Linothele septentrionalis, Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a10 |
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publication LSID |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2763DA07-4D8F-4CA2-BB63-E5BC26470296 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4721106 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/514DF6CE-3DC9-4416-B71B-1C60C698EBEB |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:514DF6CE-3DC9-4416-B71B-1C60C698EBEB |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Linothele septentrionalis |
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sp. nov. |
Linothele septentrionalis View in CoL n. sp.
( Figs 13 View FIG ; 17I, J View FIG )
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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Bahamas • ♀; Nathan Banks leg.; MCZ 76012.
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet is a Latin adjective, meaning ‘northern’ and refers to the most northern locality in Linothele zoogeography; the gender is feminine.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Bahamas.
DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS. — The female of Linothele septentrionalis n. sp. differs from those of all other Linothele by the combined presence of maculae ( Fig. 13B View FIG ), presence of a pattern on the sternum and absence of maxillary cuspules ( Fig. 13A View FIG ).
DESCRIPTION
Male
Unknown.
Female (holotype)
CL = 3.9. CT = 11. MC = 0. Colouration in alcohol: Prosoma, chelicerae, legs and pedipalps pale, yellow; sternum (length: 2.0) dark, with bright longitudinal pattern ( Fig. 13A View FIG ); opisthosoma with distinct mid-dorsal pattern, consisting of quadrate spots anteriorly, which become more rectangular posteriorly, or can be interconnected, forming longitudinal lines, laterally with several spots; ventrally with longitudinal lines and spots ( Fig. 17I, J View FIG ); maculae present, see Figure 13B View FIG . Clypeus: narrow. Sternum, labium and maxillae: see Figure 13A View FIG . Palp measurements: 7.6 (2.5,1.4,1.7,2.0). Leg measurements: I: 13.0 (3.3, 1.5, 3.0, 2.9, 2.3); II: 10.8 (2.9, 1.5, 2.0, 2.6, 1.8); III: 10.6 (2.8, 1.3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.0); IV: 14.9 (2.4, 3.8, 3.2, 1.5, 4.0). Leg formula: 4123. Scopula divided. Preening-combs absent. Leg tarsi integral. Spinnerets: PMS: 1.3, separated by less than length of segment (0.7); PLS: 5.9 (1.6, 1.9, 2.4), apical segments rigid. Spermatheca: consisting of two stalks with basal lobes, see Figure 13C. View FIG
NATURAL HISTORY
Unknown.
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