Novalena shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009)

Figure 13; Map 7

Rualena shlomitae García-Villafuerte 2009: 7 –11, figure 1–7 (♂ ♀)

Novalena shlomitae Maya-Morales & Jiménez 2016: 29, figures 82–86 (♂ ♀)

Type. Holotype male: MEXICO: Chiapas: Municipality of Villaflores, La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve, Cerro Tres Picos, 16°11′46.4″N, 93°36′28.6″W, 2300 m, pitfall trap, 26.IV–8.VI.2008, K. Zárate, C.A. Pérez, and M.G. Araujo (CNAN-T0369), deposited at CNAN (examined).

Diagnosis. The males of this species differ from N. simplex in having the tegular median process with a less sclerotized tip (Fig. 13 a), from N. cintalapa in having the tegulum flat in lateral view (Fig. 13 b), from N. gibarrai in having the tegular median process straight (Fig. 13 a), and from N. tacana in having the RTA with denticles and a smaller excavation (Fig. 13 b). The females differ from N. laticava in having the copulatory ducts connected posteriorly to primary spermathecae (Fig. 13 d), from N. simplex by the anterior margin without anterior lobes, from N. irazu in having spurs closer to each other, from N. cintalapa, N. tacana, and N. triunfo in having the posterior margin more or less straight, and from N. gibarrai in having the atrium with posterior margin thicker and more sclerotized (Fig. 13 c).

Description. The description, including measurements, was provided by García-Villafuerte (2009).

Additional material examined. Paratypes: MEXICO: Chiapas: same data as holotype except 2100 m, 4 ♂ (AMNH); 2100 m, 3 ♂ 1 ♀ (AMNH); same data except 16°11′53.11″N, 93°36′19.8″W, 14.XI–13.XII.2007, K. Zárate, 1 ♀ (CNAN-T0371).

Distribution. MEXICO: Chiapas (Map 7).