Tantra wounaan, Labarque & Piacentini & Pons & Hormiga & Arnedo & Ramírez, 2025

Tantra wounaan gen. et sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Females of Tantra wounaan gen. et sp. nov. resemble those of Tantra bugle gen. et sp. nov. by the wide guanine silver stripe, open posteriorly, encircling most of the opisthosoma ( Figs 35A–C View Fig , 37A–C View Fig ), but T. wounaan can be distinguished by the dark olive-green irregular lines (i.e., zigzag) on the dorsum of the opisthosoma ( Fig. 37A View Fig ), whereas T. bugle have the dorsum of the opisthosoma uniform olive-green ( Fig. 35A View Fig ). Males of T. wounaan resemble those of T. bugle by the tegular pocket elongated and acute, the conductor extension with a retrolateral projection ( Figs 34D–F View Fig , 36D–F View Fig ), but T. wounaan can be distinguished by the conductor apophysis long, exceeding the conductor extension posteriorly, and the tegular pocket anterior side pointed ( Fig. 36E–F View Fig ), whereas T. bugle have the apophysis short and the anterior side of the pocket forming a rectangle ( Fig. 34E–F View Fig ).

Etymology

The specific name is a noun in apposition to honor the Wounaan 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 SAB2DEB029; MIUP.

GoogleMaps

Paratypes

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1DGH013; preparation codes FML-00710, LNP-00547; DNA code thes7099; GenBank code PX096926 ; MACNAr 29380 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1NFP008; preparation codes FML-00743, LNP-00546; DNA code thes7105; GenBank code PX096923 ; MACN-Ar 29372 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAU1NFB026; DNA barcode SPIPA330-10 ; MCZ GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1DHP001; DNA barcode SPIPA327-10 ; MACN-Ar 29381 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAC1DHA012; DNA barcode SPIPA328-10 ; CRBA GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAB1DHP002; DNA barcode SPIPA329-10 ; CRBA GoogleMaps .

Other material

PANAMA – Chiriquí Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAD1DHL009; DNA code thes7264; GenBank code PX096924 ; MACN-Ar 29382 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAU1NHH023; DNA code thes7265; GenBank code PX096925 ; CRBA GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; voucher code SAC1DFH010; DNA code thes7263; GenBank code PX096927 ; CRBA GoogleMaps • 31 ♂♂, 73 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; MCZ GoogleMaps • 7 ♂♂, 22 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; MIUP GoogleMaps • 33 ♂♂, 64 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; MACN-Ar GoogleMaps • 34 ♂♂, 60 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; CRBA GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Parque Internacional La Amistad , Sendero Retoño ; 8.893833° N, 82.615083° W; 2240 m a.s.l.; 10–11 Jun. 2008; F. Labarque and M. Ramirez leg.; non-quantitative sample; MACN-Ar GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Parque Internacional La Amistad , Sendero Panamá ; 17–18 Jun. 2008; F. Labarque and L. Piacentini leg.; non-quantitative sample; MACN-Ar.

Description

Male ( paratype MACN-Ar 29380)

Total length 1.50. Prosoma: length 0.90, width 0.70, height 0.69. Sternum: length 0.40, width 0.41. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, PME 0.06, AME–PME 0.08. Opisthosoma: length 0.99, width 0.79, height 0.71. Leg formula: 1243. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish-white laterally, dark olive-green centrally ( Fig. 36A–B View Fig ). Dorsum of the ocular area yellowish-white ( Fig. 36A–B View Fig ). Sternum yellow with dark olive-green borders ( Fig. 36C View Fig ). Dorsum of the opisthosoma yellowish-white with light olive-green irregular lines (i.e., zigzag) ( Fig. 36A–B View Fig ). Epiandrium, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, spinneret field and behind anal tubercle dark olive-green ( Fig. 36C View Fig ). Femora and patella yellowish-white, tibiae orange, metatarsi dark orange but distally brownish-orange, tarsi brownish-orange ( Fig. 36A–C View Fig ). Palp: paracymbial process with setae row, tegulum striated with tegular spur elongated, acute, median apophysis elongated with median groove, conductor covering embolic division, conductor posterior extension with retrolateral projection, conductor apophysis relatively long, embolus laminated, multiple divided embolic apophysis, retrolateral branch filiform, sclerotized, elongated, protruding from beneath conductor ( Fig. 36D–F View Fig ).

Female ( paratype MACN-Ar 29372)

Total length 2.27. Prosoma: length 0.93, width 0.76, height 0.75. Sternum: length 0.43, width 0.42. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, PME 0.07, AME–PME 0.11. Opisthosoma: length 1.95, width 1.68, height 1.51. Leg formula: 1243. Coloration whiter than male ( Fig. 37A–C View Fig ). Dorsal shield of prosoma white laterally ( Fig. 37A–B View Fig ). Dorsum of ocular area dark olive-green ( Fig. 37A–B View Fig ). Sternum white with dark olive-green borders ( Fig. 37C View Fig ). Dorsum of opisthosoma with wide guanine silver stripe, open posteriorly, encircling most of opisthosoma ( Fig. 37B–C View Fig ). Epigynal plate, booklung cover, tracheal spiracle, spinneret field, and behind anal tubercle dark olive-green ( Fig. 37B–C View Fig ). Femora, patella, and tibiae white, metatarsi white but distally brownish-orange, tarsi brownish-orange ( Fig. 37A–C View Fig ). Epigynal plate: domed, dorsal-lateral spurs extending to midline, dorsal epigynal plate exposed ( Fig. 37B–C View Fig ). Vulva: convoluted copulatory ducts, proximal copulatory ducts with patch of gland ducts dorsally, distal copulatory ducts coiling dorso-ventrally and inserting ventromedially posteriorly into the spermathecae ( Fig. 37D 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 at night by looking up and looking down, and less frequently also during the day by beating, looking down and cryptic techniques.

Variation

Some males have dispersed silver guanine blotches covering the dorsum of the opisthosoma.