BONNETINA JUXTANTRICOLA

BONNETINA JUXTANTRICOLA

ORTIZ & FRANCKE, 2015

( FIGS 1, 2; TABLE 1)

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Bonnetina juxtantricola Ortiz & Francke, 2015: 698 View in CoL , figs. 9A–F, 10A–D, 11A–D, 12A–C, 13A–G.

T y p e l o c a l i t y: M E X I C O: G u e r r e r o S t a t e. Quechultenango municipality: outside of Juxtlahuaca Cavern: 17.4387°, −99.1595°.

Material examined (n = 3): MEXICO: Guerrero State. Quechultenango municipality: Outside of Juxtlahuaca Cavern : 17.4387°, −99.1595°: 930 masl. ♂ a holotype ( CNAN-T0758 ) . 12/IX/2005. Alejandro Valdez and Héctor Montaño, cols. Under a stone. ♀ paratype ( CNAN-T0759 ). Same collectors and microhabitat as the holotype . 19/VII/2005. ♀ juv (CNAN-Ar3735). 22/IX/2012. D. Ortiz, J. Mendoza, Jesús Cruz and G. Contreras, cols.

Diagnosis (emended): Morphology. Males differ from those of most Bonnetina species by having poorly developed tibiae I accessory apophysis, not geniculate pedipalpal bulbs, and moderately long and sub-conical bulbal embolus, with PSA keel. It differs from B. alagoni by having the tibia I retrolateral apophysis tip conical (instead of rounded), by the even weaker development of tibia I accessory apophysis (practically indistinct) and by the pedipalpal bulb shape. Females differ from those of most species by having domiform-low spermatheca, sternum sub-circular (instead of sub-oval) and urticating hair patch reduced. They differ from females of B. hobbit in that the scopula on metatarsus I covers at least the distal 3/4 of the segment (in contrast to 1/2), and from B. unam , in that adults are medium sized (in contrast to small sized) and the carapace is sub-oval (in contrast to sub-elliptical). DNA. Diagnostic COI nucleotides (11): 31 (C), 33 (T-C), 51 (C), 111 (C), 189 (G), 195 (C), 213 (A), 252 (A), 348 (C), 357 (C), 366 (C). COI p -distances to other species above 10%; intra-specific distances less than 2% (Appendices S1, S5).

Species delimitation methods: Morphology, HG barcoding and PTP.

G e n e t i c d i v e rs i t y. C O I: K U6 6 4 2 0 2 (h o l o t y p e), KU664203 View Materials ( Fig. 2; Appendix S1). Intra-specific variation <1.6%.

Distribution and natural history: Bonnetina juxtantricola is only known to live in the surroundings of Juxtlahuaca Caverns, in eastern Guerrero at 930 masl, Sierra Madre del Sur ( Fig. 1; Table 1). The locality is covered by tropical deciduous forest, and the three available specimens were collected under stones. The holotype male was captured in September.