Paradossenus makuxi, Cruz, Estevam L., Silva, Da & Lise, Arno A., 2011

Cruz, Estevam L., Silva, Da & Lise, Arno A., 2011, The Neotropical spider genus Paradossenus (Araneae, Trechaleidae): a new species, taxonomic notes and new records, Zootaxa 2781, pp. 63-68 : 66-67

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.203406
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184714
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/470287A2-4737-FFEA-FF75-2DA95FFBFD25
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Paradossenus makuxi
status	sp. nov.

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Paradossenus makuxi View in CoL new species

Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5

Type. Female holotype from Surumu, Roraima, Brazil [ 4°19’N, 60°44’W], IX.1966, M. Alvarenga leg., deposited in MZSP 11594.

Etymology. The specific name is a noun, and refers to the Indian tribe Makuxi , which inhabits the Northeastern areas of Roraima, Brazil.

Diagnosis. The female of P. makuxi sp. nov. is similar to that of P. acanthocymbium Carico & Silva, 2010 ( Carico & Silva 2010: 231, figs 41, 42) in the general shape of the middle field of epigynum, the lateral lobes (LL) ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ) and the presence of a flattened accessory spermathecae ( AS) ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ), but can be distinguished by the larger spermathecae and by the elongated wing-shaped structures (W) ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ).

Description. Female ( Holotype, Surumu, Roraima, Brazil, MZSP 11594). Total length 8.54. Carapace, 3.48 long, 3.15 wide, light brown, darker laterally. Clypeus light brown, 0.26 high. Anterior eye row slightly straight, 0.90 wide; posterior 1.66 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.18, ALE 0.12, PME 0.24, PLE 0.20; AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.43, PME-PLE 0.28, OQA 0.48, OQP 0.88, OQH 0.53. Chelicerae dark brown, bristly, without lateral carina; promargin and retromargin of fang furrow with three teeth equidistant and equal in size. Sternum yellowish, with scattered setae; 1.49 long, 1.57 wide. Labium light brown, darker anteriorlly, 0.74 long, 0.58 wide. Legs light brown with dark brown annuli on femora, relative length: I-II-IV-III, I—femur 4.15/ tibia-patella 5.39/ metatarsus 3.98/ tarsus 1.49/ total 15.01; II—4.16/ 5.31/ 3.56/ 1.57/ 14.60; III—2.32/ 2.73/ 2.07/ 0.83/ 7.95; IV—2.47/ 3.15/ 3.01/ 0.91/ 9.54. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-3; III-3; IV-3. Abdomen, 4.98 long, light gray, bristly, with small light dots. Venter light yellow, with scattered setae. Epigynum with conspicuous lateral lobes ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ) and rounded spermathecae ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 4 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Roraima, Brazil) ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ).

Male. Unknown.