Anyphaena dulceae, 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 : 42-47

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.7867499
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C8E927-FF9D-FFBE-FDF3-F955FE3963BD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Anyphaena dulceae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anyphaena dulceae sp. nov.

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Differential diagnosis

Females of Anyphaena dulceae sp. nov. can be differentiated from those of all other species of the pectorosa and pacifica groups by the heart-shaped epigynal atria ( Fig. 26E–F View Fig ), and from A. epicardia sp. nov. by the middle coil of the copulatory ducts ( Fig. 27G–H View Fig ). Males of this species resemble those of A. fraterna ( Platnick 1974: figs 52, 56, 60) and A. simoni ( Brescovit & Lise 1989: figs 1–9) by their elongated ventral tegular projection with a rounded tip and the hook-shaped median apophysis, but differ from these species by the presence of a rectangular process at the ventral tegular projection base ( Figs 26A View Fig , 27A View Fig (arrows)), the more elongated and curved median apophysis hook ( Figs 26A View Fig , 27A View Fig ), the RTA posterior branch being hook-shaped ( Figs 26D View Fig , 27D View Fig ) and the large spurs of coxa II–IV ( Figs 25F View Fig , 27E–F View Fig ).

Etymology

The species epithet is dedicated to Dulce Flor Piedra-Jiménez, Mexican arachnologist, and former member of the second author’s lab.

Material examined

Holotype MEXICO • ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot I; 19.12569° N, 97.06756° W; alt. 2300 m; 21– 30 May 2012; Aracnolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; LUP; CNAN-T01524 . GoogleMaps

Allotype MEXICO • ♂; same collection data as for holotype; BEAT; CNAN-T01513 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes MEXICO • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; CRP; AR_033; GenBank: ON619655 ; CNAN-T01555 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15–24 Feb. 2013; CNAN-T01553 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Atotonilco , Plot II; 19.29483° N, 97.2045° W; alt. 2388 m; 21– 30 May 2012; Arcanolab team leg.; oak and pine forest fragment; LUP; CNAN-T01552 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; CNAN-T01551 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15–24 Feb. 2013; BEAT; AR_031; GenBank: ON619653 ; CNAN-T01554 . GoogleMaps

Additional material

MEXICO • 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; 15–24 Feb. 2013; BEAT GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP, ANYM010 GoogleMaps • 5 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM011 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 21–30 May 2012; BEAT GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; AR_032; GenBank: ON619654 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 4–14 Oct. 2012; LUP GoogleMaps • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; Atotonilco , Plot II; 19.29483° N, 97.2045° W; alt. 2388 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak forest fragment; BEAT GoogleMaps • 4 ♀♀, 12 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM012 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM013 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM014 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM015 GoogleMaps • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM014 ; 21–30 May 2012; BEAT GoogleMaps • 7 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 4–14 Oct. 2012; LUP. GoogleMaps

Description

Female

Total length 8.8. Carapace dark yellow, hirsute, with darker areas delineating cephalic area, around thoracic groove, ocular quadrangle, and clypeus ( Fig. 25A, D View Fig ). Sternum yellow, darker at margins, intercoxal triangles present on all legs. Labium brown, white at tip, longer than wide. Endites yellow, rectangular, slightly broader at tip ( Fig. 25C View Fig ). Abdomen dorsum white, hirsute, covered with brown patches, lateral sides with same brown patches diffusing ventrally, ventral surface with dark longitudinal line at center, tracheal spiracle in center of abdomen ( Fig. 25A–C View Fig ). Chelicerae dark brown ( Fig. 25D View Fig ), promargin with four teeth, retromargin with eight to nine denticles. Leg coloration: dark yellow with brown patches irregularly distributed from distal end of femora to tarsi, tibia IV with two dark bands at opposite ends ( Fig. 25A View Fig ). Epigynum hood absent, lateral borders sinuous. Copulatory openings on anterior internal margin of heart-shaped atrium ( Fig. 26E–F View Fig ). Copulatory ducts entering lateral margins of spermathecae. Seminal receptacles cylindrical, projected dorsally and located at junction between spermathecae and copulatory duct entrance. Fertilization ducts attached to posterior margin of spermathecae ( Fig. 27G–H View Fig ). Cephalothorax length 3.8, thoracic width 3.07, cephalic width 2.39. Clypeus height 0.13. Eye diameters: AME 0.13, ALE 0.18, PME 0.17, PLE 0.2. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.11, ALE–PLE 0.09, PME–PME 0.2, PME–PLE 0.12. Femur lengths: I 4.1, II 4.0, III 3.17, IV 4.0. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p0-0-2, 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, p0-1-2, 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, p2-1-0, r1-1-1. Metatarsus III v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2. Femur IV d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Tibia IV v2-2-2, p2-1-0, r1-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2.

Male

Total length 8.2. Cephalothorax coloration as in female except yellow chelicerae ( Fig. 25E View Fig ). Spurs of coxa II to IV large, covered with scattered setae ( Figs 25F View Fig , 27E–F View Fig ). Abdomen pattern as in female but paler, dark longitudinal line absent. Pedipalp ventral tegular projection in prolateral view without dorsal keel ( Figs 26B View Fig , 27B View Fig ). Embolus filiform and translucent ( Fig. 27A View Fig ). RTA anterior branch semicircular with sclerotized edge and translucent center, RTA posterior branch sclerotized and hook-shaped with translucent tip ( Figs 26 A, C–D, F View Fig , 27A, C–D View Fig ). Prolateral apophysis small and cone-shaped ( Fig. 27B View Fig ). Pedipalp tibia slightly longer than wide. Ventral branch of median tibial apophysis displaced towards proximal border of tibia ( Figs 26 A, D View Fig , 27A, D View Fig ). Cephalothorax length 3.32, thoracic width 2.68, cephalic width 1.80. Clypeus height 0.1. Eye diameters: AME 0.11, ALE 0.18, PME 0.15, PLE 0.15. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.07, PME–PME 0.15, PME–PLE 0.11. Femur lengths: I 3.9, II 3.61, III 2.88, IV 3.8. Leg spination: as in female except: femur I p0-1-2.

Variation

Females (N= 10): total length 8.16 (± 0.97), cephalothorax length 3.49 (± 0.27), thoracic width 2.69 (± 0.32), cephalic width 2.17 (± 0.27), femur I 3.8 (± 0.28). Males (N =10): total length 7.47 (± 0.39), cephalothorax length 3.3 (±0.13), thoracic width 2.64 (± 0.12), cephalic width 1.79 (± 0.08), femur I 3.97 (± 0.18).

Distribution

This species is found in oak and oak-pine forests around Pico de Orizaba Volcano National Park ( Fig. 52 View Fig ).

Natural history

Most specimens were collected over vegetation by direct searching or with a beating tray. This species is present year-round.