Novalena jiquilpan, 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 : 55-56

Novalena jiquilpan new species

Figure 30 a–c; Map 4

Type. Holotype female: MEXICO: Jalisco: Municipality of San Gabriel, 16.1 km W Jiquilpan , 30.XI.1948, H.B. Leech (CASENT 9048929), deposited at CAS .

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

Diagnosis. This species differs from N. garnica in having the atrium with spurs ( Fig. 30 a) and primary spermathecae separated by twice their width ( Fig. 30 b).

Description. Female (holotype): Carapace brown. Chelicerae and condyles dark brown. Endites and labium dark brown with white tips. Sternum brown with a median yellow band. Legs light brown with three black rings on femur and one on patella. Opisthosoma light brown with lateral and ventral black spots and foliage. Spinnerets yellow, PLS with basal segment darker. Total length 6.63. Carapace length 3.25, width 2.25, cephalic region width 1.14, ocular region width 0.9. Eye diameter: AME 0.12, ALE and PME 0.13, PLE 0.15. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.06, AME-PME 0.15, ALE-PLE 0.04, ALE-ALE 0.31, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.1. Clypeus height 0.12. Chelicerae with three retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.15, fang length 0.45. Labium wider than long (0.45/0.36). Endites convergent (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.45/0.18). Sternum longer than wide (1.67/1.52). Opisthosoma longer than wide (4/2.5). ALS separated by half their basal diameter (0.15/0.3), PLS with distal segment slightly longer than basal segment (0.64/0.52). Leg lengths: I—femur 2.75/ patella-tibia 3.38/ metatarsus 2.38/ tarsus 1.63; II—2.63/?/?/?; III—2.75/ 2.75/ 2.38/ 1.13; IV—3 / 3.75/ 3.63/ 1.63. Spination: Femur dorsal I—1-1 -2/ II—1-1 -2/ III—1-1 -2/ IV—1-1 -2; patella I—dorsal 1-1/ prolateral 1/ retrolateral 0; II—1-1 / 1/ 0; III—?/?/?; IV—1-1 / 1/ 1; tibia I—dorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 1-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—?/?/?/?; III—1-1 -0/ 1-1-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; IV—1-1 -0/ 1-1-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-1/ 0-1-1/ 0-0- 1; II—?/?/?/?; III—2-2 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0/ 0; IV—3-2 -2/ 1-1-1-2-2/ 0-0-1/ 0-0-1. Number of trichobothria: I—6, II—?, III—6, IV—6. Dorsal spines on pedipalp femur: 3. Prolateral spines on tibia: 1-2. Epigynal plate wider than long (0.79/0.52); atrium in shallow depression; spurs lateral ( Fig. 30 a, c). Internal genitalia: copulatory ducts straight, primary spermathecae separated by more their width, secondary spermathecae indiscernible ( Fig. 30 b).

Male. Unknown.

Variation. Body length 5.88–7.25; carapace length 2.5–3.25 (n = 3).

Additional material examined. Paratypes: MEXICO : Jalisco: Municipality of San Gabriel , Jiquilpan , 30.XI.1948, E.S. Ross, 1 ♀ (CASENT 9048885) . Michoacán: Municipality of Jiquilpan , Los Tábanos , 19°58′29.64″N, 102°50′32.16″W, 2234 m, 31.V.2006, O. Francke, H . Montaño, A. Ballesteros, and A. Valdez, 1 ♀ (CNAN-T0960).

Distribution. MEXICO: Jalisco, Michoacán (Map 4).

Figures

FIGURE 30. Novalena spp. genitalia: a – c, Novalena jiquilpan sp. nov.; d – h, Novalena leonensis sp. nov. a, f, epigynum, ventral view; b, g, internal genitalia, dorsal view; c, h, epigynum, posterior view; d, male pedipalp, ventral view; e, 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 = 0.25 mm; d = 0.5 mm.