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 bolero
new species
Figs. 118−119
Type
material.
Female
holotype
from Palo
Bolero,
1200 m
, Morelos [
99º6.0'W
,
18º40.8'N
],
Mexico
,
Aug. 14, 1955
, B. Malkin coll. and female
paratype
from
10 km
south of Temixco [
99º13.8'W
,
18º51.0'N
], Morelos,
Mexico
,
Jul. 14, 1956
, W. Gertsch & V. Roth coll., both deposited in
AMNH
.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Females of
Strotarchus bolero
n. sp.
can be readly recognised by the atrium shape, with anterior margin raised and slightly projected medially (
Fig. 118
).
Description.
Male. Unknown.
Female (
Holotype
). Carapace orange, with darker cephalic area, thoracic groove brown. Chelicerae, endites and labium red brown. Sternum yellow with brown margins. Legs orange. Abdomen light gray, spinnerets orange. Total length 9.50. Carapace 3.50 long, 2.60 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.24, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal teeth, the median largest, and 2 retromarginal teeth, separated by three times their width. Leg measurements: femur I 4.40/ II 3.80/ III 3.40/ IV 4.60. Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-0, p0-1-1-1, r0; tibia d0, p0-0-1, r0,
v2-2
-0; metatarsus d0, p0, r0,
v2-1
r-
1p.
II—femur d0-1-0, p0-1-1-1, r0; tibia d0, p0-0-1, r0,
v2-2
-0; metatarsus d0, p1-1-1-0-1, r0-0-1,
v2-2
-
1m
.
III—femur d1-1-1, p0-1-1-1, r0-0-1; tibia d0-1-0, 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 d0-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0,
v2- 2
-2; metatarsus d0-1-0, p1-1-2, r1-1-2,
v2-2
-
1m
.
Epigynum: atrium sub-squared, superposed laterally to posterior border; AP small, posteriorly pointed, median slit deep, ample, without lateral notches, rounded anteriorly; CD divergent, with few helicoid folds; GK rounded, base heavily constricted, laterally oriented; SS enlarged posteriorly; spermathecae not globose, wider than long (
Figs. 118, 119
).
Variation.
Two females: total length 9.50−9.80; carapace 3.50−4.20; femora I 3.60−4.40.
Distribution.
Mexico
.
Other material examined.
None.