Wulfila, O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
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Wulfila View in CoL View at ENA unguis spec. nov.
Figures 9–11 View FIGURES 9 View FIGURES 10 View FIGURES 11 , 14a View FIGURES 14
Type material: Holotype ♂: MEXICO: Veracruz: Xamaticpac, near the Pico de Orizaba National Park (19°07’30.1’’N, 97°04’0.1’’W, 1700 m), Feb. 9–17, 2014, D. F. Piedra-Jiménez leg. ( CNAN-T01354 ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 1 ♀, with same data as holotype, except for: U. Garcilazo-Cruz leg. ( CNAN-T01355 ) GoogleMaps . All the following, same data as holotype except as noted GoogleMaps : 1 ♂, 19°07’33.0’’N, 97°04’05.8’’W, 1658 m, Apr. 19–27, 2013, Maira S. Montejo-Cruz leg. ( CNAN) GoogleMaps . 1 ♀, F.A. Rivera-Quiroz leg. ( CNAN) . 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 19°07’33.0’’N, 97°04’05.8’’W, 1658 m, Apr. 19–27, 2013, F. J. Salgueiro-Sepúlveda leg. ( CAS) GoogleMaps .
Other material examined: MEXICO: Veracruz: Atotonilco de Calcahualco , (19°08’30.2’’N, 97°12’21.5’’W, 2238 m), Oct. 4–14, 2012, 1♀ GoogleMaps , F. M. Labarque. Xamaticpac , (19°07’30.1’’N, 97°04’0.1’’W, 1700 m), Feb. 9–17, 2014, 2♀, 1 ♂ GoogleMaps ; Same locality, (19°07’33.0’’N, 97°04’05.8’’W, 1658 m), Oct. 2–11, 2013, 2♂ GoogleMaps ; Feb. 9–17, 2014, 2♀, 2♂ GoogleMaps ; for all previous: U. Garcilazo-Cruz, D. F. Piedra-Jiménez and Maira S. Montejo-Cruz leg. ( CAFC).
Etymology: The species epithet, a noun in apposition, from the Latin unguis (nail, claw), refers to the three claw-like structures found in the male palp PTV.
Diagnosis: Male pedipalp of W. unguis spec. nov. differ from W. luisi spec. nov. by having the PTV distal “claws” decreasing regularly in size and a narrower posterior lobe of the PTP ( Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 a–b). Female genitalia of W. unguis spec. nov. differ from W. sublestus Chickering, 1940 and W. pulverulentus Chickering, 1937 ( Chickering 1940: figs 61, 63) by having a bigger atrium, the detail of the Cd and having small AB ( Figs 11 View FIGURES 11 e–f).
Description: Male: Total length 4.37. Cephalothorax: length 1.87; width 1.37. Carapace glabrous, without pattern, lighter near the lateral and posterior edges, thoracic groove very difficult to see ( Fig. 9a View FIGURES 9 ). Sternum glossy, color pale yellow. Precoxal triangles present, more visible on coxae III–IV, slightly darker than the sternum ( Fig. 9c View FIGURES 9 ). Coxa II with two ventral projections, coxae III–IV with one ( Fig. 9b View FIGURES 9 ). Endites almost square-shaped labium length ca. 1/2 of endites, same color as sternum. Chelicera: width 0.32, length 0.77; frontally with stout macrosetae ( Fig. 9a View FIGURES 9 ); four promarginal and eight retromarginal teeth; fang length 0.47. Eyes: AER and PER straight in dorsal view ( Fig. 9a View FIGURES 9 ); ALE diameter almost twice as big as AME; posterior eyes subequal in size. Clypeus about 2 times the diameter of AME.Abdomen: pale yellow; dorsal, lateral and ventral surfaces covered without small gray patches ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9 a–c). Legs: light yellow; leg I and II with two pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibiae and metatarsi; length I 14.0; II 6.87; III 4.13; IV 8.12; formula I–IV–II–III. Pedipalp: light yellow, bulb and bRTA brown ( Figs 9 View FIGURES 9 d–f); length 2.70. Distal portion of the bRTA harp-shaped, flattened and transparent ( Fig. 11d View FIGURES 11 ). Bulb: PTV elongated, tip with three teeth increasing posteriorly in size; PTP flat and wide, with two lobes; PTs long and semi-transparent ( Fig. 14a View FIGURES 14 ); MA semi-cylindrical and projecting retrolaterally ( Fig. 11a View FIGURES 11 ).
Female: as in male except as noted ( Figs 10 View FIGURES 10 a–e, 11e–f). Total length 4.87. Cephalothorax: length 1.87; width 1.12. Chelicera: width 0.30, length 0.77; three promarginal and six retromarginal teeth; fang 0.357. Coxae II–IV with dark prolateral markings. Abdomen without lateral spots ( Fig. 10b View FIGURES 10 ). Leg length: I 11.87; II 7.0; III 3.87; IV 8.12; Pedipalp 2.70, with a row of eight retrolateral macrosetae ( Fig. 10a View FIGURES 10 ). Epigyne dark, with semi-transparent cuticle; Co on the base of a big atrium ( Fig. 10d, e View FIGURES 10 ; 11f View FIGURES 11 ). Vulva: Cd long and narrow with small AB before the spermatheca; S sub-spherical; Fd long and thin, projecting anteriorly ( Fig. 11e, f View FIGURES 11 ).
Variation: Males: total length mean 4.37 (range: 4.12 to 4.62), carapace length mean 1.92 (range: 1.87 to 2.0); width mean 1.32 (non variable). Females: total length mean 4.71 (range: 4.62 to 4.75), carapace length mean 1.84 (range: 1.75 to 1.87); width mean 1.25 (non variable).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 15b View FIGURE 15 ).
Biology: All specimens were collected in a Quercus forest with secondary plant growth. Adult specimens were found in May and October 2012. Specimens were caught by beating and direct collecting over vegetation.
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