A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Author
Crews, Sarah C.
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ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.105.724
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.105.724
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Selenops buscki Muma, 1953
Figs
83-84Map 3
Selenops buscki
Muma 1953
: 19, Fig. 31 (♀).
Type material.
Holotype female from Taboga Island,
Panama
, VI.1911, A. Busck (USNM, examined).
Diagnosis.
Females can be separated from all other species by the centrally located median lobe, the epigynal pockets, and the shape of internal ducts (Figs 83-84). Males unknown.
Description.
Holotype female: Color:carapace orange-brown; chelicerae orange-brown, darker laterally; maxillae dark yellow; abdomen damaged, dorsally cream-colored, no noticeable markings; legs dusky orange, no markings visible; Carapace:0.95 times longer than broad. Eyes:AER nearly straight; PER recurved; PME larger than AME, PME largest, ALE smallest; eye diameters, AME 0.18, ALE 0.05, PME 0.25, PLE 0.20; interdistances AME-PME 0.10, PME-ALE 0.18, ALE-PLE 0.45. PME-PME 1.15. ALE-ALE 1.90; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.40, PLE-PLE 2.10. Mouthparts:chelicerae with stout setae medially and anteriorly; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labium distally rounded. Sternum:posteriorly indented. Legs: leg formula 4321 (Muma, 1953); scopulae present on tarsi of all legs and metatarsi of legs I and II; tarsi I-IV with strong claw tufts; spination: leg I, Fm pr 1
-1-
0, d 1
-1-
1, rl 1
-1-
1; leg II, Fm pr 1
-1-
0, d 1
-1-
1, rl 1
-1-
1; Ti v 2
-2-
2; Mt v 2-2; leg III, Fm pr 1
-1-
0, d 1
-1-
1, rl 1
-1-
1; Ti v 2
-2-
0; Mt v 2
-1-
1; leg IV, missing. Abdomen:without terminal setal tufts. Epigyne:lateral lobes conspicuous, median septum a small teardrop-shaped lobe, epigynal pockets present; internally, ducts and spermathecae located medially, fertilization ducts located posteriorly, directed laterally, very small posterodorsal fold present, not covering any part of internal ducts (Figs 83-84). Dimensions: Total length 8.30. Carapace length 4.00, width 4.20. Abdomen length 4.30, width 2.65. Leg I: Fm 3.40, Pt 1.70, Ti missing, Mt missing, Ta missing, total missing. Leg II: Fm 3.20, Pt 1.20, Ti 2.50, Mt 3.40, Ta 1.10, total 11.40. Leg III: Fm 3.80, Pt 1.50, Ti missing, Mt missing, Ta missing, total missing. Leg IV: Missing.
Natural history.
No data.
Distribution.
Known only from the island of Taboga in
Panama
(Map 3).