Cybaeus (Araneae: Cybaeidae) in the Nearctic: the devius and tardatus species groups of the Californian clade
Author
Bennett, Robb
Department of Entomology, Natural History Section, Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V 8 W 9 W 2.
Author
Copley, Claudia
0000-0002-8184-5819
Department of Entomology, Natural History Section, Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V 8 W 9 W 2. & ccopley @ royalbcmuseum. bc. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8184 - 5819
ccopley@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Author
Copley, Darren
0000-0002-1944-4272
Department of Entomology, Natural History Section, Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V 8 W 9 W 2. & dcopley @ royalbcmuseum. bc. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1944 - 4272
dcopley@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-08-27
5026
4
451
479
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5026.4.1
1175-5326
5300630
511C28F6-07E4-412C-B83E-91D2CAC5AA27
Cybaeus echo
Bennett
spec. nov.
Figs 20–22
,
32
Type material.
U.S.A.
:
California
:
Holotype
female.
El Dorado County
, below
Echo Summit
,
9.vii.1958
,
V.D. Roth
(
AMNH
).
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
The male of
C. echo
is unknown. The female is diagnosed by the form and configuration of the vulval components (
Figs 21–22
) and is only likely to be confused with the females of
C. devius
or
C. wilsonia
spec. nov.
Distinguishing the females of these three species is discussed under
C. devius
.
Description.
Ventral tibia I macrosetae 2-1p-2-1p-0. Femora lightly banded.
FIGURES 14–19.
Cybaeus
spp.
, females, copulatory organ (14–16
C. devius
, holotype; 17–19
C. wilsonia
spec. nov.
, from Wilsonia, California). 14, 17 Epigynum, ventral. 15–16, 18–19 Vulva (15, 18 ventral, 16, 19 dorsal). BG—Bennett’s gland, HS—head of spermatheca. Unlabelled solid arrows indicate basal lightly sclerotized sections of copulatory ducts which envelop apical more heavily sclerotized sections (indicated by unlabelled dashed arrows).
Female
:
(n=1). See note under description of
C. devius
. Atrium (
Figs 20–21
) very small, about 1/4 width of vulva. Spermathecal heads (
Figs 21–22
) exit vulval ducts ventrally basal to region enclosed by copulatory ducts, deflected dorso-laterally.
Measurements (n=1). CL 2.7, CW 2.00, SL 1.33, SW 1.27.
Distribution
. (
Fig. 32
). Known only from the
type
locality in El Dorado County in the northern Sierra
Nevada
.