Amaurobius koponeni, Marusik, Yuri M., Ballarin, Francesco & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2011

Marusik, Yuri M., Ballarin, Francesco & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2011, On the spider genus Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) in India and Nepal, ZooKeys 168, pp. 55-64 : 58-59

Amaurobius koponeni sp. n. Figs 1-8

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (MSNV), India, Uttar Pradesh, Farrukhabad District, Kaimganj City [= 27.550°N, 79.332°E], 23.03.2003 (F. Abrescia).

Etymology.

The species is named after our friend and colleague Seppo Koponen (Turku, Finland).

Diagnosis.

The new species differs distinctly from other congeners by the shape of the tibial apophysis and the median apophysis.

Description.

Total length 9.8. Carapace length 4.95, width 3.4. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Carapace light brown with dorsal darker radiating strips, fovea and eye region dark brown. Chelicerae dark, swollen in front with four posterior and five anterior teeth.

Legs light brownish without rings, tarsi with three claws, scopula and claws tufts absent. Calamistrum about 1/3 of metatarsus length.

Length of leg segments:

Leg spination:

Sternum without pattern, same colour as carapace. Abdomen dark grey with dorsal and ventral pattern, cribellum clearly visible.

Palp as in Figs 2-8, tibia with large square-shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis (Ra) originating near the base of the tibia and almost as long as the tibia In ventral view the tibia and Ra have a V-shape; dorsal tibial apophysis (Da) large and massive, its length almost twice as long as the diameter of the tibia; intermediate apophysis not developed (or fused with Da). Retrobasal part of cymbium with long fold of about ½ of the cymbium. Median apophysis (Ma) massive, located in the center of the tegulum, basal half of it horizontal and terminal part almost vertical; conductor wide, as wide as basal half of Ma; embolus (Em) sharply pointed.

Distribution.

The new species is known from the type locality only, the area near the city of Kaimganj in Uttar Pradesh, India.