Ogulnius zbodro, Labarque & Piacentini & Pons & Hormiga & Arnedo & Ramírez, 2025

Ogulnius zbodro sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Females of Ogulnius zbodro sp. nov. resemble those of Ogulnius laranka Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 and Ogulnius puku Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 by the exposed and separated copulatory openings ( Fig. 29C– D View Fig ; Dupérré & Tapia 2017: figs 11, 13), but O. zbodro can be distinguished by the copulatory ducts convoluting four times directly above the spermathecae ( Figs 5F–G View Fig , 29D View Fig ), whereas O. laranka and O. puku have the copulatory ducts convoluting separated from the spermathecae ( Dupérré & Tapia 2017: figs 12, 14). Males of O. zbodro can be distinguished from those of O. laranka by the embolic apophysis prolateral branch encircling the bulb one-time counter-clockwise ( Fig. 28D View Fig ), whereas O. laranka have the prolateral branch longer, encircling the bulb about 1.75 times counter-clockwise ( Dupérré & Tapia 2017: fig. 9).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the union of two words, ‘zbö’ and ‘dro’, which mean ‘God’ and ‘Sun’ or ‘bright’, respectively, in the Naso language, currently spoken by the Naso Tjerdi native people of Panama, and refers to the elongated prolateral branch of the embolic apophysis that encircles the bulb one-time counter-clockwise, forming the end of a cycle, the end of day.

Type material

Holotype

PANAMA – Panama Province • ♂; Parque Nacional Altos de Campana , one-hectare PANCODING inventory; 8.683444° N, 79.929833° W; 895 m a.s.l.; 14–19 Jun. 2007; M. Arnedo, D. Dimitrov, G. Hormiga, F. Labarque and M. Ramírez leg.; voucher code SCD1NGR012; DNA barcode SPIPA362-10 ; MIUP.

GoogleMaps

Paratypes

PANAMA – Panama Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCC1DER017; preparation codes FML-00714, LNP-00285; DNA code ogus1119; GenBank code PX097021 ; MACN-Ar 29310 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1DFR015; preparation codes FML-00733, FML-01148, LNP-00286; DNA code ogus1110; GenBank code PX097020 ; MACN-Ar 29309 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1DFR031; DNA barcode SPIPA120-10 ; CRBA GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1DHR010; DNA barcode SPIPA361-10 ; MIUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1DFH007; DNA code oguoc195; GenBank code PX097019 ; MCZ GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1DFR014; DNA barcode SPIPA119-10 ; CRBA. GoogleMaps

Other material

PANAMA – Panama Province • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1DFD013; DNA barcode SPIPA360-10 ; MCZ GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SCD1NER013; DNA code oguoc193; GenBank code PX097018 ; MACN-Ar 29308 . GoogleMaps

Description

Male ( paratype MACN-Ar 29310)

Total length 0.79. Prosoma: length 0.49, width 0.41, height 0.41; cephalic area elevated. Sternum: length 0.22, width 0.26. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06, PME 0.04, AME–PME 0.07. Opisthosoma: length 0.63, width 0.57, height 0.44; overhanging prosoma. Leg formula: 4123. Dorsal shield of prosoma orange laterally, reddish-brown centrally ( Fig. 28A–B View Fig ). Dorsum of the ocular area orange ( Fig. 28A View Fig ). Sternum reddish-brown ( Fig. 28C View Fig ). Opisthosoma color overall reddish-brown, dorsally lighter; smooth (i.e., no pattern) ( Fig. 28A–B View Fig ). Spinneret field orange ( Fig. 28C View Fig ). Legs orange, tibia I with retrolateral membranous patch ( Fig. 28A–C View Fig ). Palp: paracymbium ovoid, covering the embolic division, median apophysis anterior projection blunt, bifurcated mesal embolic apophysis, elongated retrolateral branch protruding from beneath conductor and encircling the bulb one-time counter-clockwise, embolus laminated ( Fig. 28D–F View Fig ).

Female ( paratype MACN-Ar 29309)

Total length 0.95. Prosoma: length 0.51, width 0.42, height 0.42; cephalic area elevated. Sternum: length 0.24, width 0.28. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.06, PME 0.04, AME–PME 0.06. Opisthosoma: length 0.76, width 0.67, height 0.57; overhanging prosoma. Leg formula: 4123. Coloration as in male ( Fig. 29A–C View Fig ). Tibia I with retrolateral membranous patch ( Fig. 29B View Fig ). Epigynal plate reddish-brown ( Fig. 29C View Fig ), with transverse groove anterior to copulatory ducts openings ( Fig. 29C–D View Fig ). Vulva: copulatory ducts totally sclerotized, convoluting four times and inserting dorsolaterally posteriorly into spermathecae, spermathecae anteriorly sharp (i.e., angular), sclerotized, and connate (i.e., fused along the midline), fertilization ducts sclerotized, emerging laterally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving dorsally anteriorly to meet the uterus externus ( Figs 5F–G View Fig , 29D View Fig ).

Records and biology

Records are limited to collections made at 895 m a.s.l. in premontane rainforest from Parque Nacional Altos de Campana ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). Males and females have been collected mostly during the day by looking down, although a male was also collected during the day by cryptic technique and a couple at night by looking down.

Variation

Some males and females have darker coloration than the described specimens.