Juxtlacampa xkiq Sendra & Wynne & Sánchez-García & Jiménez-Valverde & Selfa & Palacios-Vargas & Brunet & Ferreira 2026, sp. nov.

Juxtlacampa xkiq Sendra & Wynne sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CFA7CCFA-B184-417E-AF54-AD2FEE497FAD Figs 11–12 Diagnosis Epicuticle reticulated with tiny spines uniformly distributed. Body with short and slightly thick clothing setae covered with few short barbs along tiny crests. Third antennomere with bacilliform, long sensillum between c and d macrosetae. Short thick ‘gouge’ sensilla. Frontal process slightly protruding, plain, with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma and 1+1 lp 3 macrosetae, and 1+1 sla 3 submacrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma; notal macrosetae thick, relatively long, with thick barbs throughout giving crested appearance; marginal setae more than twice as long and thicker than clothing setae, both with crested appearance. Metathoracic legs reaching abdominal segment X. Tibiae without macrosetae. Claws subequal, emerging from the ending of abrupt tarsus; with large base elbowed and prolonged into narrower claw with small dorsal lateral crests; large base with long transversal barbs. Pretarsal process starting in laminar shape becoming prolonged in narrow axis curved overpassing end of claws and divided with long thin expansions; longer claws with hook ending in multiple fringes either simple or subdivided with hook ending. Without, 0+1 or 1+1 la macrosetae on urotergite VII, 4+4 lp 1 –4 on urotergite VIII, and 6+6 posterior macrosetae on abdominal segment IX. Urosternite I with 6+6 macrosetae; urosternites II–VII with 4+4 macrosetae; urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Cerci up to 3.6 × as long as body length. Female conical appendages with truncated end in narrower apical area, and small area with glandular a 1 setae. Etymology The species name, in the K’iche’ Maya language is used as a noun in apposition to honor the Maya culture of Belize. Xkiq (pronounced ‘sh-kek’) is a goddess of Xibalba (the Maya underworld); Her name translates to English as ‘blood’. She is known as the ‘Blood Moon Goddess’ or ‘Blood Maiden’, and is the virgin mother of the Hero Twins, Hunahpú and Xbalanqué, who are all prominently featured in the Maya Book of Creation, the Popul Vuh (Tedlock 1996). Type material Holotype BELIZE – Belize District • 1 ♀; Runaway Creek Nature Reserve, Crocodile Cave 1; 17.310731° N, - 88.445867° W; 23 Jun. 2019; J.J. Wynne leg.; NAUAC BECA-001. Paratypes BELIZE – Belize District • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; NAUAC BECA-002 • 3 ♀, 1 juvenile; same data as for holotype; J.J. Wynne leg.; ♀ MZB 2024-3920, ♀ MZB (MCNB) 3921, juvenile MZB (MCNB) 2024-3922. Other material examined BELIZE – Belize District • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; J.J. Wynne leg.; ASPC. Description BODY. Length 3.4–4.6 mm in females, 2.7 mm in the juvenile. Epicuticle reticulated with tiny spines uniformly distributed (Fig. 11D); body with short and slightly thick clothing setae covered with few short barbs along tiny crests. HEAD. Antennae incomplete; regenerated in MZB (MCNB) 2024-3920. Third antennomere with bacilliform, long sensillum located in ventral position between c and d macrosetae. Central antennomeres 1.7 × as long as wide, with three distinguishable whorls of barbed macrosetae and setae among them. Short thick ‘gouge’ sensilla present in all antennomeres except apical and proximal ones, arranged in single distal whorl of 14–16 units; ‘gouge’ sensilla 12–16 μm long, 2 μm in diameter, with tiny transversal grooves; pores arranged in two to five among them (Fig. 12A–B). Frontal process slightly protruding, plain, with non-tubercular setae; macrosetae along insertion line of antennomere: a/i/p/x with relative lengths of 20/23/28/ 21 in paratype MZB (MCNB) 2024-3920, indistinguishable from other dorsal occipital setae of head characterized by thick morphology and covered by tiny barbs all around; central area behind Y sutural branches with 14+14 thick setae. Labial palps large, suboval, with large bacilliform latero-external sensillum, two external guard setae, up to 11 setae on anterior border, and up to 180 neuroglandular setae in holotype. THORAX. Thoracic macrosetae distribution: pronotum with 1+1 ma and 1+1 lp 3 macrosetae, and 1+1 s la 3 submacrosetae, all distinguishable from clothing setae by size (twice as large) and clear crest from base to tip with tiny barbs; mesonotum with 1+1 ma; notal macrosetae thick, relatively long, with thick barbs throughout giving crested appearance (Fig. 11C); marginal setae more than twice as long and thicker than clothing setae, both with crested appearance (Fig. 11C). Legs elongate, pretarsus of metathoracic legs reaching abdominal segment X; lengths in mm of articles of metathoracic legs (coxa/trochanter/femur/tibia/tarsus plus pretarsus/complete leg): 0.25/0.14/0.60/0.73/0.53/ 2.25 mm in holotype; 0.22/0.19/0.55/0.66/0.46/ 2.08 mm in paratype ♀ MZB (MCNB) 2024-39320 and 0.23/0.14/0.46/0.55/0.45/ 1.83 mm in paratype ♀ MZB (MCNB) 2024-3931. Femora I–III with one middle-size 0.10–0.12 mm thick barbed ventral macroseta in distal position. Tibiae without macrosetae; calcars with 2–3 rows of short barbs on one side. Tarsi with two rows of thick ventral setae with numerous thin barbs along the middle portion; three dorsal subapical tarsal setae with few barbs all along. Claws subequal, emerging from the ending of abrupt tarsus; with large base elbowed and prolonged into narrower claw with small dorsal lateral crests; large base with long transversal barbs. Pretarsal process starting in laminar shape becoming prolonged in narrow axis curved overpassing end of claws and divided with long thin expansions; longer claws with hook ending in multiple fringes either simple or subdivided with hook ending (Fig. 12E–F). ABDOMEN. Distribution of abdominal macrosetae on tergites (Fig. 12): 0, 0+1 or 1+1 la on urotergite VII, 4+4 lp 1–4 on urotergite VIII, and 6+6 posterior macrosetae on abdominal segment IX; in two specimens, including the holotype, 1+0 extra la macrosetae; all post urotergal macrosetae long and covered with thin barbs along distal half to four-fifths. Urosternite I with 6+6 macrosetae; urosternites II–VII with 4+4 macrosetae; urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae (Fig. 12); all urosternal macrosetae large and covered by barbs along distal half to one-third. Apical stylar seta bearing 3–5 barbs with long basal tooth containing 2–3 barbs; subapical and ventromedial stylar setae with few thin short barbs (Fig. 12). Large eversible vesicles with two absorbing zones: one proximal with uniform protruding surface, other distal with more evident protruding surface drawing regular circles around external vesicle area. Cerci not preserved in the collected specimens, but photographs taken of live individuals in cave showed cerci up to 3.6 × as long as body length. SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERS. No males were collected. Female conical appendages with truncated end in narrower apical area, and small area with up to six glandular a 1 setae.