A Revision of the Spider Genus Zorocrates Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae)
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
Author
UBICK, DARRELL
text
American Museum Novitates
2007
2007-06-28
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journal article
10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3579[1:AROTSG]2.0.CO;2
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Zorocrates nochix
,
new species
figures 112, 113
; map 4
TYPE:
Female
holotype
from
9 mi
SE Nochixtlán
,
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
,
17
°
20
9
N
,
97
°
12
9
W
(
May 1, 1963
;
W. Gertsch
,
W. Ivie
), deposited in AMNH
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition shortened from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females resemble those of
Z. karli
but have a more triangular epigynal midpiece and spermathecae with an anterolateral pair of thumbshaped blind duct endings (
figs. 112, 113
).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 6. Coloration as in
Z. blas
. Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0-0- 2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-1-2, r0-1-1; IV p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0-1-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, v4-2-2, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p0-0-1, v4-2-2, r0-0-0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I, II p0-0-0, v2-2-2, r0-0-0; III r1-2-2; IV v3-2-2. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin situated within narrowed, neck-shaped portion of midpiece, posterolateral epigynal margins pronounced; spermathecae ducts relatively narrow, convoluted, with thumb-shaped anterolateral blind ends (
figs. 112, 113
).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
(map 4).