Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae)
Author
Polotow, Daniele
Author
Griswold, Charles
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-04
4362
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journal article
31254
10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3
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Devendra pumilus
(Simon, 1898)
Figures 9D, E
,
11
,
14
FIGURE 11.
Devendra pumilus
(SImOn, 1898)
, mAlE. (A–C) lEFt pAlp; (A) VEntrAl VIEw; (B) rEtrOlAtErAl VIEw; (C) prOlAtErAl VIEw. AbbrEVIAtIOns: C, cOnductOr; E, EmbOlus; MA, mEdIAn ApOphysIs; RTA, rEtrOlAtErAl tIbIAl ApOphysIs; ST, subtEgulum; T, tEgulum; TI, tIbIA.
Campostichomma pumilus
SImOn, 1898A: 8 (MAlE hOlOtypE FrOm KAndy, SrI LAnkA, dEpOsItEd In MNHN 18298, ExAmInEd).
Devendra pumila
,
LEhtInEn 1967
: 228
(trAnsFEr tO
Devendra
).
D
.
pumilus
, WSC 2017.
Diagnosis
. Males of
D. pumilus
can be diagnosed from males of other
Devendra
species in having the palpal tibia with the retrolateral cuticular projection sub-basal, nearly as long as the tibia, surmounted with a large, arrowshaped spine, the embolus attenuate (
Fig. 11A, C
) and the median apophysis with a large lobe extending proximad of its joint with the tegulum (
Fig. 11A–C
).
DesCription.
Male (
holotype
, MNHN 18298): Total length 3.90. Markings typical for genus, as in
Fig. 9D
. Carapace 2.10 long, 1.55 wide, 0.80 high; clypeus 0.03 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.12, ALE 0.18, PME 0.12, PLE 0.20. Chelicerae 0.70 long; sternum 1.10 long, 0.80 wide; labium 0.35 long, palpal coxae 0.64 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 1.60 + 0.70 + 1.50 + 1.40 + 0.90 = 6.10; II: 1.40 + 0.70 + 1.15 + 1.20 + 0.80 = 5.25; III: 1.30 + 0.70 + 1.00 + 1.35 + 0.80 = 5.15; IV: 1.70 + 0.70 + 1.50 + 2.20 + 1.00 = 7.10. Leg formula 4123. Palp: tibia almost the same length as cymbium, RTA at base of tibia, RTA as long as tibia, with an elongated sclerotized projection with sharply pointed apex (
Fig. 11A, B
); cymbium tapering gradually to base; oval tegulum (
Fig. 11A–C
); MA S-shaped, with central origin (
Fig. 11A
); elongated, hyaline conductor (
Fig. 11A
); embolus convex, gradually tapering to pointed apex (
Fig. 11A
).
Female.
Unknown.
Material examined.
Only the type.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality at Kandy in
Sri Lanka
(
Fig. 14
).