Novalena bosencheve, Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017

Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), Zootaxa 4262 (1), pp. 1-88 : 34

Novalena bosencheve new species

Figure 16 l, m; Map 7

Type. Holotype male: MEXICO: Estado de México: Municipality of Villa de Allende, Parque Nacional Bosencheve , 3000 m, 28.III.2002, G. Medina, P. Martínez, O. Delgado , and E. González (CNAN-T0948), deposited at CNAN .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Novalena bosencheve differs from N. approximata in having the RTA with ventral and dorsal projections of similar size ( Fig. 16 m).

Description. Male (holotype): Carapace light brown, cephalic region reddish with white feathery scales. Chelicerae reddish, condyles orange. Endites and labium dark brown with white tips. Sternum orange with diffuse spot. Legs yellow, patella to metatarsus dark brown. Three rings on femur, one on patella, and two on tibia. Opisthosoma black with anterior reddish spot and several black spots. ALS light brown, PLS with basal segment dark brown and distal segment with diffuse spot. Total length 9.13. Carapace length 5, width 3.13, cephalic region width 1.71, ocular region width 1. Eye diameter: AME and PME 0.17, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.21. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.12, AME-PME 0.21, ALE-PLE 0.06, ALE-ALE 0.37, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.15. Clypeus height 0.27. Chelicerae with four retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.76, fang length 0.61. Labium wider than long (0.67/0.61). Endites almost straight (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.67/0.36). Sternum longer than wide (2.29/1.81). Opisthosoma longer than wide (4.13/2.75). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.29/0.36), PLS with distal segment slightly longer than basal segment (0.46/0.42). Leg lengths: I—femur 3.5/ patella-tibia 4.25/ metatarsus 3.25/ tarsus 2.25; II—3.5/ 4/ 3/ 2; III—3.13/ 3.88/ 3.25/ 1.88; IV—3.75/ 5/ 4.63/ 2.13. Spination: femur dorsal I—1-2 -3/ II—1-3 -3/ III—1-3 -3/ IV—1-3 -3; patella Idorsal 1-1/ prolateral 1/ retrolateral 0; II—1-1 / 1/ 0; III—1-1 / 1/ 1; IV—1-1 / 1/ 1; tibia I—dorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 1-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 0; III—1-1 -0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; IV—1-1 -0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1- 0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-2/ 1-0-1/ 0; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1; III—2-2 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-1-1; IV—2-2 -2/ 2-2-2/ 1- 0-1/ 0-0-1. Number of trichobothria on tarsus: I—8, II—8, III—6, IV—7. Number of dorsal spines on pedipalp: femur 3, tibia 4. Cymbium length 1.85, width 0.76. Embolus slightly curved; conductor distally notched; tegular median process with two projections; dorsal and ventral projections of RTA of similar size ( Fig. 16 l, m).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. MEXICO: Estado de México (Map 7).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Novalena spp. genitalia: a – c, Novalena ajusco sp. nov.; d, e, Novalena alamo sp. nov.; f – h, Novalena alvarezi sp. nov.; i – k, Novalena atzimbo sp. nov.; l, m, Novalena bosencheve sp. nov. a, f, i, epigynum, ventral view; b, g, j, internal genitalia, dorsal view; c, h, k, epigynum, posterior view; d, l, male pedipalp, ventral view; e, m, same retrolateral view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; C, conductor; CD, copulatory ducts; CO, copulatory openings; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; MA, median apophysis; RTAd, distal projection of RTA; RTAo, dorsal projection of RTA; RTAv, ventral projection of RTA; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae; S 2, secondary spermathecae; T, tegulum; TMP, tegular median process. Dashed line indicates distance between anterior and posterior margins. Scale bars: c, h, k = 0.25 mm; d, l = 0.5 mm.