Neostasina virginensis, Rheims & Alayón, 2016

Rheims, Cristina Anne & Alayón, Giraldo, 2016, Neostasina gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae), Zootaxa 4079 (3), pp. 301-344 : 341-343

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8657278B-81C6-4571-BE3C-2B46BF1661E6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079150
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD87F9-FFB9-FF9E-FF55-F8DAFD4F3BEC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neostasina virginensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neostasina virginensis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 146−148 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 , Map 4

Type material: Holotype: ♀, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint John, Reef Bay trail head, [18°19’N; 64°44’W], 20 July 1975, W.B. Muchmore leg. ( AMNH).

MAP 3. Distribution map for N. bryantae sp. nov., N. granpiedra sp. nov., N. iberia sp. nov., N. lucasi comb. nov., N. macleayi sp. nov., N. montegordo sp. nov., N. siempreverde sp. nov. and N. turquino sp. nov.

Paratype: ♀, same locality as holotype, 11 June 1974, W.B. Muchmore leg. ( AMNH).

Etymology. The specific name is an adjective and refers to the type locality.

Diagnosis. Females of N. virginensis sp. nov. are distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the epigyne with anterior rim divided and oblique and median septum shaped like a cocktail glass ( Fig. 146 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 ).

Description. Female (AMNH, holotype): Prosoma brown, darker laterally and at eye area, with dark brown fovea and thoracic striae. Chelicerae brown with pair of longitudinal dark brown stripes. Legs and pedipalps orange brown. Sternum orange brown with darker margins. Endites orange, distally pale yellow. Labium brown, distally pale orange. Opisthosoma pale orange; dorsally with brown pattern of irregular marks on anterior half and chevronlike marks on posterior half. Total length 7.2. Prosoma: 3.4 long, 3.0 wide. Opisthosoma: 3.6 long, 2.2 wide. Eyes: diameters: 0.20, 0.18, 0.14, 0.20; interdistances: 0.16, 0.08, 0.30, 0.28, 0.12, 0.10. Legs (4213): I: 9.6 (2.8, 1.6, 2.6, 2.0, 0.6); II: 10.3 (3.1, 1.7, 2.7, 2.2, 0.6); III: 8.7 (2.7, 1.4, 2.0, 2.0, 0.6); IV: 10.4 (3.0, 1.2, 2.5, 2.9, 0.8). Epigyne: epigynal field squared, as long as wide; median septum slightly wider than long ( Fig. 146 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 ). Vulva: glandular projections small, rounded on short and slender stalk; spermathecae packed within sclerotized structure with large rounded part opening from copulatory ducts and elongate cylindrical part opening into fertilization ducts; internal ducts indistinguishable ( Figs 147−148 View FIGURES 143 − 148. 143 − 145 ).

Male: unknown.

Variation. Females (n = 2): total length 7.0−7.2; prosoma length 3.2−3.4; femur I length 2.5−2.8.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality (Map 4).

MAP 4. Distribution map for N. amalie sp. nov., N. antiguensis comb. nov., N. croix sp. nov., N. ouali sp. nov. and N. virginensis sp. nov.

MAP 5. Distribution map for N. guanaboa sp. nov., N. gunboat sp. nov., N. jamaicana sp. nov., N. liguanea sp. nov., N. lucea sp. nov., N. mammee sp. nov. and N. maroon sp. nov.