Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae)
Author
Polotow, Daniele
Author
Griswold, Charles
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-04
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3
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Devendra amaiti
sp. nov.
Figures 13D–F
,
14
Campostichomma seriatum
SImOn, 1898A: 8 (mIsIdEntIFIcAtIOn)
Type
material.
Female
holotype
(
syntype
of
D. seriatus
), #18337 (part) from Nuwara Eliya,
Sri Lanka
deposited in the MNHN.
Etymology
. The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the Tamil word for “peace.”
Diagnosis.
Females of
D. amaiti
can be diagnosed from females of other
Devendra
species by having the median lobe of epigynum trapezoidal, angularly convex posteriorly (
Fig. 13D
) and the vulva with the head of the spermathecae sessile on the main spermathecae and the fertilization ducts arising from an elongate tube (
Fig. 13E, F
).
DesCription.
Female (
holotype
): Total length 4.67. Markings as in
Fig. 9A, D
. Carapace 2.42 long, 1.75 wide, 0.83 high; clypeus 0.07 high. Eyes diameter: AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.09, PLE 0.10. Chelicerae 1.00 long; sternum 1.08 long, 0.96 wide; labium 0.40 long; palpal coxae 0.76 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 1.71 + 0.79 + 1.33 + 1.17 + 0.92 = 5.92; II: 1.42 + 0.75 + 1.12 + 1.12 + 0.92 = 5.33; III: 1.37 + 0.67 + 0.96 + 1.25 + 0.83 = 5.08; IV: 1.83 + 0.75 + 1.46 + 2.33 + 1.17 = 7.54. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: large epigynal plate; curved fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes (
Fig. 13D, E
). Spermathecae small and with an apical glandular opening (
Fig. 13F
).
Male
. Unknown.
Material examined.
Only the type.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality at Nuwara Eliya in
Sri Lanka
(
Fig. 14
).