Description Of Six New Species Of Spiders Of The Genera Lathys (Family: Dictynidae), Marpissa (Family: Salticidae), Misumenoides (Family: Thomisidae), Agroeca (Family: Clubionidae), Gnaphosa (Family: Gnaphosidae) And Flanona (Family: Lycosidae) - From India
Author
Biswas, Bijan
Author
Roy, Rakhi
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2008
108
1
43
57
http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/108/01/0043-0057.pdf
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.556084
369787f4-96b4-48e0-90e2-3d1f44785c64
556084
4.
Agroeca
gangotrae
sp. novo
(
Figs. 10-12
)
General:
Cephalothorax deep brown; abdomen and legs are light brown in colour. Total length 12.00 mm. Carapace
6.50 mm
. long,
4.50 mm
. wide; abdomen
7.50 mm
. long, 5.00 mm. wide.
Cephalothorax
: Longer than wide, cephalic region high. Eyes are in two rows. Both rows are slightly recurved. Both laterals are very close to each others. Posterior median eyes comparatively larger in size and pearly white in colour. Markings along the radial furrows are very faint. Sternum heart-shaped, pointed behind. Maxillae longer than wide, stout and with pubescence. Labium moderate size with hair. Chelicerae covered with dense hair and with eleventh teeth on outer margin and nine teeth on inner margin. Legs are long, stout and covered with hair and spines.
Figs. 10-12.
:
(
Agroeca gangotrae
)
sp. novo
~ 10. Dorsal view (legs are omitted) I!. Epigyne 12. Internal genitalia
Abdomen:
Oval in shape, covered with spine-like hair, light brown in colour. Dorsum of the abdomen covered with broad and small white patches. Two pairs of sigiIIa present. Lateral side of the dorsum with deep brown longitudinal patches. Epigyne with characteristic features.
Type species:
Holotype
female
,
paratype
five females
preserved in rectified spirit (70%). Registration numbers are
5588-89/18
.
Type-locality
:
Forest area
ca
3 K.M. from
Sandar
on Chaubata Road,
Dist. Pitoragarh
,
Uttaranchal
,
India
,
19.xii.1989
(
1900 Mtrs
.), coll.
S
.
C
.
Verma.
Distribution:
India: Uttaranchal, Pittorogarh, Elsewhere: New England.
Remarks:
Agroeca gangotrae
Sp. novo
is closely related to
Agroeca ornata Bank
due to their morphological characters but differs of the two such as (1) Size, length, colour and abdominal ornamentation of two varied. (2) Presence of eleventh teeth on outer and nine teeth on inner margin of chelicerae in
Agroeca gangotrae
Sp. novo
but no such in
Agroeca ornata Bank.
(30 Epigyne and internal genitalia are also structurally different.