Devendra amaiti, Polotow & Griswold, 2017

Polotow, Daniele & Griswold, Charles, 2017, Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae), Zootaxa 4362 (1), pp. 51-74 : 70-71

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:61A41EC1-2557-429D-B47C-595D12F2D8E3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5999830

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D38783-FF97-FF92-E6B3-691CFB6064C3

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scientific name

Devendra amaiti
status

sp. nov.

Devendra amaiti View in CoL sp. nov.

Figures 13D–F View FIGURE 13 , 14 View FIGURE14

Campostichomma seriatum SImOn, 1898A: 8 (mIsIdEntIFIcAtIOn) Type material. Female holotype (syntype of D. seriatus ), #18337 (part) from Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka deposited in the MNHN.

Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the Tamil word for “peace.”

Diagnosis. Females of D. amaiti can be diagnosed from females of other Devendra species by having the median lobe of epigynum trapezoidal, angularly convex posteriorly ( Fig. 13D View FIGURE 13 ) and the vulva with the head of the spermathecae sessile on the main spermathecae and the fertilization ducts arising from an elongate tube ( Fig. 13E, F View FIGURE 13 ).

DesCription. Female (holotype): Total length 4.67. Markings as in Fig. 9A, D View FIGURE 9 . Carapace 2.42 long, 1.75 wide, 0.83 high; clypeus 0.07 high. Eyes diameter: AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.09, PLE 0.10. Chelicerae 1.00 long; sternum 1.08 long, 0.96 wide; labium 0.40 long; palpal coxae 0.76 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 1.71 + 0.79 + 1.33 + 1.17 + 0.92 = 5.92; II: 1.42 + 0.75 + 1.12 + 1.12 + 0.92 = 5.33; III: 1.37 + 0.67 + 0.96 + 1.25 + 0.83 = 5.08; IV: 1.83 + 0.75 + 1.46 + 2.33 + 1.17 = 7.54. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: large epigynal plate; curved fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes ( Fig. 13D, E View FIGURE 13 ). Spermathecae small and with an apical glandular opening ( Fig. 13F View FIGURE 13 ).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Only the type.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality at Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE14 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zoropsidae

Genus

Devendra

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