Sparianthina saaristoi, Jaeger & Rheims & Labarque, 2009

Jaeger, Peter, Rheims, Cristina & Labarque, Facundo, 2009, On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae), ZooKeys 16 (16), pp. 115-147 : 133-136

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.16.236

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3791932

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Sparianthina saaristoi
status

sp. nov.

Sparianthina saaristoi View in CoL sp. n.

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Figs 71-73 View Figures 71-73 , 79 View Figures 74-79

Types. ♁ holotype from Venezuela, Merida, Mucuy, Tabay [08°38’N, 71°04’W], 17.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck, AMNH. GoogleMaps Paratypes: 4 ♁♁, Venezuela, Merida, El Valle, 15 km NE Merida [08°35’N, 71°08’W], 24.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (2 ♁♁ AMNH; 1 ♁ IBSP 99864; 1 ♁ SMF: PJ 1722 ) GoogleMaps ; 2 ♁♁, Venezuela, Merida, Telef. Esta. La Montana [08°35’ N; 71°08’ W], 27.VI.–26.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( IBSP 99862 View Materials ; SMF: PJ 3116 ) GoogleMaps .

Further material examined. VENEZUELA. Merida: 10 ♁♁, Tabay [08°38’N, 71°04’W], Mucuy, Send. Lag. Suero, 17.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( AMNH) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♁, 19.VI.–24.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( AMNH) ; 12 ♁♁, Merida [08°35’N, 71°08’W], Hechicera, Monte Zerpa, 22.VII.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (8 ♁♁ AMNH, 2 ♁♁ IBSP 99863, 2 ♁♁ SMF: PJ 3114-3115 ) GoogleMaps ; 4 ♁♁, Telef. Esta. La Montana , 27.VI.–26. VII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( AMNH) ; 2 ♁♁, El Valle, 15 km NE Merida , 24.VI.–2. VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( AMNH) ; Tachira: 1 ♁, Pregonero [08°01’N, 71°45’W], Presa Las Cuevas, 9.–31.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( AMNH) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♁, Camp Siberia, Laldea , 10.–31.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck ( AMNH) .

Etymology. The species is dedicated to Michael Saaristo (1938-2008) for his many contributions to the taxonomy of spiders; name in genitive case.

Diagnosis. The males of Sparianthina saaristoi sp. n. are distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the slender embolus without projections and by the RTA having only one dorsal branch ( Figs 71-73 View Figures 71-73 ).

Description. Male (AMNH, holotype). Total length 7.6. Prosoma: 3.8 long, 3.0 wide. Opisthosoma: 3.8 long, 2.8 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.22, ALE 0.28, PME 0.22, PLE 0.30, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME

0.24, PME–PLE 0.26, AME–PME 0.20, ALE–PLE 0.18. Legs: I: femur 4.3, patella 1.5, tibia 4.3, metatarsus 3.9, tarsus 1.5, total 15.5; II: 4.8, 1.5, 5.0, 4.4, 1.7, 17.4; III: 3.9, 1.3, 3.5, 3.4, 1.3, 13.4; IV: 4.6, 1.3, 4.1, 4.6, 1.6, 16.2. Spination: femur I–III: p1-1-1; d0-1-1; r1-1-1; femur IV: p1-1-1; d0-1-1; r0-0-1; tibia I–II: d1-0-1; v2-2-2- 2-0; tibia III–IV: p1-0-1; d1-0-1; r1-0-1; v2-2-0; metatarsus I–II: v2-2-0; metatarsus III: p1-1-0; r1-1-0; v2-2-0; metatarsus IV: p1-1-2; r1-1-2; v2-2-0.

Palp as in diagnosis. Embolus and conductor arising from tegulum at a 9-o’clockposition. Sperm duct running marginally at the distal and proximal tegulum and submarginally at the retrolateral tegulum ( Fig. 72 View Figures 71-73 ).

Colouration. Prosoma brownish orange, brown along fovea and thoracic striae. Eye borders black. Chelicerae orange-brown. Legs and pedipalps orange with brown markings at spine bases. Labium and gnathocoxae brownish-orange, distally lighter. Sternum pale orange with slightly darker margins. Opisthosoma yellowish-grey ( Fig. 79 View Figures 74-79 ).

Female unknown.

Variation. Males (n=10). Total length 6.0-7.6; prosoma 2.9-3.8; femur I 3.9-4.8.

Distribution. North-western Venezuela, states of Merida and Tachira.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Sparianthina

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