Baalzebub innatuledi, Labarque & Piacentini & Pons & Hormiga & Arnedo & Ramírez, 2025

Baalzebub innatuledi sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Males and females of Baalzebub innatuledi sp. nov. also resemble those of Baalzebub sukia sp. nov. by the overall dark coloration ( Figs 49A–C View Fig , 50A–C View Fig , 51A–C View Fig , 52A–C View Fig ), but B. innatuledi can be distinguished by three pairs of round guanine silver patches centrally on the dorsum of the opisthosoma ( Figs 49A– C View Fig , 50A–C View Fig ), whereas B. sukia have one pair (i.e., above the second pair of opisthosomal apodemes) ( Figs 51A–C View Fig , 52A–C View Fig ). Females of B. innatuledi resemble those of B. sukia by the subtriangular spermathecae (i.e., forming a square angle laterally), connated distally, forming a straight line anteriorly ( Figs 50D View Fig , 52D View Fig ), but B. innatuledi can be distinguished by the backward-pointed triangular epigynal plate posteriorly wide ( Fig. 50C–D View Fig ), whereas B. sukia have it acuter ( Fig. 52C–D View Fig ).

Etymology

The specific name is derived from ‘innatuledi’ which indicates the person specialized in the study of plants and rocks in the Kuna language, currently spoken by the Kuna native people of Panama.

Type material

Holotype

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • ♂; Parque Internacional La Amistad , Cerro Picacho , one-hectare PANCODING inventory; 8.890500° N, 82.618778° W; 2299 m a.s.l.; 12–17 Jun. 2008; M. Arnedo, L. Benavides, G. Hormiga, F. Labarque, L. Piacentini and M. Ramírez leg.; voucher code SAD1NGB023; DNA code baaba258; GenBank code PX096881 ; MIUP.

GoogleMaps

Paratypes

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1NGA015; preparation codes FML-00718, LNP-00541; DNA code baaba104; GenBank code PX096878 ; MACNAr 28998 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAC1NDA004; preparation code FML-00738; DNA code baaba257; GenBank code PX096880 ; MACN-Ar 28997 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1NFL017; preparation code FML-00898; MCZ. GoogleMaps

Other material

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1NHL025; DNA code baaba256; GenBank code PX096879 ; MCZ GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAC1DER002; DNA barcode SPIPA422-10 ; MIUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAC2NDB010; DNA barcode SPIPA423-10 ; CRBA GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype CRBA. GoogleMaps

Description

Male ( paratype MACN-Ar 28998)

Total length 1.25. Prosoma: length 0.68, width 0.61, height 0.55. Sternum: length 0.33, width 0.35. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.07. Opisthosoma: length 0.90, width 0.81, height 0.67. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark ( Fig. 49A–B View Fig ). Dorsum of the ocular area dark ( Fig. 49A–B View Fig ). Sternum dark olive-green ( Fig. 49C View Fig ). Opisthosoma color overall dark gray, with three dorsal pairs of round guanine silver patches laterally, first pair above the second pair of opisthosomal apodemes, second pair smaller ( Fig. 49A–B View Fig ). Epiandrium, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, and behind the anal tubercle dark gray; anterior lateral spinnerets field olive-green, other spinnerets orange ( Fig. 49C View Fig ). Femora and patella greenish-yellow with olive-green speckles, tibiae orange but distally olive-green, metatarsi and tarsi orange ( Fig. 49A–C View Fig ). Palp: paracymbium hooked, paracymbial process with setae row, median apophysis with a deep trough, conductor covering the embolic division, embolus laminated, multiple divided embolic apophysis ( Fig. 49D–F View Fig ).

Female ( paratype MACN-Ar 28997)

Total length 1.33. Prosoma: length 0.60, width 0.53, height 0.49. Sternum: length 0.31, width 0.32. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.08. Opisthosoma: length 0.89, width 0.80, height 0.77. Leg formula: 1243. Coloration as in male, but sternum with dark borders ( Fig. 50A–C View Fig ). Epigynal plate whitish-orange ( Fig. 50B–C View Fig ), triangular, backward-pointed, central pit deep ( Fig. 50C–D View Fig ). Vulva: copulatory ducts irregular and membranous, inserting ventromedially posteriorly into spermathecae, subtriangular spermathecae, sclerotized, and connated distally, forming straight line anteriorly, fertilization ducts sclerotized, emerging laterally posteriorly from spermathecae, curving dorsally anteriorly to meet uterus externus ( Fig. 50D View Fig ).

Records and biology

Records are limited to collections made at 2299 m a.s.l. in lower montane rainforest from Parque Internacional La Amistad ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). Males and females have been collected mostly during the night by looking down, and less frequently females were also collected at daytime by cryptic technique.