Neischnocolus cisnerosi

Neischnocolus cisnerosi View in CoL Peñaherrera-R. et al. 2023

Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 , 12 View FIGURE 12 , map. 2

Neischnocolus cisnerosi Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2023c: 487, f. 2C–D, 3B, 4C–D, 5A–D, 6 (Description male).

Type material. Holotype male from Ecuador, Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas province, parish of Santo Domingo, Reserva Otongachi (Fundación Otonga) wet forest (-0.320000º -78.950000º) 947 m, 6 October 2017, F. Velasquez (ZSFQ-i11100). Not examined.

Other material examined. ECUADOR: Pichincha Province: Otongachi Reserve (-00.321295º -78.95163º) 900 m, 1 ♂ 1♀, 01 Dec. 2015, hand collected, E. Tapia, N. Dupérré, ECFN 11633 ( QCAZ); Otongachi Reserve (- 00.322689º -78.953695º) 892 m, 1 ♂, 30 May 2019, hand collected inside bromelia on ground, E. Tapia, N. Dupérré, ECFN 1384 ( ZMH-A0029123 ) .

Diagnosis. Females mostly resemble N. iquitos Kaderka, 2020 but it can be distinguished by their spermathecae extending well beyond the sclerotized basal atrium ( Fig. 12E View FIGURE 12 ), while spermathecae not extending beyond the sclerotized basal atrium in the latter (Kardeka 2020: fig. 8A–F).

Description. Female (ZMH-A0001813). Total length: 17.08, carapace length: 5.79; carapace width: 5.61; abdomen length: 11.29. Live coloration: Carapace, lateral side of abdomen and femurs bright pinkish-orange, patella to tarsi dark grayish-black, dorsal side of abdomen dark grayish-black with median dark ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ). Coloration (ethanol): Carapace oval, light orange radiating lines dark orange, densely covered with white setae; fovea transverse ( Fig. 12A, B View FIGURE 12 ). Chelicerae orange densely covered with light brown setae; promargin with nine teeth, furrow with 10 denticles basally. Eight eyes; AME 0.30, ALE 0.31, PLE 0.23 PME, 0.14, PME–PME 0.73. Labium with 12 cuspules. Maxillae with 61 cuspules. Sternum light orange longer than wide (2.78/2.56), labiosternal sigilla joined ( Fig. 12C View FIGURE 12 ); three pairs of oval sigilla located near coxae III, coxae II and coxae I. Abdomen oval, apical half beige, lower half dark gray, with two median dark gray marks, densely covered with beige recumbent setae and brown erected setae ( Fig. 12A View FIGURE 12 ); with type Id urticating setae on dorsoposterior part. Legs light orange densely covered with covered with dark brown setae; all tarsi fully scopulated, metatarsi I fully scopulated, metatarsi II 50%, metatarsi III 25% scopulate, metatarsi IV ascopulate; tarsi I, II with entire scopula, tarsi III–IV entirely divided by setae. Legs measurements: total length: I 15.14 (4.43/2.39/3.75/2.38/2.19) II 13.42 (4.09/1.94/3.26/2.28/1.85) III 12.36 (3.47/1.52/2.93/2.56/1.88) IV 16.57 (4.39/1.84/3.92/4.21/2.21); leg formula 4123.

Spination: tibiae III v 0-0-3, IV v 0-0-3; metatarsi I v 0-1-1; II v 0-1-3 (apical), III v 0-2-3 (apical), p 0-1-1, r 0-0-1, IV v 1-2-3 (apical), p 0-0-1, r 0-1-1. Genitalia with triangular diverging spermathecae, extending well beyond the sclerotized basal atrium ( Fig. 12D, E View FIGURE 12 ).

Distribution. Only found at the type locality in Pichincha province.

Note. The female basal atrium is not fully sclerotized ( Fig. 12E View FIGURE 12 ) indicating that the specimen is a young female. Although Peñaherrera-R et al. (2023) state the type locality as “ Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas Province,” it is actually located in Pichincha Province. The two provinces share a border, which can lead to confusion. The male live coloration is similar to the female ( Fig. 11B View FIGURE 11 ) .

Natural History. Specimens were collected in an evergreen foothill forest (BsPn01) of the Western Cordillera ( Guevara et al. 2013).

MAP 1. General map underlining the regions where newly described Ecuadorian Neischnocolus species occur.

MAP 2. Distribution map of newly described Ecuadorian Neischnocolus species. Neischnocolus ballerioi sp. nov. (orange circle), Neischnocolus canosita sp. nov. (red square), Neischnocolus ruffoi sp. nov. (green triangle), Neischnocolus pampenita sp. nov. (yellow star), Neischnocolus cisnerosi Peñaherrera-R. et al. 2023 (blue circle).