Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae)
Author
Polotow, Daniele
Author
Griswold, Charles
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-04
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3
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Devendra seriatus
(Simon, 1898)
Figures 12
,
14
Campostichomma seriatum
SImOn, 1898A: 8 (
LEctOtypE
mAlE
And
twO mAlE
And
OnE FEmAlE
pArAlEctOtypEs
, hErE dEsIgnAtEd, # 18337,
FrOm
NuwArA ElIyA,
SrI LAnkA
, dEpOsItEd
In
MNHN
, ExAmInEd).
Devendra seriata
,
LEhtInEn 1967
: 228
, FIg. 88 (trAnsFEr tO
Devendra
);
GrIswOld 1993
: 7
, FIgs 37–42.
D. seriatus
, WSC 2017.
Note.
This species was described based on three males and two females collected in
Nuwara Eliya
,
Sri Lanka
, but one of the female
syntypes
was not congeneric with the remaining specimens. We describe this specimen as
Devendra amaiti
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
Males of
D. seriatus
can be diagnosed from other male
Devendra
by having the palpal tibia with the RTA median, short and unarmed (
Fig. 12A, B
), the embolus cylindrical (
Fig. 12A, C
) and the median apophysis not extending proximad of its joint with the tegulum (
Fig. 12A
). Females of
D. seriatus
can be diagnosed from other female
Devendra
by having the epigynum with the median lobe truncate posteriorly (
Fig. 12D
), vulva with the head of the spermathecae arising from elongate tubercles on main body of spermathecae and the opening to copulatory ducts narrow (
Fig. 12E, F
).
DesCription.
Male (
lectotype
): Total length 5.00. Markings typical for the genus. Carapace 2.62 long, 1.87 wide, 0.85 high; clypeus 0.08 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.10, PME 0.11, PLE 0.11. Chelicerae 0.92 long; sternum 1.24 long, 1.05 wide; labium 0.44 long; palpal coxae 1.00 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 2.10 + 0.82 + 1.83 + 1.75 + 1.50 = 8.00; II: 1.75 + 0.75 + 1.45 + 1.50 + 1.15 = 6.60; III: 1.66 + 0.70 + 1.25 + 1.85 + 1.00 = 6.46; IV: 2.15 + 0.90 + 1.75 + 2.60 + 1.40 = 8.80. Leg formula 4123. Palp: tibia with almost the same length of cymbium, RTA positioned close to the middle of tibia, with tapered apex (
Fig. 12A, B
); cymbium tapering gradually to base; oval tegulum (
Fig. 12A
); MA origin central, with prolateral basal projection (
Fig. 12A
); short, hyaline conductor (
Fig. 12A
); embolus convex, unmodified, gradually tapering to pointed apex (
Fig. 12A–C
).
Female (
paralectotype
): Total length 6.15. Markings typical for the genus. Carapace 3.10 long, 2.10 wide, 1.10 high; clypeus 0.10 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.08, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13. Chelicerae 1.35 long; sternum 1.32 long, 1.16 wide; labium 0.55 long, palpal coxae 1.20 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 2.10 + 0.90 + 1.75 + 1.60 + 1.25 = 7.60; II: 1.90 + 0.90 + 1.40 + 1.50 + 1.10 = 6.80; III: 1.80 + 0.75 + 1.25 + 1.70 + 1.10 = 6.60; IV: 2.25 + 0.90 + 1.80 + 2.70 + 1.50 = 9.15. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: oval epigynal plate; curved fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes (
Fig. 12D
). Spermathecae rounded with apical projection with glandular opening (
Fig. 12F
).
Material examined.
Only the
types
.
Variation.
Male (N= 3): total length 4.65–5.35; carapace length 2.60–2.75; femur I 1.90–2.15.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality at Nuwara Eliya in
Sri Lanka
(
Fig. 14
).