<documentid="BFEA8CBFAE5350A4B837A4BE5F575635"ID-CLB-Dataset="34171"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.105.724"ID-GBIF-Dataset="e37cd6ef-48e7-4484-8a3b-6ce1247434cf"ID-PMC="PMC3131050"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-105-1"ID-PubMed="21852919"ModsDocAuthor=""ModsDocDate="2011"ModsDocID="1313-2970-105-1"ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 105"ModsDocTitle="A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean"checkinTime="1451250317184"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Crews, Sarah C."docDate="2011"docId="2C9F0991B33DD8FB2B42A5F6C28859F2"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 105: 1-182"docOrigin="ZooKeys 105"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.105.724"docTitle="Selenops morosus Banks 1898"docType="treatment"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="37"masterDocId="FFD3FF99FF8FFE16FFE2FF80FFEDFFF4"masterDocTitle="A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean"masterLastPageNumber="182"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="36"updateTime="1732648267649"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="D2B48DE1FA608EE420A41E2F9C1AFDD0">A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean</mods:title>
<bibRefCitationid="E895D26083AE68AE993457DC8BDE5AD4"author="Banks, N"journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences"pageId="122"pageNumber="123"pagination="205 - 308"title="Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico."volume="1"year="1898">Banks 1898</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="15F4F43C5E5739C26578425A93F61039"author="Muma, MH"journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates"pageId="124"pageNumber="125"pagination="1 - 55"title="A study of the spider family Selenopidae in North and Central America and the West Indies."volume="1619"year="1953">Muma 1953</bibRefCitation>
<paragraphid="285869EB0D66243151E5A6BDF5CAFAF7"pageId="35"pageNumber="36">Males can be distinguished by the RTA with two small pointed, angular projections, and the MA, which has a large triangular base and is directed somewhat ventrally (Figs 41-42).</paragraph>
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. Muma also mentions two males and one young female from Tepic at the MCZ, but only a single male was located. An additional specimen from much further north (Sonora) was found in the AMNH. The epigynum illustrated by
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. More collecting from this region and independent data, such as that of molecular or behavioral data, will be needed to determine which males and females belong together. The male specimen is also in poor condition and the description may not reflect well the coloration and markings of this species.
Lectotype male:Color: carapace orange-brown; chelicerae orange-brown; maxillae orange-brown, somewhat darker than dusky yellow; labium orange-brown; abdomen dorsally cream, lighter medially, lanceolate stripe now just an outline, some small flecks, festoon barely distinct, ventrally dusky grey-orange, no markings,; legs dusky yellow, no annulations visible. Carapace:1.10 times longer than broad. Eyes:AER slightly recurved; PER recurved; PME larger than AME,
largest, ALE smallest; eye diameters, AME 0.30, ALE 0.18, PME 0.45, PLE 0.50; interdistances AME-PME 0.03, PME-ALE 0.15, ALE-PLE 0.38. PME-PME 1.20. ALE-ALE 2.95; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.50, PLE-PLE 2.20; clypeus 0.15 high. Mouthparts:chelicerae with a few stout setae medially and anteriorly; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labium distally rounded. Sternum:1.50 times longer than broad, posteriorly indented. Legs:leg I only slightly shorter than II and III; scopulae present on distal end of all 4 tarsi; tarsi I-IV with strong claw tufts; pr claw toothed, rl claw with fewer teeth; spination: leg I, Fm pr 1
4;cymbium oval in ventral view, pointed distally, slightly angled posterolaterally; conductor large, attached to bulb on short straight stalk anteromedially, directed laterally, but not extending beyond the edge of cymbium, left side connecting to bulb and forming a circular area between the two conductor connections; embolus long, slender, curved, tapering midway, beginning at 6 o'clock, terminating at 12 o'clock; MA arising at 2 o'clock, directed lateroventrally, with stout triangular base, tapered to a distally hooked process; RTA small, barely reaching cymbium in ventral view, with two processes, in lateral view, the ventral process with a distally pointed process and a process that points downward, the lateral process with a distally pointed structure arising from a quadrangular process (Figs 41-42). Dimensions: Total length 11.90. Carapace length 5.95, width 5.56. Sternum length 3.00, width 2.00. Abdomen length 5.95, width 4.35. Pedipalp: Fm 1.75, Pt 0.75, Ti 0.90, Ta 2.00, total 5.40. Leg I: Fm 6.00, Pt 2.00, Ti 5.75, Mt 5.00, Ta 2.50, total 21.25. Leg II: Fm 7.00, Pt 2.00, Ti 6.00, Mt 6.00, Ta 2.75, total 23.75. Leg III: Fm 7.00, Pt 2.00, Ti 6.00, Mt 5.75, Ta 2.75, total 23.50. Leg IV: Fm 7.00, Pt 2.00, Ti 5.75, Mt 5.75, Ta 2.00, total 22.50.
<paragraphid="959A03C7DA4493C3ACE7E35E1D827AB2"pageId="36"pageNumber="37">Nothing is known of this species' natural history, but based on collection locality data, it seems to span aridland and tropical thornscrub habitats.</paragraph>
