A revision of the American spider genus Strotarchus Simon, 1888 (Araneae: Dionycha, Systariinae)
Author
Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
Author
Saturnino, Regiane
Author
Ramírez, Martín J.
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
text
Zootaxa
2012
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214492
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214492
Strotarchus planeticus
Edwards, 1958
Figs. 69
,
110−111
Strotarchus planeticus
Edwards, 1958
: 374
, figs. 159, 179, 206. Female
holotype
from Laguna Madre,
25 miles
south-east of Arlington (
97º6'W
,
32º44'N
), Texas,
United States
,
Jun. 13, 1945
, D.E. Hardy & V.L. Hooley coll., deposited in AMNH, not examined.
Diagnosis.
Females of
Strotarchus planeticus
are distinguished from those of
S. piscatorius
by the atrium wider than long, with the posterior margin straight, without a median notch. The thin, relatively long glandular knob is also diagnostic (
Figs. 110, 111
).
Description.
Male. Unknown.
Female (Laguna Madre, Texas). Carapace orange, cephalic area red brown. Chelicerae red brown, fangs black. Endites and labium red brown, with white distal area. Sternum yellow with brown margins. Legs orange, with ventral face of coxae, metatarsi and tarsi red brown. Abdomen light gray, spinnerets orange. Total length 9.10. Carapace 3.70 long, 2.90 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.22, ALE 0.22, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal teeth, the median largest, and 2 retromarginal teeth, separated by twice their width. Leg measurements: femur I 3.50/ II 2.90/ III 2.30/ IV 3.50. Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0; tibia d0, p1-1-0, r0,
v2- 2
-0; metatarsus d0-0-1, p1-1-1-2, r1-2-1,
v2-2
-
1m
.
II—femur d1-1-1-, p0-1-1, r0; tibia d0-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0,
v1
r- 2-0; metatarsus d0-1-1, p1-1-2, r0-1-1,
v2-2
-
1m
.
III—femur d1-1-1, p0-1-1-1, r0-1-1-1; tibia d1-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1- 0,
v2-2
-0; metatarsus d0-1-0, p1-1-2, r1-1-2,
v2-2
-
1m
.
IV—femur d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1; tibia d0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0,
v2-2
-1p; metatarsus d0-1-1, p1-1-2, r1-1-2,
v2-2
-
1m
.
Epigynum: atrium oblong; AP large, rounded posteriorly, median slit deep, without lateral notches, anteriorly sub-triangular; CD parallel, with few helicoid folds; GK anteriorly oriented; spermathecae not globose, wider than long (
Figs. 110, 111
).
Variation.
Two females: total length 6.80−9.10; carapace 2.90−3.70; femur I 2.50−3.50.
Distribution.
United States
and
Mexico
.
Other material examined.
UNITED STATES
. Laguna Madre,
25 m
.
SE of Harlingen [
97º42'W
,
26º11'N
], Texas,
United States
(from nest of
Rodentia
Neotoma micropus
Baird
),
Aug. 17, 1945
,
1 female
, D.E. Hardy & V.L. Wooley coll. (
AMNH
);
Jun. 18, 1945
,
1 female
, D.E. Hardy & V.L. Hooley coll. (
AMNH
);
MEXICO
. Tamazunchale (
98º47'W
,
21º15'N
), San Luis Potosi,
Aug. 17, 1964
,
1 female
, J. & W. Ivie coll. (
AMNH
); Jalapa [
96º55.2'W
,
19º31.8'N
], Veracruz, 1948,
1 female
, H.M. Wegerer coll. (
AMNH
).