New species and distribution records of selenopid spiders of the genus Hovops Benoit in Madagascar (Araneae, Selenopidae) Author Artigas, Sandra Mónica Rodriguez Author Corronca, Jose Antonio text Zootaxa 2014 3780 3 547 557 journal article 46142 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.6 23927560-e38b-4f19-b3d2-1546f4baa261 1175-5326 228614 B392A186-1712-48AB-B67F-226F0B4BAC8E Hovops vezo sp. n. Figs 27–34 , 38–39 Type material. Holotype : female, Madagascar , without collector data or precise locality data, deposited in MCZ . Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to the semi-nomadic fisherman tribe living on the southern coast of Madagascar at Vezo . This name is to be treated as a noun in apposition. FIGURES 18–26. Hovops menabe sp. n. 18 female habitus, dorsal view; 19 prosoma, ventral view; 20 detail of iridescent scale-like hairs; 21 details of the major ampullate spigots on the spinnerets; 22 detail of cheliceral teeth; 23 spination of the anterior tibia and metatarsus, ventral view; 24 epigyne, ventral view; 25 idem, cleared; 26 vulva, dorsal view. Scales: 18–19, 21–22 = 1 mm; 24–26 = 0.2 mm. FIGURES 27–34. Hovops vezo sp. n. 27 female habitus, dorsal view; 28 eye arrangement; 29 spination of the anterior tibia and metatarsus, ventral view; 30 detail of cheliceral teeth; 31 detail of iridescent scale-like hairs; 32 epigyne, ventral view; 33 idem, cleared; 34 vulva, dorsal view. Scales: 27–28, 30 = 1 mm; 32–34 = 0.2 mm. Diagnosis. The middle field of the epigyne of H. vezo sp. n. is almost circular and clearly delimited by a sclerotized border ( Fig. 32 ), with the secondary epigynal pockets well developed and elongated ( Figs 32–33 ). The shape of the copulatory ducts and spermatheca is also characteristic ( Figs 34 , 38 ), with the head of the spermatheca directed sideways and backwards. Description. Female ( holotype ): Total body length 13.24. Prosoma 5.31 long, 5.90 wide. Opisthosoma 7.93 long, 6.01 wide. Eye diameter and interdistances: AME 0.22, ALE 0.20, PME 0.15, PLE 0.34, AME-AME 0.37, AME-ALE 0.86, AME-PME 0.19, PME-PME 1.17, PME-PLE 0.80, PLE-PLE 2.90, ALE-ALE 2.51. Leg formula: 2431. Leg measurements: I—Fe 5.40, Pat+Tib 7.10, Mt 3.50, Ta 1.50, total 17.50; II—6.20, 7.80, 4.30, 1.50, total 19.80; III—6.00, 6.70, 4.00, 1.50, total 18.20, IV—6.40, 6.90, 4.30, 1.50, total 19.10. Leg spination: Fe I—d1.1.0, pr1.1.0, II–IV d1.1.0, Tib I—v2.2.2.2.1.1, II—v2.2.2.2 (left leg)—v1.2.2.2.2 (right), III–IV v1.0.0; Mt I—v2.2.2.2 (the last ones reduced), II—v2.2.2, III–IV no spines. Prosoma and legs reddish-brown. Opisthosoma yellowishbrown with central yellowish-grey undifferentiated pattern ( Fig. 27 ). Prosoma and legs with feathery hairs. Opisthosoma with iridescent imbricated scaly hairs ( Fig. 31 ). Cheliceral teeth 3:3 ( Fig. 30 ). Male. Unknown. Distribution. Madagascar .