Systematics of the Neotropical spider genera Jalapyphantes and Selenyphantes and the circumscription of the Pocobletus clade (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Author
Moreira, Thiago Da Silva
Author
Hormiga, Gustavo
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
192
journal volume
0024-4082
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SELENYPHANTES IZTACTEPETL
,
SP. NOV.
(
FIGS 30
,
33C
,
35C
)
Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n:
u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act:
EC4198F3-7F16-4548-B570-1F18A860BB60
.
Type material:
Holotype
one male
.
MEXICO
,
Veracruz
:
Atotonilco
de Calcahualco
(
Pico de Orizaba Volcano
,
19.13725
,
–97.2050833
;
2350 m
);
4–13.X.2012
; Lab. Aracnología FC-UNAM leg – CNAN-T01310. One male
paratype
from same locality and date – CNAN-T01311.
Etymology:
The name is derived from Nahuatl
iztac
, white, and
tepētl
, mountain. Iztactépetl is the Nahuatl name for the Orizaba Volcano, the
type
locality of this species. It is a noun in apposition.
Diagnosis:
Males of
S. iztactepetl
have a palp similar to
S. orizabae
, with a single RC component (RCm), but much smaller and thinner than the latter (
Figs 30H
,
32C
). Females of
S. iztactepetl
are yet unknown.
Description:
Male (
holotype
). Total length 2.13 Prosoma 0.92 long, 0.76 wide. Prosoma height 0.73, fovea height 0.56. Opisthosoma 1.21 long, 0.65 wide, 0.70 high. Clypeus height 0.18. AME 0.04, ALE 0.04, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06. Femur I 2.50 (2.72× prosoma length), Metatarsus I 3.34, TmI 0.14. Prosoma light yellow, with a darker line separating the cephalic area from the carapace and in the margins of the prosoma. Opisthosoma light grey with white guanine spots sparkled and some dark chevrons on the posterior part of the dorsum. Legs same colour as the prosoma, without any marks (
Fig. 28A–D
).
Distribution:
MEXICO
: Only known from the
type
locality at the Pico de Orizaba Volcano in
Mexico
.