Anahita fauna Karsch 1879

Jäger, Peter, 2012, Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae), Zootaxa 3429 (1), pp. 1-63 : 9-11

Anahita fauna Karsch 1879

Figs 1 , 25–27

Anahita fauna Karsch 1879: 99 , pl. I, fig. 18 (description of female; 2 female syntypes, Japan, Hilgendorf leg., ZMB 2890 ; not examined).

Note. According to Ono (in litt.) the type locality should be in the vicinity of Tokyo, since Hilgendorf collected the female type (s). Material listed sub A. fauna by Song et al. (2001: 365) and Zhu & Zhang (2011: 412) does not seem to be conspecific with A. fauna from Japan. See also note sub A. jinsi spec. nov.

Material examined. 1 female ( SMF 56476), Japan, Mie Prefecture, Tsu-shi , Katadatanaka-cho, K. Kumada leg. 9.VIII.2005, K. Kumada det., Ono ded. 2006 . 1 female, 2 subadult females (partly with epigyne developed

Diagnosis. Small Ctenidae (total length female 9.0). See diagnosis of A. jinsi spec. nov.

Redescription. Female. PL 3.9, PW 3.1, AW 1.7, OL 5.1, OW 2.8 (epigyne and vulva Figs 25–27 ). For further details and description of male see Karsch (1879) and Yoshida (2009).

Distribution. Known from Japan, Korea and China ( Fig. 1 : 5–6).

Note. The previously presumed wide distribution should be checked with dissected female copulatory organs, since the external features of epigynes do not seem to be significant for differentiating between species.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Records of Anahita spp. in South, East and Southeast Asia. 1a Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India, 1b Konkan,

FIGURES 25–34. 25–27 Anahita fauna Karsch 1879, female from Japan, Mie Prefecture. 28–34 Anahita jinsi spec. nov. from China, Sichuan, Baoxing (28–30 holotype female, 31–34 paratype male). 25, 28 Epigyne, ventral. 26, 29 Vulva, dorsal. 27, 30 Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. 31–34 Left male palp (31 prolateral, 32 ventral, 33 retrolateral, 34