Novalena laticava (Kraus 1955)

Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), Zootaxa 4262 (1), pp. 1-88 : 25

Novalena laticava (Kraus 1955)

Figure 6 c, d; Map 6

Agelenopsis laticava Kraus 1955: 32 , figure 87 (♀) Novalena laticava Roth 1972: 11

Type. Holotype female: EL SALVADOR: Santa Ana, Municipality of Metapán, Parque Nacional Montecristo , 2200 m, 26.VIII.1951 ( SMF 8668 ), deposited at Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt (epigynum examined by photos).

Diagnosis. Novalena laticava is similar to N. bipartita , N. shlomitae , N. simplex , and N. irazu , but differ from N. bipartita , N. shlomitae , and N. simplex in having the copulatory ducts connected to central part of primary spermathecae ( Fig. 6 d) and from N. irazu in having the spurs separated from lateral margins of atrium by two times their basal width ( Fig. 6 c).

Description. Female (holotype): The description, including measurements, was provided by Kraus (1955).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. EL SALVADOR: Santa Ana (Map 6).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Novalena spp.: a, b, Novalena bipartita (Kraus 1955); c, d, Novalena laticava (Kraus 1955). a, c, epigynum, ventral view; b, d, internal genitalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; CD, copulatory ducts; FD, fertilization ducts; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae (Photographs by Peter Jäger).