VIII.2019, L. Martínez leg. ( IBSP 258655 ) .

Description. Male (ICN-Ar-10608). Carapace light brown with several stripes toward medial zone ( Fig. 22A ). Chelicerae brownish. Labium and endites light brown. Sternum yellowish. Legs yellow. Abdomen uniformly gray. Spinnerets pale yellow ( Fig. 24A ). Total length 8.23, carapace length 3.33, width 2.64, high 0.97. Clypeus height 0.16. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.23, PME 0.21, PLE 0.24; AME–AME 0.31, AME–ALE 0.39, PME–PME 0.57, PME–PLE 0.53, ALE–PLE 0.38. Chelicerae 2.01 long, four promarginal teeth, three retromarginal teeth; large cheliceral ventral projection ( Fig. 22 C–D). Leg measurements: leg I—femur 5.49/ patella 1.60/ tibia 6.74/ metatarsus 4.75/ tarsus 2.18/ total 20.76; II—5.07/ 1.38/ 5.78/ 4.63/ 1.73/ 18.59; III—3.40/ 1.16/ 3.04/ 3.48/ 1.02/ 12.1; IV—4.72/ 1.29/ 4.36/ 5.16/ 1.70/ 17.23. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-0-1; II—tibia v2-2-0; III—tibia d1-0-01, v2-2-0, metatarsus, p1-2-2, r1-1-2; IV—tibia d1-0-01, p0-1-1, metatarsus=III. Abdomen: length 4.89, epigastric furrow 1.27 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 2.42 from base of spinnerets. Palp: retrolateral tibial apophysis bifid, large, with the ventral branch very wide and curved, dorsal branch thin and curved; cymbium shorter that tibia length; subtegulum longer than wide; tegulum longer than wide, with a small, apically situated ventral tegular process; median apophysis short, tubular, curved and apically situated; embolus short, apically filiform, with straight base and proximally inserted on the tegulum ( Fig. 22 F–G).

Female (ICN-Ar-5481). Coloration as in the male ( Fig. 22B ). Total length 8.50, carapace length 3.36, width 2.67, high 0.86. Clypeus height 0.13. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.28, AME–ALE 0.39, PME–PME 0.51, PME–PLE 0.47, ALE–PLE 0.36. Chelicerae 1.74 long, four promarginal teeth the second bigest, six retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: leg I—femur 5.00/ patella 1.42/ tibia 5.69/ metatarsus 4.31/ tarsus 2.27/ total 18.69; II—4.72/ 1.32/ 5.29/ 4.27/ 2.04/ 17.64; III—3.39/ 1.08/ 3.06/ 3.37/ 1.22/ 12.12; IV—4.24/ 1.10/ 4.01/ 4.71/ 1.49/ 15.55. Leg spination: I—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus v2-0- 0; II—tibia v2-2-0, metatarsus=I; III—tibia d1-0-01, v2-2-0, metatarsus p1-2-2, r1-1-2; IV—tibia p1-0-1, r2-0-1, metatarsus p1-3-2, r1-1-2. Abdomen: length 4.75, epigastric furrow 1.33 from tracheal spiracle, spiracle 2.02 from base of spinnerets. Epigynum: hood thin and long, strongly sclerotized; lateral borders wide, united at base; atrium narrow; internally with short, thin copulatory ducts; seminal receptacles large, medially positioned on copulatory ducts; spermathecae large, oval, posteriorly positioned; fertilization ducts shorter than spermathecae length ( Fig. 22 G–H).

Natural History. The specimens were collected beating low shrubs, on foliage, in Amazonian wet forest, at a range of 5-303 meters height.

Distribution. Known from state of Amazonas ( Brazil), Valle de Panama ( Panama; Chickering, 1940) and Amazonas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, and Meta ( Colombia) ( Fig. 33 ).

Figures

FIGURE 22A–D. Patrera armata (Chickering, 1940). Male (ICN-Ar-10608): A habitus, dorsal view; B Chelicerae ventral view; C left palp, retroventral view (Arrow: indicates projection basal of the tibia); D palp, ventral view; E palp, retrolateral view. Female (ICN-Ar-5481): B habitus, dorsal view; G epigynum, ventral view; F epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: BE, base of the embolus; Cvp, cheliceral ventral projection; dps, dorsal projection of the subtegulum; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; H, hood; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; S, spermathecae; SD, spermatic ducts; SR, seminal receptacles; ST, subtegulum; T, tegulum. Scale bars: A–B: 2mm. C: 1mm; D–F: 0.5mm; G–H: 0.25mm.

FIGURE 24A–D. Patrera chucurui n. sp. Male (ICN-Ar-10632):A habitus, dorsal view; C chelicerae dorsal view; D chelicerae ventral view; E left palp, retrolateral view; F palp, ventral view; G palp, retrolateral view. Female (ICN-Ar-9684): B habitus, dorsal view; H epigynum, ventral view; I epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; CD, copulatory ducts; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; LB, lateral borders; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; S, spermathecae; SD, spermatic ducts; ST, subtegulum; T, tegulum; VTP, ventral tegular process. Scale bars: A–B: 2mm; C–D: 1mm; E–G: 0.5mm; H–I: 0.2mm.

FIGURE 33. Distribution of species of the philipi group in Colombia.