Studies in Corinnidae (Araneae): a new Paratrachelas Kovblyuk & Nadolny from Algeria, as well as the description of a new genus of Old World Trachelinae
Author
Bosselaers, Jan
Author
Bosmans, Robert
text
Zootaxa
2010
2612
41
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197827
9eaa40d1-f151-4539-8156-94fb9a25b154
1175-5326
197827
Paratrachelas atlantis
sp. n.
Figs. 3
G–H; 5 A–D.
Type
material.
Holotype
male,
Algeria
, Wilaya Blida, Blidean Atlas, Meurdja,
1000 m
, pt in dense planted
Cedrus
forest,
15 June 1987
–
22 September 1988
, R. Bosmans leg. [
RBINS
].
Paratypes
. 7 ɗ, same data as
holotype
[
MRAC
231351, CRB]; 1 ɗ,
Algeria
, Wilaya Blida, Blidean Atlas, Djebel Mouzaia,
1300 m
, pt in
Acer
forest,
6 October–4 November 1985
, R. Bosmans leg. [
RBINS
].
Diagnosis.
P. atlantis
is close to
P. acuminus
but differs from it by the slender embolus which is longer than the membranous conductor and by its blunt-tipped RTA of the male palp (
Figs. 3
H, 4A–B, 5B–C).
Description.
Male (
holotype
). Total length 4.39 (
paratype
range: 3.21–4.73). Carapace length 1.89, width 1.66, chestnut brown, somewhat darker in cephalic region, strewn with small pits. Width of cephalic region 3/ 4 of carapace width (
Fig. 3
G). Eyes ringed with black. Fovea dark brown, pronounced, length 0.14, anterior end 1.26 from front end of carapace. MOQ depth 0.32, anterior width 0.30, posterior width 0.37. AER width 0.68, PER width 0.84. All eyes subequal, AME with dark retina. AE equidistant, separated by half of their diameter; PE also equidistant, separated by their diameter. AER slightly recurved and PER straight from above, both eye rows slightly procurved from front. Clypeus vertical, slightly narrower than diameter of AME. Chilum triangular, sclerotised and brown, with a sharp posterior median indentation. Chelicerae yellow brown, rugose, vertically oriented, without pronounced cheliceral boss. Three small, blunt teeth along promarginal cheliceral rim, largest one closest to fang base; two larger, sharp teeth on retromarginal rim close to fang insertion, largest one furthest from fang base (
Fig. 5A
). Sternum shield-shaped, rebordered, smooth and yellow, length 1.08, width 0.97. Both ICS and PCT brown and sclerotised, triangular, blunt, fused with sternum. PSP subtriangular, yellow. PLB isolated, triangular, brown and sclerotised. Labium subtrapezoidal, wider than long, with thickened anterior rim. Endites without oblique depression.
Abdomen grey, with four large, oval, brown sigilla in anterior half; covered over its entire length and for 85–90% of its do surface area by a yellow brown, smooth and shiny do scutum (
Fig. 5D
). Legs I, II orange brown, III, IV orange yellow, patellar indentation (
Ledoux & Canard 1991: 9
) narrow, no rh, no trochanter notch. Metatarsi III, IV with vt preening brush. Leg formula 1243. No regular leg spines, but leg cusps present; ti: I plv 6; II plv 5; mt: I plv 6–7 rlv 2–4; II plv 5 rlv 1; ta: I plv 3 rlv 2–3; II plv 3 rlv 1.
FIGURE 5 A–D.
Paratrachelas atlantis
, holotype. A, cheliceral teeth, ve; B, male palp, ve; C, male palp, rl; D, habitus. Scale bars: A–C: 0.25; D: 1.
Leg measurements: Male palp as illustrated (
Figs. 3
H, 5B–C), with a subtriangular bulbus and a slender, apical embolus which is longer than the membranous, triangular conductor. RTA long and blunt-tipped, dorsally oriented. Female. Unknown.
fe |
pa |
ti |
mt |
ta |
Total |
I |
1.71 |
0.66 |
1.58 |
1.13 |
0.66 |
5.73 |
II |
1.45 |
0.58 |
1.32 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
4.94 |
III |
0.92 |
0.42 |
0.74 |
0.74 |
0.42 |
3.23 |
IV |
1.26 |
0.47 |
1.08 |
1.18 |
0.47 |
4.47 |
Distribution.
Only known from the Atlas mountains in
Algeria
.