Novalena durango, Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017

Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), Zootaxa 4262 (1), pp. 1-88 : 47

Novalena durango new species

Figure 24 d–f; Map 4

Type. Holotype female: MEXICO: Durango : Municipality of Durango , Highway #40, 2566 m, 9.IX.1967, R.E. Leech (CASENT 9048884), deposited at CAS .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the state of the type locality.

Diagnosis. This species differs from N. costata , N. creel , and N. divisadero in having the atrium with deep pits ( Fig. 24 d).

Description. Female (holotype): Carapace light brown, cephalic region reddish with a pair of longitudinal lines behind PME. Chelicerae reddish, condyles orange. Endites light brown with white tips. Labium dark brown with white tip. Sternum orange with border brown. Legs orange; metatarsus with distal part reddish. Three black rings on femur and two on tibia. Opisthosoma dark brown with lateral brown spots, a pair of ventral bands, and posterior foliage. Spinnerets brown. Total length 9.25. Carapace length 4.75, width 3, cephalic region width 1.95, ocular region width 1.05. Eye diameter: AME 0.17, ALE 0.23, PME and PLE 0.21. Distance between eyes: AME- AME 0.1, AME-ALE 0.12, AME-PME 0.19, ALE-PLE 0.06, ALE-ALE 0.48, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.15. Clypeus height 0.29. Chelicerae with three retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.76, fang length 0.81. Labium slightly wider than long (0.81/0.62). Endites almost convergent (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.81/0.38). Sternum longer than wide (2.29/1.81). Opisthosoma longer than wide (4.75/2.75). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.24/0.42), PLS with distal segment as long as basal segment (0.58/0.58). Leg lengths: I—femur 3.38/ patella-tibia 4/ metatarsus 2.75/ tarsus 1.88; II—3.25/ 3.88/ 2.88/ 1.63; III—3.13/ 3.75/ 2.88/ 1.63; IV—3.75/ 4.5/ 3.75/ 1.88. Spination: femur dorsal I—1-2 -2/ II—1-3 -3/ III—1-3 -3/ IV—1-2 -3; patella I—dorsal 1- 1/ prolateral 1/ retrolateral 0; II—1-1 / 1/ 0; III—1-1 / 1/ 1; IV—1-1 / 1/ 1; tibia I—dorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 1-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—1 -0-0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 0; III—1-1 -0/ 1-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; IV—1-1 -0/ 1-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1; III—2-1 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-1-1; IV—3-2 -2/ 2-1-1- 1-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1. Number of trichobothria: I—7, II—7, III—7, IV—7. Dorsal spines on pedipalp femur: 3. Prolateral spines on tibia: 1-2. Epigynal plate wider than long (1.27/0.82); atrium superficial with two deep pits; anterior sclerotized spurs separated by more their basal width ( Fig. 24 d, f). Internal genitalia: copulatory ducts straight, primary spermathecae adjacent with a dorsal transverse mark ( Fig. 24 e).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. MEXICO: Durango (Map 4).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Novalena spp.: a – c, Novalena divisadero sp. nov.; d – f, Novalena durango sp. nov. a, d, epigynum, ventral view; b, e, internal genitalia, dorsal view; c, f, epigynum, posterior view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; CD, copulatory ducts; CO, copulatory openings; FD, fertilization ducts; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae; S 2, secondary spermathecae. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.