Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae)
Author
Maya-Morales, Julieta
Author
Jiménez, María Luisa
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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Novalena bosencheve
new species
Figure 16
l, m; Map 7
Type
.
Holotype
male
:
MEXICO
:
Estado de
México
:
Municipality
of
Villa de Allende
,
Parque Nacional
Bosencheve
,
3000 m
,
28.III.2002
, G.
Medina, P. Martínez, O. Delgado
, and
E. González
(CNAN-T0948), deposited at
CNAN
.
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis
.
Novalena bosencheve
differs from
N. approximata
in having the RTA with ventral and dorsal projections of similar size (
Fig.
16
m).
Description
.
Male
(
holotype
): Carapace light brown, cephalic region reddish with white feathery scales. Chelicerae reddish, condyles orange. Endites and labium dark brown with white tips. Sternum orange with diffuse spot. Legs yellow, patella to metatarsus dark brown. Three rings on femur, one on patella, and two on tibia. Opisthosoma black with anterior reddish spot and several black spots. ALS light brown, PLS with basal segment dark brown and distal segment with diffuse spot. Total length 9.13. Carapace length 5, width 3.13, cephalic region width 1.71, ocular region width 1. Eye diameter: AME and PME 0.17, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.21. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.12, AME-PME 0.21, ALE-PLE 0.06, ALE-ALE 0.37, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.15. Clypeus height 0.27. Chelicerae with four retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.76, fang length 0.61. Labium wider than long (0.67/0.61). Endites almost straight (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.67/0.36). Sternum longer than wide (2.29/1.81). Opisthosoma longer than wide (4.13/2.75). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.29/0.36), PLS with distal segment slightly longer than basal segment (0.46/0.42). Leg lengths: I—femur 3.5/ patella-tibia 4.25/ metatarsus 3.25/ tarsus 2.25; II—3.5/ 4/ 3/ 2; III—3.13/ 3.88/ 3.25/ 1.88; IV—3.75/ 5/ 4.63/ 2.13. Spination: femur dorsal
I—1-2
-3/
II—1-3
-3/
III—1-3
-3/
IV—1-3
-3; patella Idorsal 1-1/ prolateral 1/ retrolateral 0;
II—1-1
/ 1/ 0;
III—1-1
/ 1/ 1;
IV—1-1
/ 1/ 1; tibia I—dorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 1-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 0;
III—1-1
-0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0;
IV—1-1
-0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1- 0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-2/ 1-0-1/ 0; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1;
III—2-2
-2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-1-1;
IV—2-2
-2/ 2-2-2/ 1- 0-1/ 0-0-1. Number of trichobothria on tarsus:
I—8
,
II—8
,
III—6
,
IV—7.
Number of dorsal spines on pedipalp: femur 3, tibia 4. Cymbium length 1.85, width 0.76. Embolus slightly curved; conductor distally notched; tegular median process with two projections; dorsal and ventral projections of RTA of similar size (
Fig. 16
l, m).
Female
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
MEXICO
:
Estado de
México
(Map 7).