Novalena shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009), Garcia-Villafuerte, 2009

Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), Zootaxa 4262 (1), pp. 1-88 : 27-28

Novalena shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009)

Figure 13 ; Map 7

Rualena shlomitae García-Villafuerte 2009: 7 –11, figure 1–7 (♂ ♀)

Novalena shlomitae Maya-Morales & Jiménez 2016: 29 , figures 82–86 (♂ ♀)

Type. Holotype male: MEXICO: Chiapas: Municipality of Villaflores , La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve, Cerro Tres Picos, 16°11′46.4″N, 93°36′28.6″W, 2300 m, pitfall trap, 26.IV–8.VI.2008, K. Zárate, C.A. Pérez, and M.G. Araujo (CNAN-T0369), deposited at CNAN (examined).

Diagnosis. The males of this species differ from N. simplex in having the tegular median process with a less sclerotized tip ( Fig. 13 a), from N. cintalapa in having the tegulum flat in lateral view ( Fig. 13 b), from N. gibarrai in having the tegular median process straight ( Fig. 13 a), and from N. tacana in having the RTA with denticles and a smaller excavation ( Fig. 13 b). The females differ from N. laticava in having the copulatory ducts connected posteriorly to primary spermathecae ( Fig. 13 d), from N. simplex by the anterior margin without anterior lobes, from N. irazu in having spurs closer to each other, from N. cintalapa , N. tacana , and N. triunfo in having the posterior margin more or less straight, and from N. gibarrai in having the atrium with posterior margin thicker and more sclerotized ( Fig. 13 c).

Description. The description, including measurements, was provided by García-Villafuerte (2009).

Additional material examined. Paratypes: MEXICO : Chiapas: same data as holotype except 2100 m, 4 ♂ ( AMNH) ; 2100 m, 3 ♂ 1 ♀ (AMNH); same data except 16°11′53.11″N, 93°36′19.8″W, 14.XI–13.XII.2007, K. Zárate, 1 ♀ (CNAN-T0371).

Distribution. MEXICO: Chiapas (Map 7).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Novalena shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009): a, male pedipalp, ventral view; b, same, retrolateral view; c, epigynum, ventral view; d, internal genitalia, dorsal view; e, epigynum, posterior view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; C, conductor; CD, copulatory ducts; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; MA, median apophysis; RTAd, distal projection of RTA; RTAo, dorsal projection of RTA; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae; S 2, secondary spermathecae; T, tegulum; TMP, tegular median process. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.