Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pakistan and India
Author
Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2011
2011-09-30
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https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/62276a14-c10f-35bd-b9bb-3ab283d3f6c0/
journal article
10.5962/bhl.part.117817
0035-418X
6312018
Agyneta pakistanica
sp. n.
Figs 16-25
HOLOTYPE
: Ƌ,
PAKISTAN
,
Punjab
, environs of
Islamabad
, ca
550 m
a.s.l.
,
Lake Rawal
, on bank near water;
26.IV.1984
; leg.
S. Vit
[PAK-84/25].
PARATYPE
: 1 Ƌ, from same locality, collected together with the
holotype
.
FIGS 9-15
Agyneta nigripes
(Simon, 1884)
, Ƌ specimen from Passu Glacier,
Pakistan
. (9) Right palp, retrolateral view. (10) Cymbium, prolateral view. (11) Palpal tibia, dorsal view. (12) Palpal tibia and paracymbium, retrolateral view. (13) Embolic division. (14-15) Lamella characteristica, different aspects.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an adjective taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: The new species is characterized by the peculiar shape of the palpal tibia and of the lamella characteristica.
DESCRIPTION: Male (
holotype
).
Total
length 1.63.
Carapace
0.73 long, 0.50 wide, pale brown, with a darker margin.
Chelicerae
0.28 long.
Legs
pale brown.
Leg I
2.46 long (0.65+0.18+0.58+0.60+0.45), IV 2.46 long (0.68+0.18+0.59+0.63+0.38).
Chaetotaxy
: all tibiae with two dorsal spines. TmI 0.25.
Metatarsus IV
without
FIGS 16-25
Agyneta pakistanica
sp. n.
, Ƌ
paratype
. (16) Right palp, retrolateral view. (17) Cymbium, prolateral view. (18) Palpal tibia, dorsal view. (19-21) Palpal tibia and paracymbium, lateral view, different aspects. (22) Embolic division. (23) Embolus. (24-25) Lamella characteristica, different aspects.
trichobothrium. Palp (Figs 16-25): Tibia apically with two pointed teeth: one very small, the other elongated to a process. Cymbium without any posterior outgrowths. Lamella characteristica small, with a short L-shaped projection basally. Proximal part of lamella characteristica relatively wide; distal part very thin, awl-shaped. Embolus sigmoid, carrying a few very small teeth basally. Abdomen 0.85 long, 0.50 wide, pale grey.
Female unknown.
DISTRIBUTION: Known from the
type
locality only.