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Actinopus apalai

Actinopus apalai

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Figs 13 – 15, Map 2
Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1
VARIATION MALES (n = 10): Eyes: Diameters: PME 0.22 – 0.44, PLE 0.22 – 0.5, ALE 0.44 – 0.55, AME 0.44 – 0.55; MOQ: Length 1.2 – 1.5, front width 1.2 – 1.4, front width 1.2 – 2.5; Interdistances: PME – PME 1.7 – 2, PLE – PME 0.11, AME – AME 0.16 – 0.27, ALE – AME 0.44 – 0.77, ALE – PLE 0.44 – 0.77, AME – PME 1.1 – 1.56. Ocular area: OAL 1.2 – 1.4, OAW 1.2 – 2.5, and IF 1.2 – 1.5. Body: Total length: 10.9 – 18.5; Carapace: Length 5.5 – 10.4; wide 5 – 7.2; Clypeus: 0 – 0.1; Fovea: 1.6 – 3.1; Labium: Length 1.3 – 1.7; wide 1.2 – 2.3; Chelicerae: Length 3 – 5.2; wide 1.7 – 3.2; Sternum: Length 4.4 – 5.3; wide 2.5 – 4.2. Abdomen: Length 5.1 – 7.1; wide 3.6 – 5.1. Legs: I: Fe 5.3 – 6.8 / Pa 2 – 3.1 / Ti 3.6 – 5.4 / Me 3.8 – 6.4 / Ta 2.1 – 3.4 / total 16.8 – 25.1. II: 5 – 6.8 / 2 – 3 / 3.7 – 5.3 / 4 – 6 / 2.3 – 3.4 / 13 – 24.5. III: 3.9 – 5.8 / 2.2 – 3 / 2.5 – 3.8 / 4 – 5.7 / 2.4 – 3.4 / 15 – 21.7. IV: 5.7 – 8.2 / 2.2 – 3.2 / 4.2 – 6.6 / 4.1 – 6.4 / 2.6 – 3.8 / 18.8 – 28.2.
Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1
Diagnosis. Males of A. apalai are characterized by PA continuous to PI (Fig. 15 A – B); pronounced PA and BTA inconspicuous (Fig. 15 A – C); without serrated area, represented by the two cusps distal to PI (Fig. 15 A, C). They differ from those of A. mairinquensis (Fig. 18 A – C) by BTA in the middle of the width of tegulum; PA more developed; serrated area reduced (Fig. 15 A, C) and dorsal abdominal scutum divided in two parts, the basal larger and more rebordered than distal scutum (Fig. 13 A). They differ from those of A. smuzikae by PA more pronounced and PS shorter (Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018, fig. 34 D – F). MALE (holotype): Total length 14.55; Carapace, long 7.22; wide 6.66. Carapace anterior part slightly tapered. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior row recurved (Fig. 13 B). Few short bristles between posterior eyes, and between lateral eyes-edge of carapace; short bristles forming a row on edge of chilum. Sternum with eight sigilla fused medially, two distal sigilla more fused to each other than others (Fig. 13 C). Rastellum protuberant, inverted V-shaped, hirsute, with 1 – 3 spines in prolateral part (Fig. 13 E – F). Chelicerae with denticles along prolateral row of teeth. Prolateral row decreasing in distal-proximal way. Teeth in retrolateral row subequal (Fig. 13 D). Patella and tibia III with distal crown of welldeveloped thorns, not interrupted in middle (Fig. 14 A – B). Patellae III and IV with spines on prolaterodorsal face (Fig. 14 A, C). Patella IV with prolaterodorsal short spines along extension of article (Fig. 14 D). Ventral pseudoscopulae occupying 75 % of tarsi I and 100 % of II, III and IV. Pseudoscopula compact only in 10 % of distal part of tarsi I, 25 % of II, and 100 % of tarsi III and IV. Carapace and chelicerae reddish brown; sternum yellowish-brown; legs reddish-brown; tibia of palp and cymbium yellowishbrown; abdomen pale gray, with two dorsal scuta with points of insections of bristles more sclerotized than in rest of abdomen (Fig. 13 A). Anterior scutum bigger and more rebordered than posterior. Eyes: Diameters: PME 0.27, PLE 0.38, ALE 0.4, AME 0.5; MOQ: Length 1.2, front width 1.38, back width 2.2; Interdistances: PME – PME 1.7, PLE – PME 0.11, AME – AME 0.16, ALE – AME 0.66, ALE – PLE 0.5, AME – PME 1.2. Ocular area: OAL 4.5, OAW 3.7, and IF 2.2. Body: Clypeus: 0.14; Fovea: 2.4; Labium: long 1.55; wide 1.22; Chelicerae: long 3.55; wide 2; Sternum: long 4.7; wide 3.44. Abdomen: long 7.77; wide 4.88. Leg measurements: I: Fe 6 / Pa 3 / Ti 4.8 / Me 5.7 / Ta 3.3 / total 23. II: 5.6 / 2.1 / 3.5 / 4.3 / 2.5 / 18.2. III: 4.4 / 2.3 / 2.6 / 4.6 / 2.6 / 16.7. IV: 6.4 / 2.6 / 4.8 / 5.7 / 3.8 / 23.6. Spination: I — Fe v 0, d 0, p 0, r 0; Pa v 0, d 0, p 0, r 0; ti v 0 - 0 - 4, d 0, p 0, r 0 - 0 - 1; Me v 4 - 9 - 4, d 0, p 1 - 3 - 2, r 2 - 4 - 3; ta v 0 - 3 - 4, d 0, p 1 - 4 - 4, r 1 - 5 - 7. II — Fe v 0, d 0, p 0, r 0; Pa v 0, d 0, p 0, r 0; ti v 0 - 0 - 5, d 0, p 0, r 0 - 3 - 2; Me v 4 - 7 - 6, d 0, p 1 - 2 - 3, r 2 - 3 - 4; ta v 4 - 7 - 5, d 0, p 2 - 4 - 5, r 2 - 4 - 4. III — Fe v 0, d 0, p 0, r 0; Pa v 0, d 2 - 4 - 16, p 2 - 4 - 7, r 0 - 0 - 3; ti v 0 - 1 - 2, d 1 - 1 - 14, p 0 - 2 - 2, r 0 - 1 - 4; Me v 3 - 3 - 6, d 0, p 2 - 2 - 4, r 2 - 4 - 5; ta v 0, d 0, p 3 - 8 - 6, r 2 - 8 - 4; IV — Fe v 0, d 0, p 0, r 0; Pa v 0, d 0 - 0 - 1, p 12 - 13 - 5, r 0; ti v 1 - 2 - 5, d 0, p 2 - 1 - 2, r 0; Me v 2 - 6 - 6, d 0 - 0 - 1, p 0 - 0 - 1, r 0 - 1 - 2; ta v 0, d 0, p 2 - 9 - 8, r 2 - 5 - 7. Palp: BTA developed, prolateral, with two keels (PS and PI) demarcated in prolateral and dorsal faces. PS demarcated on retrolateral face. PS and PI evident. Robust tegulum, long PA, continuous to PI (Fig. 15 A – C).
Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1
Distribution. BRAZIL. Pará: Almeirim (Map 2). Material examined: BRAZIL. Pará: Almeirim, Jari, 0 ° 36 ’ 14,72106 ” S 52 ° 39 ’ 9,44026 ” W, Área 86, 1 ♂, 03. iv. 2005 (MPEG 2256, 2257); 0 ° 42 ’ 42,64747 ” S 52 ° 40 ’ 0,86094 ” W, Área 56, 1 ♂, 01. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2249); 11. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2252, 2254); 2 ♂, 11. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2255); 3 ♂, 11. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2251); 5 ♂, 11. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2253); 1 ° 1 ’ 32,45885 ” S 52 ° 54 ’ 17,27678 ” W, Quaruba, 1 ♂, 03. iv. 2005 (MPEG 2246); 4 ° 49 ’ 58,65601 ” S 52 ° 39 ’ 29,69148 ” W, Área 14, 1 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 13816, 13817); 4 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2275); 5 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2260, 2265); 6 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2268); 7 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2259, 2264); 8 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2270); 8 ♂ e 1 j, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2274); 10 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2258); 12 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2273); 12 ♂ e 1 j, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2272); 14 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2269); 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2261, 2267); 15 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2271); 17 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2266); 21 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 13815); 22 ♂, 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2277), all collected by T. Gardner.
Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1
Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition in honor of the indigenous ethnic group, Apalai, who have remnants on the eastern side of Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, Almeirim, Pará, Brazil.
Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1
Type material. Holotype male from 00 ° 49 ’ 58.65601 ” S 52 ° 39 ’ 29.69148 ” W, Jari, Almeirim, Pará, Brazil, 28. ii. 2005, T. Gardner & M. A. Ribeiro Junior leg. (MPEG 2276). Paratypes: BRAZIL. Pará: Almeirim, Jari, 0 ° 42 ’ 42,64747 ” S 52 ° 40 ’ 0,86094 ” W, Área 56, 1 ♂, 01. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2249); 11. ii. 2005 (MPEG 2250); 11. ii. 2005 (MPEG 13820, 13821); 1 ° 11 ’ 28,30705 ” S 52 ° 38 ’ 51,85530 ” W, Bituba, 1 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2247, 2248); 4 ° 49 ’ 58,65601 ” S 52 ° 39 ’ 29,69148 ” W, Área 14, 1 ♂, 07. iii. 2005 (MPEG 2262, 2263, 13816, 13818, 13819); 28. ii. 2005 (MPEG 13814), all collected by T. Gardner.
Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1

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FIGURE 13. Actinopus apalai sp. nov., holotype, male: A–F MPEG 2276: A. Abdomen, dorsal; B. Carapace, dorsal; C. Sternum, ventral; D. Cheliceral teeth, ventral; E. Rastellum, dorsal; F. Rastellum, ventral. Scales lines A–D: 0.5 mm.

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FIGURE 14. Actinopus apalai sp. nov., holotype, male: A–D MPEG 2276: A. Patella III, dorsal; B. Tibia III, dorsal; C. Patella IV, dorsal; D. Tibia IV, dorsal. Scale lines A–C: 0.5 mm.

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FIGURE 15. Actinopus apalai sp. nov., male: A–C MPEG 13184: A. Copulatory bulb, prolateral; B. Copulatory bulb, dorsal; C. Copulatory bulb, retrolateral. PA-Paraembolic apophysis; BTA-Basal tegular apophysis; PI-Prolateral Inferior keel; PS-Prolateral Superior keel. Scale line: 1 mm.

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FIGURE 18. Actinopus mairinquensis sp. nov., male: A–C IBSP 110484: A. Copulatory bulb, prolateral; B. Copulatory bulb, dorsal; C. Copulatory bulb, retrolateral. PA-Paraembolic apophysis; BTA-Basal tegular apophysis; PI-Prolateral Inferior keel; PS- Prolateral Superior keel; Arrows: Serrated Area. Scale line: 1 mm.

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MAP 2. Distribution map of Actinopus mairinquensis sp. nov., and Actinopus apalai sp. nov.

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Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Miglio, Laura Tavares, Pérez-Miles, Fernando, Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2020): Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2 (1): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1

Abstract

Actinopus Perty, 1833 is characterized and redescribed, including 80 species occurring from Panama to Argentina. Eighteen previously known species are redescribed: A. rufipes (Lucas, 1834); A. longipalpis C. L. Koch, 1842; A. nattereri (Doleschall, 1871); A. crassipes (Keyserling, 1891); A. robustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892); A. wallacei F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896; A. princeps Chamberlin, 1917; A. xenus Chamberlin, 1917; A. fractus Mello-Leit „o, 1920; A. paranensis Mello-Leit „o, 1920; A. pusillus Mello-Leit „o, 1920; A. dubiomaculatus Mello-Leit „o, 1923; A. trinotatus Mello-Leit„o, 1938; A. cucutaensis Mello-Leit „o, 1941; A. echinus Mello-Leit „o, 1949; A. clavero Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018; A. gerschiapelliarum Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018; and A. palmar Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018. Additionally, A. tarsalis Perty, 1833, the type species, A. insignis (Holmberg, 1881) and other 18 species recently described species from Argentina and Bolivia, are re-evaluated. Forty-two new species are described: Actinopus castelo sp. nov., A. apalai sp. nov., A. mairinquensis sp. nov., A. obidos sp. nov., A. buritiensis sp. nov., A. pinhao sp. nov., A. ducke sp. nov., A. hirsutus sp. nov., A. jaboticatubas sp. nov., A. confusus sp. nov., A. pampulha sp. nov., A. candango sp. nov., A. paraitinga sp. nov., A. cornelli sp. nov., A. vilhena sp. nov., A. harveyi sp. nov., A. itapitocai sp. nov., A. ipioca sp. nov., A. itaqui sp. nov., A. xingu sp. nov., A. mesa sp. nov., A. caxiuana sp. nov., A. utinga sp. nov., A. emas sp. nov., A. bocaina sp. nov., A. osbournei sp. nov., A. dioi sp. nov., A. tutu sp. nov., A. azaghal sp. nov., A. itacolomi sp. nov., A. parafundulus sp. nov., A. urucui sp. nov., A. reznori sp. nov., A. anselmoi sp. nov., A. guajara sp. nov., A. apiacas sp. nov., A. jamari sp. nov. from Brazil; A. laventana sp. nov. from Argentina and Uruguay; A. lomalinda sp. nov. from British Guiana and Colombia; A. concinnus sp. nov. from Venezuela and Brazil; A. pindapoy sp. nov. from Argentina; A. panguana sp. nov. from Peru. The females of A. dubiomaculatus and A. cucutaensis and the males of A. nattereri are described for the first time. New records are presented for A. clavero; A.crassipes; A. dubiomaculatus; A. fractus; A. gerschiapelliarum; A. nattereri; A. palmar; A. paranensis; A. princeps, A. pusillus, A. robustus and A. wallacei. Ten old species names are herein considered species inquirendae: A. caraiba (Simon, 1889); A. harti Pocock, 1895; A. liodon (Ausserer, 1875); A. nigripes (Lucas, 1834); A. pertyi Lucas, 1843; A. piceus (Ausserer, 1871); A. rojasi (Simon, 1889); A. rufibarbis Mello-Leit „o, 1930; A. scalops (Simon, 1889) and A. valencianus (Simon, 1889). Most species presently recognized were included in 11 informal groups based mainly on male palpal characters. A key for these groups plus three species, not included in any group, but known from males, is presented.

Miglio L T, Pérez-Miles F, Bonaldo A B, plazi (2020). Taxonomic Revision of the Spider Genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 10/9/2020View dataset
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190123757
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11374721
Taxon ID
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