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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1
37
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214492
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1175-5326
214492
Strotarchus michoacan
new species
Figs. 116−117
Type
material.
Female
holotype
from Jiquilpan (
102º41'W
,
19º59'N
),
Michoacan
,
Mexico
,
May 9, 1963
, W.J. Gertsch & W. Ivie coll., deposited in
AMNH
.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Females of
Strotarchus michoacan
n. sp.
resemble those of
S. tropicus
by the hexagonal atrium, but are easily distinguished by the highly coiled, extremely long, posteriorly enlarged copulatory ducts (
Figs. 116, 117
).
Description.
Male. Unknown.
Female (
Holotype
). 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 surface of coxae, metatarsi and tarsi red brown. Abdomen dark gray, spinnerets orange. Total length 12.40. Carapace 4.50 long, 3.40 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.30, ALE 0.22, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal teeth, the median largest, and 2 retromarginal teeth, separated by three times their width. Leg measurements: femur I 4.30/ II 3.50/ III 3.00/ IV 4.10. Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0; tibia d0, p1-1-0, r0,
v2-2
-0; metatarsus d0, p0-1-0, r0,
v2-2
-
1m
.
II—femur d1-1-1 or 1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0; tibia d0, p1-1-0, r0,
v2-2
-0; metatarsus d0, p0-1-0, r0-0-1,
v2-2
-
1m
.
III—femur d1-1-0, p1-1-1, r0-1-1; 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
-1r; metatarsus d0, p1-1-2, r1-1-2,
v2-2
-
1m
.
Epigynum: atrium hexagonal, large, anterior margin slightly projected medially; AP large, rounded posteriorly, projected laterally, median slit deep, without lateral notches, rectangular, bordering SS; CD parallel, curved, long; GK short, rounded, laterally oriented; SS enlarged medially; spermathecae not globose, wider than long (
Figs. 116, 117
).
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.
Other material examined.
None.