Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae)
Author
Jäger, Peter
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Zootaxa
2012
2012-08-20
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3429.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3429.1.1
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Anahita feai
(F.O.
Pickard-Cambridge 1902
)
comb. nov.
Figs 1
,
5–7
,
21–24
Ctenus obscurus
Thorell 1887: 295
(description of female, name preoccupied by Marx 1892 [nomen nudum];
holotype
examined).
Ctenus feae
F.O.
Pickard-Cambridge 1902: 414
(replacement name, patronym for Count Fea).
Type material.
Holotype
male
(
MCSN
),
Burma
,
Rangoon
,
Fea
1885 leg.
Diagnosis.
Small
Ctenidae
(total length male 9.0). Epigyne and vulva (
Figs 5–6
,
24
) similar to that of
A. jucunda
. Distinguished from the latter species by (1) the more distinct membranous windows including distinct lateral margins, (2) the copulatory openings situated more anteriorly, (3) glandular appendages slightly shorter. Moreover, with slit sense organs situated laterally from the epigyne (anteriorly in
A. jucunda
). Distinguished from other
Anahita
species
by the elongated pentagonal shape of the median plate and the kidney-shaped spermathecae.
Redescription.
Female
. PL 3.9, PW 3.1, AW 1.7, OL 5.1, OW 2.8 (
Figs 21–23
).
Male
. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality,
Rangoon
,
Burma
(
Fig. 1
: 2).
Note.
This species does not belong to the genus
Ctenus
as interpreted in the present paper. According to female copulatory organs it is congeneric with
Anahita feai
comb. nov.
and
A. jianfengensis
, therefore it is transferred to the genus
Anahita
.