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
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journal article
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Zorocrates oaxaca
,
new species
figures 114, 115
; map 4
TYPE: Female
holotype
from
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
(
Feb. 6, 1939
), deposited in AMNH
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females resemble those of
Z. karli
and
Z. nochixtlan
but have a medially produced anterior epigynal margin and much larger anterolateral epigynal ducts (
figs. 114, 115
).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 9. Coloration as in
Z. fuscus
. Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0- 0-2, r0-0-0; II p0-1-1, r0-0-0; IV p0-1-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV r0-1-0; tibiae: I, II d0-0-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I, II p0-0-0, v2-2-2, r0-0-0; III r1-2-2. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin produced posteriorly at midline, posterolateral epigynal margins pronounced; spermathecal ducts convoluted, with enlarged anterolateral blind ends (
figs. 114, 115
).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
(map 4).