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).