Devendra pardalis (Simon, 1898)

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Devendra pardalis (Simon, 1898)

Figures 9A–C , 10 , 14

Compostichomma pardale SImOn, 1898b: 240, FIg. 228 (FEmAlE lEctOtypE And pArAlEctOtypE, hErE dEsIgnAtEd, #18302 (pArt),

FrOm KAndy, SrI LAnkA, dEpOsItEd In MNHN, ExAmInEd). SImOn 1898A: 8. Devendra pardale , LEhtInEn 1967: 228, FIg. 91 (trAnsFEr tO Devendra ); GrIswOld 1993: 7. D. pardalis , WSC 2017.

Note. Originally this species was described based on three females collected in Kandy , Sri Lanka, but one of the syntypes was not conspecific with the remaining two. We describe this specimen as D. saama sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Females of D. pardalis can be diagnosed from females of other Devendra species by having the epigynum with median lobe rounded posteriorly ( Figs 9C , 10A ), the vulva with the head of spermathecae arising from a short tubercle on main body of the spermatheca and the opening to the copulatory ducts broad ( Fig. 10B, C ).

DesCription. Female (MNHN 18302, lectotype): Total length 7.08. Carapace 3.40 long, 2.60 wide, 1.08 high; clypeus 0.15 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.14, ALE 0.08, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14. Chelicerae 1.56 long; sternum 1.54 long, 1.28 wide; labium 0.64 long, palpal coxae 1.12 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 2.25 + 1.12 + 1.92 + 1.75 + 1.33 = 8.37; II: 2.17 + 1.08 + 1.62 + 1.67 + 1.25 = 7.79; III: 1.96 + 0.92 + 1.33 + 1.92 + 1.08 = 7.21; IV: 2.58 + 1.08 + 2.08 + 3.08 + 1.54 = 10.36. Leg formula 4132. Epigynum: oval epigynal plate; transverse fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes ( Fig. 10A, B ). Spermathecae rounded with small projection with glandular opening ( Fig. 10C ).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Only the types.

Variation. Female (N= 2): total length 5.15–7.10; carapace length 2.40–3.42; femur I 1.50–2.25.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality at Kandy in Sri Lanka ( Fig. 14 ).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Devendra spp. (A–C) D. pardalis (SImOn, 1898), FEmAlE; (A) hAbItus, dOrsAl VIEw; (B) AntErIOr VIEw OF OculAr ArEA;(C)EpIgynum, VEntrAl VIEw;(D–E) D. pumilus (SImOn, 1898), mAlE;(D)hAbItus,dOrsAl VIEw;(E)rIght pAlp,VEntrAl VIEw.

FIGURE 10. Devendra pardalis (SImOn, 1898), FEmAlE. (A–C) EpIgynum; (A) VEntrAl VIEw; (B) dOrsAl VIEw; (C) rIght spErmAthEcA, dOrsAl, clEArEd, dEtAIl.AbbrEVIAtIOns: CD, cOpulAtOry ducts; FD, FErtIlIZAtIOn duct; LL, lAtErAl lObE OF EpIgynum; LP, lAtErAl prOcEss OF EpIgynum; ML, mEdIAnlObE OF EpIgynum; S, spErmAthEcAE.

FIGURE14. (A) PArtIAl wOrld mAp (ExcEptNEArctIc AndNEOtrOpIcAl rEAlms),shOwIng thE lOcAtIOnOF thE IslAnd cOuntry OF SrI LAnkA In SOuth AsIA. (B) ClOsE up OF SrI LAnkA, wIth cOllEctIOn lOcAlItIEs OF Campostichomma And Devendra spEcIEs: whItE squArE, Devendra pardalis (SImOn, 1898), D. pumilus (SImOn, 1898) And D. saama sp. nov.; whItE cIrclE, D seriatus (SImOn, 1898) And Devendra amaiti sp. nov.; blAck squArE, Compostichomma harasbedda sp. nov.; blAck cIrclE, Compostichomma alawala sp. nov.; blAck trIAnglE, Compostichomma mudduk sp. nov. ThE cOllEctIOn dAtA OF Compostichomma manicatum KArsch, 1892 dO nOt prOVIdE A spEcIFIclOcAlIty In SrI LAnkA, thus thE spEcIEs Is nOt shOwn In thIs mAp.