Novalena victoria, 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 : 80-81

Novalena victoria new species

Figure 44 a–c; Map 8

Type. Holotype female: MEXICO: Estado de México: Municipality of Villa Victoria , NW Villa Victoria , 19°25′N, 100°01′W, 7.V.1963, W.J. Gertsch and W. Ivie, deposited at AMNH .

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

Diagnosis. This species differs from N. ajusco and N. leonensis in having the atrium with hyaline spurs ( Fig. 44 a) and anterior margin less protruded ventrally ( Fig. 44 c).

Description. Female (holotype): Carapace brown. Chelicerae and condyles light brown. Endites and labium light brown with white tips. Sternum light brown. Legs light brown with three rings on femur, one on patella, and two on tibia. Opisthosoma light brown with anterior spot, three posterior pairs of brown spots, and foliage. Spinnerets light brown. Total length 5.38. Carapace length 2.13, width 1.38, cephalic region width 0.86, ocular region width 0.52. Eye diameter: AME 0.08, ALE 0.13, PME 0.1, PLE 0.12. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.04, AME-ALE 0.04, AME-PME 0.11, ALE-PLE 0.04, ALE-ALE 0.21, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.06. Clypeus height 0.12. Chelicerae with three retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 0.82, fang length 0.33. Labium wider than long (0.3/0.24). Endites almost straight (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.3/0.18). Sternum longer than wide (1.14/0.9). Opisthosoma longer than wide (3.19/2.09). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.15/0.23), PLS with distal segment shorter than basal segment (0.23/0.27). Leg lengths: I—femur 1.48/ patella-tibia 1.67/ metatarsus 1.05/ tarsus 0.9; II—1.38/ 1.67/ 1.19/ 0.86; III—1.29/ 1.52/ 1.28/ 0.76; IV—1.76/ 2.1/ 1.9/ 1.1. Spination: femur dorsal I—1-1 -3/ II—1-1 -3/ III—1-1 -3/ IV—1-1 -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—0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 0; III—1-1 -0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; IV—1-1 -0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I— 0/ 2-2-2/ 0-0-1/ 0; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 0-0-1/ 0; III—2-1 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-1-1; IV—3-2 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1. Number of trichobothria on tarsus: I—5, II—5, III—5, IV—6. Dorsal spines on pedipalp femur: 3. Prolateral spines on tibia: 1-2. Epigynal plate wider than long (0.67/0.37); atrium superficial; anterior and long hyaline spurs separated by twice their basal width ( Fig. 44 a, c). Internal genitalia: copulatory ducts straight, primary spermathecae separated by less their width ( Fig. 44 b).

Male. Unknown.

Variation. Body length 5.13–5.38; carapace length 2.13–2.5; patella-tibia I length 1.67–2 (n = 2).

Additional material examined. Paratype: MEXICO: Estado de México: same data as holotype, 1 ♀ ( AMNH) .

Distribution. MEXICO: Estado de México (Map 8).

Figures

FIGURE 44. Novalena spp.: a – c, Novalena victoria sp. nov.; d – f, Novalena volcanes 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: 0.25 mm.