Novalena popoca, 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 : 66-67

Novalena popoca new species

Figure 35 a–c; Map 4

Type. Holotype female: MEXICO: Estado de México: Volcán Popocatépetl , 4300 m, 18.VII.1943, C. Bolivar, deposited at AMNH .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the Nahuatl word ‘ popoca’, which means ‘ it smokes’.

Diagnosis. This species differs from N. attenuata , N. oaxaca , N. perote , and N. punta in having the atrium with sclerotized hoods ( Fig. 35 a).

Description. Female (holotype): Carapace light brown. Chelicerae reddish, condyles light brown. Endites and labium light brown with white tips. Sternum dark brown. Legs light brown with three rings on femur, one on patella, and two on tibia. Opisthosoma dark brown with four dorsal pairs of light brown spots. Spinnerets light brown. Total length 7.25. Carapace length 3.75, width 2.5, cephalic region width 1.57, ocular region width 0.81. Eye diameter: AME 0.1, ALE 0.19, PME 0.13, PLE 0.15. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.06, AME-PME 0.17, ALE-PLE 0.06, ALE-ALE 0.37, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.15. Clypeus height 0.27. Chelicerae with three retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.57, fang length 0.62. Labium wider than long (0.73/0.33). Endites almost straight (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.73/0.52). Sternum longer than wide (1.81/1.57). Opisthosoma longer than wide (3.13/2.25). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.23/ 0.35), PLS with distal segment shorter than basal segment (0.35/0.42). Leg lengths: I—femur 2.88/ patella-tibia 3.5/ metatarsus 2.38/ tarsus 1.75; II—2.75/ 3.38/ 2.38/ 1.5; III—2.63/ 2.88/ 2.5/ 1.5; IV—3.13/ 3.88/ 3.25/ 1.75. Spination: femur dorsal I—1-1 -3/ II—1-3 -3/ III—1-3 -3/ IV—1-2 -3; patella I—dorsal 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/ 2-2-1-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-1/ 0-1-1/ 0- 0-1; II—0/ 2-2-1/ 0-0-1/ 0-0-1; III—2-1 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-1-1; IV—3-1 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-1-1. Number of trichobothria on tarsus: I—7, II—7, III—7, IV—7. Dorsal spines on pedipalp femur: 3. Prolateral spines on tibia: 1-2. Epigynal plate wider than long (1.06/0.67); atrium superficial with a couple of sclerotized hoods; anterior hyaline spurs adjacent ( Fig. 35 a, c). Internal genitalia: copulatory ducts curved in longitudinal direction, primary spermathecae adjacent ( Fig. 35 b).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. MEXICO: Estado de México (Map 4).

Figures

FIGURE 35. Novalena spp.: a – c, Novalena popoca sp. nov.; d – f, Novalena prieta sp. nov. a, d, epigynum, ventral view; b, e, internal genitalia, dorsal view; c, f, epigynum, posterior view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; CD, copulatory ducts; CO, copulatory openings; FD, fertilization ducts; H, hoods; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae; S 2, secondary spermathecae. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.