A Revision of the Spider Genus Zorocrates Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae) Author PLATNICK, NORMAN I. Author UBICK, DARRELL text American Museum Novitates 2007 2007-06-28 3579 1 44 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282007%293579%5B1%3AAROTSG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3579[1:AROTSG]2.0.CO;2 0003-0082 5388198 Zorocrates chiapa , new species figures 58–62 ; map 3 TYPE: Female holotype from a hillside 5 miles northeast of Chiapa , 16 ° 45 9 N , 92 ° 58 9 W , Chiapas , Mexico ( Aug. 26, 1966 ; J., W. Ivie ), deposited in AMNH . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together and are only tentatively matched here; males can easily be recognized by their trifid, only lightly sclerotized median apophysis and the bifid tip of the tegular apophysis ( figs. 58–60 ), females by the protuberant anterior epigynal margin overlying an anteromedian depression ( fig. 61 ). MALE: Total length 12. Coloration as in Z. fuscus except abdominal dorsum with median longitudinal pale stripe formed of fused Figs. 58–62. Zorocrates chiapa , new species . 58. Left male palp, prolateral view. 59. Same, ventral view. 60. Same, retrolateral view. 61. Epigynum, ventral view. 62. Same, dorsal view. chevrons. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2; II p0-1-1; IV p2-2-1, r0-0-2; patellae IV r0-1-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p1-1-1, v4-2-2; II d0-0-0, p1-1- 1, v4-2-2, r1-0-1; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I p1-1-1, v2-2-2. Cribellum present. Retrolateral tibial apophysis small, abruptly bent at about half its length; median apophysis almost hyaline, with three prongs; tegular apophysis distally bifid ( figs. 58–60 ). FEMALE: Total length 17. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r0-1-1; II p0-1-2, r1-0-0; IV p2-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV r0-1-0; tibiae: I, II d0-0-0, p1-0-1, v4-2-2, r0-0- 0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I p0-0-0, v2- 2-2, r0-0-0; II p0-0-1, r0-0-0. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin protuberant, elevated over anteromedian depression; spermathecae with anterior, medially directed blind lobes ( figs. 61, 62 ). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO : Chiapas : 15 mi NW Arriaga , 16 ° 25 9 N , 94 ° 01 9 W , Aug. 27, 1966 ( J., W. Ivie , AMNH), 2♀ ; Parque Nacional Sumidero , June 1, 1990 , elev. 1000 m ( H., A. Howden , AMNH), 33; Tuxtla Gutiérrez , Oct. 1, 1984 ( J. Welch , CJC), 1♀ . DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Chiapas , Mexico (map 3).