Fig 1.
Habitat of some Pseudocleobis Pocock, 1900 in Chile.
(A) Paposo, Antofagasta region (Coastal Desert enviroment). (B) Pan de Azúcar national park, Atacama region (Coastal Desert enviroment). (C) Caleta El Cobre, Antofagasta region (Coastal Desert-Absolute Desert ecotone). (D) Nevados Tres Cruces national park, near Paso San Francisco, Atacama region (High Andean environment). (E). Rivera Río Volcán, Metropolitan región (Central Andes environment). (F) Fundo La Escuadra, Maule region (Central Andes environment).
Fig 2.
Live male specimens of some Chilean Pseudocleobis species.
(A) Pseudocleobis lalackama n. sp. (B) Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp. (C) Pseudocleobis krausi n. sp. (D) Pseudocleobis atacamensis n. sp.
Fig 3.
Live specimens of some Chilean Pseudocleobis species.
(A) Pseudocleobis escuadra n. sp., male. (B-C) Pseudocleobis cakalovici n. sp., male. (D) Pseudocleobis cakalovici n. sp., female.
Fig 4.
Confirmed records of the genus Pseudocleobis in Chile.
Fig 5.
Records of Pseudocleobis species in Chile.
Fig 6.
Pseudocleobis general morphology.
(A) Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp., scheme of female chelicera, retrolateral view. (B) Pseudocleobis chilensis Roewer, 1934, fixed finger, retroventral view. (C) Pseudocleobis alticola Pocock, 1900, SEM images of male fixed finger mucron, prolateral view. (D) Pseudocleobis lalackama n. sp., right pedipalp, retrolateral view (retrolateral spine-like setae in red [main] and blue [supplementary], prolateral in yellow; arrow indicates supplementary spine-like setae). Abbreviations: cpc, cheliceropeltidial condyle; FD, fixed finger, distal tooth; FM, fixed finger, medial tooth; FP, fixed finger, proximal tooth; FRLC, fixed finger retrolateral carina; FSD, fixed finger, subdistal tooth/teeth; FSM, fixed finger, submedial tooth/teeth; MM, movable finger, medial tooth; MP, movable finger, proximal tooth; MRLC, movable finger retrolateral carina; MSM, movable finger, submedial tooth/teeth; PFM, profundal medial tooth; PFP, profundal proximal tooth; PFSM, profundal submedial tooth; PFSP, profundal subproximal tooth; RFM, retrofondal medial tooth; RFP, retrofondal proximal tooth; RFSM, retrofondal submedial tooth/teeth; RFSP, retrofondal subproximal tooth/teeth; ric, retrolateral interdigital condyle; rlf, retrolateral finger setae; rlm, retrolateral manus setae; rlpc, retrolateral proximal setal cluster (dorsal cluster in green, ventral cluster in yellow); viam, ventral interdigital articular membrane.
Fig 7.
Pseudocleobis andinus (Pocock, 1899), male right chelicera.
(A) Fixed finger mucron proventral view. (B) Fixed finger, retrolateral view. (C–D) Flagellum, detail of distal prolateral surface. Scale bars: 01 mm (A–B); 0,05 (D); 0,02 mm (C).
Fig 8.
General spiniform setal pattern and some variability observed in pedipalps of Chilean Pseudocleobis.
Prolateral spiniform setae in yellow, retrolateral spiniform seta in red, accessory spiniform setae in grey; arrows indicate the accessory spiniform setae. (A) Pseudocleobis escuadra n. sp., female, right pedipalp, retroventral view. (B) Pseudocleobis choros n. sp., female, right pedipalp, retroventral view. (C) Pseudocleobis choros n. sp., male, left pedipalp, lateral view. (D) Pseudocleobis krausi n. sp., hembra, left pedipalp, retroventral view. (E) Pseudocleobis krausi n. sp., female, right pedipalp, retroventral view. (F) Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp., female, left pedipalp, lateral view. d: distal; sd: subdistal; m: medial; sb: subbasal; b: basal.
Fig 9.
Pseudocleobis chilensis Roewer, 1934 holotype.
(A) Specimen label. (B) Habitus, dorsal view. (C) Right chelicera, retrolateral view. (D) Genital sternite, ventral view. Scale bars: 2 mm (C); 1 mm (B); 0,5 mm (D).
Fig 10.
Pseudocleobis chilensis Roewer, 1934 holotype, schemes of right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Fixed finger, retroventral view.
Fig 11.
Pseudocleobis alticola Pocock, 1900, from Chile, male chelicera.
(A, C, D) Retrolateral view, (B, E–F) prolateral view. (A–B) Male (MNNC; from Ollagüe, Antofagasta region). (C) Male (MNNC; from Chiu-Chiu, Antofagasta region). (D–F) Male (LEULS; from Salar de Lagunillas, Tarapacá region). Scale bars: 1 mm (A–D); 0,3 mm (E); 0,1 mm (F).
Fig 12.
Pseudocleobis alticola Pocock, 1900, schemes of male chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Retrolateral view. (C) Fixed finger, retroventral view. (D) Fixed finger mucron from six Chilean (I–VI) and six Argentinian (VII–XII) specimens. I–II (LEULS), III (MACN-Ar 46516), IV–V (MNNC), VI (MACN-Ar 46517), VII (MACN-Ar 7626), VIII (MACN-Ar 7632), IX (MACN-Ar 7628), X (MACN-Ar 7627), XI (MACN-Ar 7640), XII (MACN-Ar 7695).
Fig 13.
Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp.
(A–D) Male holotype, right chelicera. (E–F) Female paratype. (A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retroventral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, proventral view. (E) Right chelicera, retrolateral view. (F) Genital sternite, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (E); 0,5 mm (A–B, F); 0,2 mm (C–D).
Fig 14.
Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Fixed finger, prolateral view. (C) Fixed finger, proventral view. (D) Retroventral view. Arrow indicates the small retrolateral flange.
Fig 15.
Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp., SEM images of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Fixed fingers, retrolateral view. (D) Fixed fingers, prolateral view. (E) Fixed finger mucron, proventral view, arrow indicates the retroventral flange. (D) Flagellum, smooth prolateral surface detail. Scale bars: 0,4 mm (A–B); 0,1 mm (C–E); 0,02 mm (F).
Table 1.
Metric data for Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp., P. atacamensis n. sp. and P. puna n. sp.
Measurements in millimeters for male holotype and one female (when known).
Table 2.
Variability on metric data for Pseudocleobis elongatus n. sp., P. atacamensis n. sp. and P. puna n. sp.
Values in millimeters.
Fig 16.
Pseudocleobis atacamensis n. sp., male holotype, right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Proventral view. (D) Male paratype, right chelicera, retrolateral view, note the two FSD teeth. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B, D); 0,5 mm (C).
Fig 17.
Pseudocleobis atacamensis n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Cheliceral fingers, prolateral view. (C) Fixed finger, proventral view.
Fig 18.
Pseudocleobis atacamensis n. sp., SEM images of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retrolateral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, prolateral view. (E) Flagellum apex detail. (D) Flagellum smooth prolateral surface detail. Scale bars: 0,4 mm (A), 0,1 mm (B), 003 mm (D), 0,02 mm (C).
Fig 19.
Pseudocleobis puna n. sp., male holotype, right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retroventral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, proventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B); 0,5 mm (C, D).
Fig 20.
Pseudocleobis puna n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B–D) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Retroventral view. (D) Proventral view.
Fig 21.
Pseudocleobis krausi n. sp., male holotype, right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retroventral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, proventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B); 0,5 mm (C–D).
Fig 22.
Pseudocleobis krausi n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B–E) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Dorsal view (prodorsal flange orange colored). (D) Proventral view. (E) Retroventral view. Arrows in D and E indicates the retroventral flange.
Table 3.
Metric data for Pseudocleobis krausi n. sp., P. choros n. sp. and P. lalackama n. sp.
Measurements in millimeters for male holotype and one female (when known).
Fig 23.
(A–D) Male holotype, right chelicera. (A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retroventral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, proventral view. (E–F). Female paratype. (E) Right chelicera, retrolateral view. (F) Genital sternite, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B, E); 0,5 mm (C–D, F).
Fig 24.
Pseudocleobis choros n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B–E) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Dorsal view (prodorsal flange orange colored). (D) Retroventral view. (E) Proventral view. Arrows in A, B, D and E indicates the retroventral flange.
Table 4.
Variability on metric data for Pseudocleobis choros n. sp., P. lalackama n. sp.
Values in millimeters.
Fig 25.
Pseudocleobis lalackama n. sp., male holotype, right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Fixed finger, retroventral view. (D) Fixed finger, proventral view. Scale bars: 0,5 mm (A–B); 0,2 mm (C–D).
Fig 26.
Pseudocleobis lalackama n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
A. Retrolateral view. (B–E) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Dorsal view (prodorsal flange orange colored). (D) Retroventral view. (E) Proventral view. Arrows in A, B, D and E indicates the retroventral flange.
Fig 27.
Pseudocleobis lalackama n. sp., SEM images of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retrolateral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, prolateral view. (E) Fixed finger mucron, proventral view. (D) Flagellum prolateral surface, detail of distal area. Scale bars: 0,2 mm (A–B), 0,1 mm (C–E), 0,02 mm (D).
Fig 28.
(A–D) Male holotype, right chelicera. (A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Fixed finger, retroventral view. (D) Fixed finger, proventral view. (E–F). Female paratype. (E) Right chelicera, retrolateral view. (F) Genital sternite, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (E); 0,5 mm (A–D, F).
Fig 29.
Pseudocleobis mumai n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B–E) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Dorsal view (prodorsal flange orange colored). (D) Retroventral view. (E) Proventral view.
Table 5.
Metric data for Pseudocleobis mumai n. sp., P. cekalovici n. sp. and P. escuadra n. sp.
Measurements in millimeters for male holotype and one female (when known).
Table 6.
Variability on metric data for Pseudocleobis mumai n. sp., P. cekalovici n. sp. and P. escuadra n. sp.
Values in millimeters.
Fig 30.
Pseudocleobis cekalovici n. sp.
(A–E) Male holotype, right chelicera. (A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fingers, retroventral view. (D) Cheliceral fingers, proventral view. (E) Fixed finger, dorsal view. (F) Male from Farellones, above Santiago (MCZ), right chelicera, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0,5 mm (A–B, F); 0,2 mm (C–E).
Fig 31.
Pseudocleobis cekalovici n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (A–E) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Dorsal view (prodorsal flange orange colored). (D) Retroventral view. (E) Proventral view.
Fig 32.
Pseudocleobis cekalovici n. sp., SEM images of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Cheliceral fixed finger, retrolateral view. (D) Cheliceral fixed finger, prolateral view. (E) Fixed finger mucron detail, proventral view. (D) Flagellum prolateral view, detail of distal area. Scale bars: 0,3 mm (A–B), 0,1 mm (C–E), 0,04 mm (E), 0,02 mm (D).
Fig 33.
(A–D) Male holotype, right chelicera. (A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Retroventral view. (D) Proventral view. (E–F). Female paratype. (E) Right chelicera, retrolateral view. (F) Genital sternite, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B); 0,5 mm (C–F).
Fig 34.
Pseudocleobis escuadra n. sp., schemes of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (A–E) Fixed finger. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Retroventral view. (D) Proventral view. (E) Dorsal view (prodorsal flange orange coloured).
Fig 35.
Pseudocleobis escuadra n. sp., SEM images of male right chelicera.
(A) Retrolateral view. (B) Prolateral view. (C) Mucron detail, retrolateral view. (D) Flagellum detail, prolateral view. (E) Tibia of right pedipalp, retroventral view, retroventral spiniform seta in red (main) and blue (supplementary). Scale bars: 0,4 mm (E), 0,3 mm (A), 0,2 mm (B), 0,1 mm (C–D).