Titiotus roadsend, Platnick & Ubick, 2008

Platnick, Norman I. & Ubick, Darrell, 2008, A Revision of the Endemic Californian Spider Genus Titiotus Simon (Araneae, Tengellidae), American Museum Novitates 3608 (1), pp. 1-36 : 24-27

Titiotus roadsend , new species

Figures 57–61; map 2

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from Roads End, Kern River , Tulare Co. , California (July 3, 1956; W. Gertsch), deposited in AMNH.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this distinctive species can easily be recognized by the short, sinuous dorsal prong of the tibial apophysis (fig. 59), females by the narrow, posteriorly expanded epigynal septum (fig. 60).

MALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in T. californicus . Leg spination: femora: I p0-4-1, r1-2-1; II r1-2-2; III r2-1-1; IV p1-2-2; tibiae: I d1-0-1, p1-2-0, v6-6-4, r1-1-1; II d1-0-1, p1-2- 0, v6-6-4, r1-2-0; metatarsi: I, II p1-1-0, r1-1-0; III p1-2-2. Embolus twisted near base, distally narrow; median apophysis with submedian projection; middle prong of tibial apophysis bifid, incised, dorsal prong short, twisted, situated near cymbium (figs. 57–59).

59. Same, retrolateral view. 60. Epigynum, ventral view. 61. Same, dorsal view.

FEMALE: Total length 18. Coloration as in T. californicus . Leg spination: femora: I p1-3- 2, r1-2-1; II r1-2-1; III p2-1-2; tibiae: I, II p1-0- 0, v6-6-4, r1-0-0; III r0-1-1; IV d1-0-0, r0-1-1; metatarsi: II p0-1-0; III p1-2-2, r1-2-2; IV r2-2- 2. Epigynal septum narrow, anterior with parallel sides, posteriorly expanded, wrinkled; posterior ducts almost transverse (figs. 60, 61).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One male and one female taken with the types ( AMNH) .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in Kern County (map 2).

69. Same, retrolateral view. 70. Epigynum, ventral view. 71. Same, dorsal view.