Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae)
Author
Maya-Morales, Julieta
Author
Jiménez, María Luisa
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.571683
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Novalena jiquilpan
new species
Figure 30
a–c; Map 4
Type
.
Holotype
female
:
MEXICO
:
Jalisco
:
Municipality
of
San Gabriel
,
16.1 km
W
Jiquilpan
,
30.XI.1948
,
H.B. Leech
(CASENT 9048929), deposited at
CAS
.
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis
. This species differs from
N. garnica
in having the atrium with spurs (
Fig. 30
a) and primary spermathecae separated by twice their width (
Fig. 30
b).
Description
.
Female
(
holotype
): Carapace brown. Chelicerae and condyles dark brown. Endites and labium dark brown with white tips. Sternum brown with a median yellow band. Legs light brown with three black rings on femur and one on patella. Opisthosoma light brown with lateral and ventral black spots and foliage. Spinnerets yellow, PLS with basal segment darker. Total length 6.63. Carapace length 3.25, width 2.25, cephalic region width 1.14, ocular region width 0.9. Eye diameter: AME 0.12, ALE and PME 0.13, PLE 0.15. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.06, AME-PME 0.15, ALE-PLE 0.04, ALE-ALE 0.31, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.1. Clypeus height 0.12. Chelicerae with three retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.15, fang length 0.45. Labium wider than long (0.45/0.36). Endites convergent (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.45/0.18). Sternum longer than wide (1.67/1.52). Opisthosoma longer than wide (4/2.5). ALS separated by half their basal diameter (0.15/0.3), PLS with distal segment slightly longer than basal segment (0.64/0.52). Leg lengths: I—femur 2.75/ patella-tibia 3.38/ metatarsus 2.38/ tarsus 1.63; II—2.63/?/?/?; III—2.75/ 2.75/ 2.38/ 1.13;
IV—3
/ 3.75/ 3.63/ 1.63. Spination: Femur dorsal
I—1-1
-2/
II—1-1
-2/
III—1-1
-2/
IV—1-1
-2; patella I—dorsal 1-1/ prolateral 1/ retrolateral 0;
II—1-1
/ 1/ 0; III—?/?/?;
IV—1-1
/ 1/ 1; tibia I—dorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 1-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—?/?/?/?;
III—1-1
-0/ 1-1-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0;
IV—1-1
-0/ 1-1-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-1/ 0-1-1/ 0-0- 1; II—?/?/?/?;
III—2-2
-2/ 2-2-2/ 0/ 0;
IV—3-2
-2/ 1-1-1-2-2/ 0-0-1/ 0-0-1. Number of trichobothria:
I—6
, II—?,
III—6
,
IV—6.
Dorsal spines on pedipalp femur: 3. Prolateral spines on tibia: 1-2. Epigynal plate wider than long (0.79/0.52); atrium in shallow depression; spurs lateral (
Fig. 30
a, c). Internal genitalia: copulatory ducts straight, primary spermathecae separated by more their width, secondary spermathecae indiscernible (
Fig. 30
b).
Male
. Unknown.
Variation
. Body length 5.88–7.25; carapace length 2.5–3.25 (n = 3).
Additional material examined
.
Paratypes
:
MEXICO
:
Jalisco
:
Municipality
of
San Gabriel
,
Jiquilpan
,
30.XI.1948
,
E.S. Ross
,
1 ♀
(CASENT 9048885)
.
Michoacán
:
Municipality
of
Jiquilpan
,
Los Tábanos
,
19°58′29.64″N
,
102°50′32.16″W
,
2234 m
,
31.V.2006
,
O. Francke
, H
.
Montaño
,
A. Ballesteros
, and
A. Valdez
,
1 ♀
(CNAN-T0960).
Distribution
.
MEXICO
:
Jalisco
,
Michoacán
(Map 4).