Paratropis tortue, Sherwood & Lucas & Brescovit, 2023

Sherwood, Danniella, Lucas, Sylvia M. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2023, Paratropis tortue sp. nov., a new Guiana (Araneae: Paratropididae) species of mud spider from French, Faunitaxys 11 (10), pp. 1-3 : 2

Paratropis tortue sp. nov.

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Holotype, ♂ ( IBSP 276617 ), Montagnes Tortue Biological Reserve (04°19’14.1”N 52°14’27.5”W), 6 km from Régina, French Guiana, XI/ 2010, coll. G. Lmarre.

Paratype, ♂ ( IBSP 290140 ), [same data] .

Diagnosis. – The male of Paratropis tortue sp. nov. resembles that of P.papilligera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (type material examined by DS in 2018) by the palpal bulb with a very thin and elongate embolus (see Perafán et al., 2019: Fig.4F, G ), but differs by the more elongated and sinuous embolus tip ( Fig. 7 - 8 ) and the absence of a baso-retrolateral conical process on tibia I (present in P.papilligera ).

Etymology. – The specific epithet “tortue ” is a noun in apposition from the French word for turtle, as this is the name given to the small mountainous reliefs of the biological reserve where the types were found.

Figures

Fig. 1-8. Paratropis tortue sp. nov. holotype ♂ (IBSP 276617).