Adcatomus flavovittatus ( Simon 1897 ) Simon, 1897

Rheims, Cristina Anne, 2008, On the Neotropical genus Adcatomus Karsch (Araneae: Sparassidae), Zootaxa 1809, pp. 61-66 : 65-66

Adcatomus flavovittatus ( Simon 1897) new combination

( Figs. 11–16 )

Spatala flavovittata Simon, 1897: 47 ; Petrunkevitch, 1911: 512; Roewer, 1954: 711; Bonnet, 1958: 4111; Platnick, 2008.

Type material: Holotype: female, La Cumbre de Valencia, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier [10°24' N, 67°37' W, Carabobo, Venezuela] ( MNHN 11440), examined.

Diagnosis. The females of A. flavovittatus are distinguished from those of A. ciudadus by the presence of small intermarginal denticles in the cheliceral furrow ( Fig. 11 ) and by the epigynum with medium septum with larger base and smaller anterior atrium ( Fig. 15 ).

Description. Female (holotype): Prosoma brown, darker along fovea and thoracic striae. Chelicerae dark brown, covered by long, orange setae. Pedipalps brown, except distal end of femora and patellae slightly lighter. Labium dark brown, distally orange. Endites dark brown, distally cream colored. Legs brown. Opisthosoma brownish gray with conspicuous, cream colored cardiac impression. Total length 20.4. Prosoma: 7.9 long, 7.0 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.42, ALE 0.46, PME 0.28, PLE 0.38, AME– AME 0.32, AME–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.60, PME–PLE 0.60, AME–PME 0.42, ALE–PLE 0.34. Intermarginal denticles present. Leg measurements: I: femur 9.1; patella 3.2; tibia 8.5; metatarsus 7.9; tarsus 2.1; total 30.8; II: 9.6; 3.6; 8.9; 7.8; 2.1; 32.0; III: 7.8; 3.0; 6.5; 5.4; 1.8; 24.5; IV: 8.7; 2.8; 6.4; 6.4; 2.0; 26.3. Spination follows the generic pattern. Opisthosoma: 12.2 long, 9.2 wide.

Male: unknown.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 16. Adcatomus flavovittatus (Simon). 11 Female, left chelicerae, ventral view; 12 Leg I, trilobate membrane, dorsal view; 13 Leg I, claw, prolateral view; 14 Pedipalp claw, prolateral view; 15 Epigynum, ventral view; 16 Vulva, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.