Masteria manauara sp. nov., the first masteriine species from Brazil (Araneae: Dipluridae: Masteriinae)

Author(s)

Rogério Bertani ^[1] ; Wanessa Ribeiro Cruz ^[2] ; Maria Ermelinda do Espírito Santo Oliveira ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Instituto Butantan. Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Programa de Pós-graduação em Diversidade Biológica

^[3] Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zoologia; v. 30, n. 4, p. 437-440, 2013-08-00.

Abstract

A new species of Masteria L. Koch, 1873 from Manaus, Brazil, Masteria manauara sp. nov., is herein described. The specimens were collected by hand or using litter bags in the leaf litter around Attalea attaleoides (Barb. Rodr.) palm trees. The new species resembles Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 by lacking paraembolic apophysis on male copulatory organs and having spiniform apophysis on the ventral metatarsus I. It differs in the tibial spur, made of two subdistal, spiniform and converging spurs. Females are unique in having two spermathecae with slender helicoidal stalks. Males and females have only six eyes, and are tiny, even when compared with other Masteria species. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/01093-0 - Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)
• Grantee: Rogerio Bertani
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants