Table II.
Metric characters of new Uvulifer spp. from Peru and the most morphologically similar congeners from the New World. Measurements of Uvulifer spinatus taken from López-Jiménez et al. (2018). Range values are followed by mean after semicolon.
| Character |
Species |
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Uvulifer pequenae n. sp. (n = 2) |
Uvulifer batesi n. sp. (n = 2) |
Uvulifer prosocotyle (n = 4) |
Uvulifer spinatus (n = 13) |
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| Geographic origin of material | Peru | Peru | Brazil | Mexico |
| Overall body length | 1,403–1,432; 1,418 | 1,291–1,319; 1,305 | 1,060–1,439; 1,285 | 1,161–1,782; 1,499 |
| Prosoma length | 480–517; 499 | 307–335; 321 | 436–496; 460 | 276–439 |
| Prosoma width | 304–318; 311 | 251–285; 268 | 221–257; 235 | 204–227 |
| Opisthosoma length | 922–932; 927 | 1,032–1,034; 1,033 | 644–983; 846 | 800–1,327 |
| Opisthosoma width | 202–236; 219 | 170–195; 183 | 168–203; 183 | 110–195 |
| Oral sucker length | 68–77; 73 | 43–44; 44 | 55–73; 63 | 57–71; 61 |
| Oral sucker width | 88–99; 94 | 48–51; 50 | 106–113; 109 | 53–74; 62 |
| Pharynx length | 45–56; 51 | 23–25; 24 | 48–58; 54 | 34–46; 37 |
| Pharynx width | 34–37; 36 | 20 | 38–51; 43 | 29–35; 32 |
| Ventral sucker length | 39–40; 40 | 25–26; 26 | 35–38; 37 | 21–28; 24 |
| Ventral sucker width | 45–48; 47 | 29–31; 30 | 42–47; 45 | 28–35; 31 |
| Tribocytic organ length | 133–136; 135 | 105 | 73–106; 88 | 88–121; 97 |
| Tribocytic organ width | 99–114; 107 | 85 | 68–80; 75 | 97–125; 108 |
| Ovary length | 79–85; 82 | Obscured by uterus | 56–70; 62 | 49–72; 59 |
| Ovary width | 82–91; 87 | Obscured by uterus | 60–74; 65 | 56–64; 60 |
| Anterior testis length | 167–173; 170 | 91–94; 93 | 118–150; 136 | 80–144; 113 |
| Anterior testis width | 142–156; 149 | 85–97; 91 | 122–146; 131 | 91–125; 108 |
| Posterior testis length | 97–153; 125 | 97–107; 102 | 119–171; 138 | 78–139; 104 |
| Posterior testis width | 77–82; 80 | 94–97; 96 | 116–137; 124 | 89–124; 107 |
| Genital cone length | 60–65; 63 | 74–80; 77 | 61–94; 78 | 71–117; 89 |
| Genital cone width | 94–97; 96 | 80–86; 83 | 55–88; 67 | – |
| Ejaculatory pouch length | 142–156; 149 | 111 | Not well observed | 110–217; 172 |
| Ejaculatory pouch width | 71–85; 78 | 60–63; 62 | Not well observed | 64–109; 80 |
| Egg number | 2–5; 4 | 4–6; 5 | 0–3 | – |
| Egg length | 71–81; 76 | 76–87; 82 | 83–90; 88 | 65–81; 73 |
| Egg width | 46–57; 53 | 41–52; 47 | 43–44; 44 | 42–48; 44 |
| Ventrolateral preputial lobe length | 45–65; 55 | 68–99; 84 | 42–59; 50 | – |
| Ventrolateral preputial lobe width | 82–94; 88 | 130–142; 136 | 76–103; 89 | – |
| Prosoma:opisthosoma length ratio | 0.54–0.57; 0.56 | 0.31–0.33; 0.32 | 0.46–0.77; 0.56 | 0.28–0.41* |
| Oral sucker:ventral sucker width ratio | 1.76–2.31; 2.04 | 1.39–1.52; 1.46 | 2.28–2.52; 2.44 | 1.67–2.33; 1.99 |
| Anterior vitellarium-free zone: opisthosoma length | 0.13–0.16; 0.15 | 0.25–0.28; 0.27 | 0.22–0.33; 0.25 | – |
| Posterior vitellarium-free zone: opisthosoma length | 0.11–0.12; 0.12 | 0.15–0.16; 0.16 | 0.12–0.14; 0.14 | – |
| Anterior margin of ventral sucker positioned at | 60–62% of prosoma length; 61% | 37–39% of prosoma length; 38% | 57–62% of prosoma length; 59% | – |
| Anterior margin of holdfast positioned at | 72% of prosoma length | 46–47% of prosoma length; 46.5% | 66–72% of prosoma length; 69% | – |
| Anterior margin of ovary positioned at | 32% of opisthosoma length | 50–53% of opisthosoma length; 51.5% | 27–45% of opisthosoma length; 36% | – |
*
Originally given as opisthosoma: prosoma length ratio by López-Jiménez et al. (2018).