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 jucunda
(
Thorell 1897
)
comb. nov.
Figs 1
,
8–10
,
16–19
Ctenus jucundus
Thorell 1897: 17
(description of female;
holotype
examined).
Type material.
Holotype
female
(
MCSN
),
Burma
, Bhamò [24°15'13.85"N, 97°14'3.23"E],
Fea
leg.
Diagnosis.
Medium-sized
Ctenidae
(total length female 12.7). Compare differential diagnosis in
A. feai
(epigyne and vulva
Figs 8–9
,
19
). Distinguished from all other
Anahita
species
treated in this paper by the elongated opisthosoma (
Figs 16–18
).
Redescription.
Female
. PL 4.3, PW 3.6, AW 1.9, OL 8.5, OW 2.8.
Male
. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (Bhamò in
Burma
) (
Fig. 1
: 3).
Note.
The same reasoning listed before is applied for the transfer to
Anahita
, i.e. similarity of female copulatory organ. However, the distinctly elongated opisthosoma and the different colour pattern could indicate that this species belongs to a different phylogenetic lineage (genus). Similar cases are known in the genus
Heteropoda
:
H. ocyalina
(
Simon 1887
)
and
H. boiei
(Doleschall 1859)
exhibit an elongated opisthosoma whereas the majority of the species of
Heteropoda
Latreille 1804
shows oval opisthosomata; however, because of the similarity of their copulatory organs these
Heteropoda
species
were considered congeneric (
Jäger & Bayer 2009
).