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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Zorocrates pie
,
new species
figures 110, 111
; map 4
TYPE: Female
holotype
from
Pie de la Cuesta
,
8 miles
west of
Acapulco
,
Guerrero
,
Mexico
(
June 29, 1941
;
L. Davis
), 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. tequila
in having a relatively small epigynal midpiece, but differ in having more compact, anteriorly converging spermathecae (
figs. 110, 111
).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 5. Coloration as in
Z. blas
. Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0-0- 2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-1-1, r0-0-1; IV p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p0-0- 1, v2-1r-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; III r1-2-2; IV v3-2-2. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin and midpiece relatively small, occupying only anterior onethird of epigynal length; spermathecae anteriorly convergent (
figs. 110, 111
).
Figs. 114–119. 114, 115.
Zorocrates oaxaca
,
new species
. 116, 117.
Z. sotano
,
new species
. 118, 119.
Z. yolo
,
new species
.
114, 116, 118.
Epigynum, ventral view.
115, 117, 119.
Same, dorsal view.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One female taken with the
holotype
(AMNH).
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from
Guerrero
,
Mexico
(map 4).