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
4362
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51
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journal article
31254
10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3
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Campostichomma mudduk
sp. nov.
Figures 7
,
8E–F
,
14
Type
material.
Female
holotype
from
Sri Lanka
,
Central Province
, Mudduk,
8 km
(
5 miles
) NW Nuwara-Eliya,
1676 m
(
5500 ft
) a.s.l.,
4.III.1962
, (CASENT9024152), deposited in Lund University.
Etymology.
The species epithet is a noun in apposition from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Females of
C. mudduk
can be distinguished from those of other species by the shape of the epigynal structures, the presence of a broad and slightly sclerotized epigynal plate, with a small median lobe plate and curved copulatory openings; epigynal teeth arise on posterior margin (
Figs 7C
,
8E
). Internally, the copulatory ducts are enlarged and form two loops before entering the spermathecae (
Fig. 7C, D
). Spermathecae small with few protuberances (
Fig. 8F
).
FIGURE 7.
Campostichomma mudduk
sp. nov.
, FEmAlE. (A) dOrsAl hAbItus; (B) AntErIOr VIEw OF OculAr ArEA; (C–D) EpIgynum; (C) VEntrAl VIEw; (D) dOrsAl VIEw.
FIGURE 8.
Campostichomma
spp., FEmAlE gEnItAlIA. (A–B)
C
.
alawala
sp. nov.
, EpIgynum; (A) VEntrAl VIEw; (B) dOrsAl VIEw; (C–D)
C
.
harasbedda
sp. nov.
, EpIgynum; (C) VEntrAl VIEw; (D) dOrsAl VIEw; (E–F)
C
.
mudduk
sp. nov.
, EpIgynum; (E) VEntrAl VIEw; (F) dOrsAl VIEw. AbbrEVIAtIOns: CD, cOpulAtOry ducts; FD, FErtIlIZAtIOn duct; LL, lAtErAl lObE OF EpIgynum; LP, lAtErAl prOcEss OF EpIgynum; ML, mEdIAn lObE OF EpIgynum; S, spErmAthEcAE.
DesCription.
Female (
holotype
): Total length 7.30. Markings as in
Fig. 7A, B
. Carapace 3.80 long, 2.85 wide, 1.60 high; clypeus 0.12 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.14, ALE 0.17, PME 0.16, PLE 0.20. Chelicerae 1.80 long; sternum 1.80 long, 1.50 wide; labium 0.80 long; palpal coxae 1.40 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 2.90 + 1.40 + 2.30 + 2.10 + 1.40 = 10.10; II: 2.90 + 1.35 + 2.15 + 2.00 + 1.30 = 9.70; III: 2.50 + 1.10 + 1.90 + 2.30 + 1.20 = 9.00; IV: 3.20 + 1.20 + 2.45 + 3.70 + 1.60 = 12.15. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: oval median lobe; lateral lobes with small teeth (
Fig. 8E
). Vulva with elongated and sinuous copulatory ducts; spermathecae large, with projections and small fertilization ducts (
Fig. 8F
).
Male
. Unknown.
Material examined.
Only the type.
Natural history:
The
holotype
was collected at
1700 m
elevation at Ramboda Pass near a fast running stream in “primeval forest” (Brinck
et al.
1971: 32).
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality at Mudduk near Nuwara Eliya in
Sri Lanka
(
Fig. 14
).