Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae)
Author
Jäger, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-08-20
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3429.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3429.1.1
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Anahita denticulata
(
Simon 1884
)
comb. nov.
Figs 1
,
11–13
,
20
Leptoctenus denticulatus
Simon 1884: 355
(description of female,
holotype
examined). F.O.
Pickard-Cambridge 1897: 338
, plate 4, figs 4–9 (illustration of male and female, material not examined).
Ctenus denticulatus
,—
Thorell 1895: 216
(description of male).
Gravely 1931: 231
, figs 1A, 2A (illustration of male and female).
Type material.
Holotype
female
(
MNHN 1878-6634
),
Burma
.
Diagnosis.
Medium-sized
Ctenidae
(total length female 13.2). Distinguished from all other
Anahita
species
included in this paper by the uniquely bent internal duct system (
Fig. 12
). Broad median plate with almost parallel margins (as in
A. maolan
;
Zhu
et al.
1999
), but epigynal teeth pointing posteriorly and median septum longer and narrower (
Fig. 11
) than in
A. maolan
.
Redescription.
Female
. PL 5.0, PW 4.1, AW 2.3, OL 8.2, OW 5.5 (
Fig. 20
). Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth as well as 5 denticles in one row.
Note.
According to the general bauplan of the female copulatory organs and illustrations of the male and female in F.O.
Pickard-Cambridge (1897)
and
Gravely (1931)
, this species is similar to
Anahita feai
comb. nov.
and
A. jianfengensis
, therefore consequently transferred to the genus
Anahita
.