Anyphaena sofiae, Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023

Rivera-Quiroz, F. Andrés & Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando, 2023, Integration or minimalism: twenty-one new species of ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae: Anyphaena) from Mexico, European Journal of Taxonomy 865, pp. 1-94 : 58-60

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.865.2097
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:845BAE1A-0E6E-484B-BE6D-17F866777B51
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887443
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C8E927-FF8D-FFAB-FDFC-F9ACFBA26688
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Anyphaena sofiae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anyphaena sofiae sp. nov.

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Figs 36 View Fig , 38A–B View Fig , 52 View Fig

Differential diagnosis

Females of A. sofiae sp. nov. are differentiated from those of all species of the pectorosa and pacifica groups by the following features: copulatory ducts extending beyond the hood, atrium oval, hood faint, thin and straight ( Figs 36E–F View Fig , 38A–B View Fig ).

Etymology

The species epithet is dedicated to Sofia Rivera, niece of the first author.

Material examined

Holotype MEXICO • ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot II; 19.29483° N, 97.2045° W; alt. 2388 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; Arcanolab team leg.; oak and pine forest fragment; BEAT; AR_060; GenBank: ON619648 ; CNAN-T01538 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes MEXICO • 1 ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot I; 19.12569° N, 97.06756° W; alt. 2300 m; 21–30 May 2012; Aracnolab team leg.; oak forest fragment; LUP; AR_057; GenBank: ON619646 ; CNAN-T01572 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; AR_059; GenBank: ON619647 ; CNAN-T01573 . GoogleMaps

Additional material

MEXICO • 1 ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot I; 19.12569° N, 97.06756° W; alt. 2300 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak forest fragment; BEAT GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21–30 May 2012; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM025 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Atotonilco . Plot II; 19.29483° N, 97.2045° W; alt. 2388 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; oak and pine forest fragment; BEAT GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM029 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21–30 May 2012; BEAT; ANYM026 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM027 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM028 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM030 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4–14 Oct. 2012; LUP. GoogleMaps

Description

Female

Total length 7.8. Carapace yellow, pattern with darker bands delineating cephalic area, around fovea and clypeus ( Fig. 36A, D View Fig ). Sternum surface white, intercoxal triangles present on all legs. Labium brown, white at tip, longer than wide. Endites yellow, rectangular, broader at tip ( Fig. 36C View Fig ). Chelicerae brown, without dorsal pattern ( Fig. 36B, D View Fig ), promargin with four teeth, retromargin with eight to nine denticles. Abdomen dorsal surface white, covered with darker patches and some diffuse chevrons at center, lateral and ventral surfaces white, pattern diffusing ventrally, tracheal spiracle slightly closer to epigastric furrow ( Fig. 36A–C View Fig ). Anterior area of epigynal plate delineated laterally by two faint pits near copulatory ducts bent. Genital openings at both sides of hood. Copulatory duct paths bent posteriorly beyond hood and entering spermathecae antero-laterally. Seminal receptacles closer to spermathecae at one third of copulatory ducts’ length. Fertilization ducts short, straight, and entering spermathecae via postero-lateral surface ( Figs 36E–F View Fig , 38A–B View Fig ). Cephalothorax length 2.93, thoracic width 2.29, cephalic width 1.23. Clypeus height 0.1. Eye diameters: AME 0.09, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.17, PME–PME 0.17, PME–PLE 0.13. Femur lengths: I 3.13, II 2.9, III 2.26, IV 3.0. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p0-1-2, r0-1-1. Tibia I v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus I v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur II d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Tibia II v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus II v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur III d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Tibia III v2-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Metatarsus III v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2. Femur IV d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-0-1. Tibia IV v2-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2

Male

Unknown.

Variation

Females (N =10): total length 8.03 (± 0.62), cephalothorax length 3.41 (± 0.3), thoracic width 2.48 (± 0.19), cephalic width 1.27 (± 0.08), femur I 3.46 (± 0.27).

Distribution

Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 52 View Fig ).

Natural history

Most specimens collected by beating and direct searching over vegetation.