Anyphaena adnani, Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023

Rivera-Quiroz, F. Andrés & Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando, 2023, Integration or minimalism: twenty-one new species of ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae: Anyphaena) from Mexico, European Journal of Taxonomy 865, pp. 1-94 : 13-17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.865.2097
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:845BAE1A-0E6E-484B-BE6D-17F866777B51
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7887404
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C8E927-FFB8-FF80-FDF7-FBCAFE646770
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Anyphaena adnani
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anyphaena adnani sp. nov.

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Differential diagnosis

Males of A. adnani sp. nov. have the RTA anterior and posterior branches similar to those of A. bromelicola Platnick, 1977 ( Platnick 1977: figs 5–6), but differ from this species by the sharper point of the RTA anterior branch and the ventral tegular projection tip acute and being less curved ( Figs 7A, D View Fig , 8A, D View Fig ). Females of this species are differentiated from those of A. bromelicola ( Platnick 1977: figs 7–8) by the flattened hood, shorter midpiece, and wider atrium ( Figs 7E View Fig , 8E View Fig ).

Etymology

The species epithet is dedicated to Dr Adnan Selimovic, friend of the authors and taxonomy supporter.

Material examined

Holotype MEXICO • ♂; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Xamaticpac , Plot II; 19.12614° N, 97.06708° W; alt. 1700 m; 4–17 Feb. 2014; Arcanolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; BEAT; CNAN-T01522 . GoogleMaps

Allotype MEXICO • ♀; same locality as for holotype, Plot I; 19.14172° N, 97.20597° W; alt. 1710 m; 19–27 Apr. 2013; BEAT; AR_084; GenBank: ON619641 ; CNAN-T01499 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes MEXICO • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for allotype; CNAN-T01543 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for allotype; CNAN-T01544 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for allotype; LUP; CNAN-T01545 GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; 19–27 Apr. 2013; CNAN-T01546 GoogleMaps .

Additional material

MEXICO • 3 ♀♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Xamaticpac , Plot I; 19.14172° N, 97.20597° W; alt. 1710 m; 19–27 Apr. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; BEAT GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM057 GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; CRP GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; LUP; ANYM064 GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4–17 Feb. 2014; BEAT GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; Xamaticpac , Plot II; 19.12614° N, 97.06708° W; alt. 1700 m; 19–27 Apr. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; BEAT GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM060 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM063 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; AR_0811; GenBank: ON619640 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM059 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4–17 Feb. 2014; BEAT GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; AR_081; GenBank: ON619640 GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM058 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM065 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP. GoogleMaps

Description

Female

Total length 4.15. Carapace yellow, pattern with brown longitudinal bands around cephalic area extending over most of thoracic area and clypeus ( Fig. 6A, D View Fig ). Sternum surface yellow, covered with brown patches, intercoxal triangles present on all legs. Labium brown, white at tip, longer than wide. Endites yellow, rectangular, slightly broader at tip ( Fig. 6C View Fig ). Chelicerae dark yellow, paturon covered with brown patches ( Fig. 6B, D View Fig ), promargin with four teeth, retromargin with six to seven denticles. Leg coloration: light yellow with scattered brown patches irregularly distributed from femora to tarsi ( Fig. 6A–C View Fig ). Abdomen white, hirsute, dorsal surface with two central brown chevrons, lateral and ventral surfaces white, covered with isolated dark patches, ventral surface with clear rectangle and dark longitudinal midline cut by tracheal spiracle at center of abdomen ( Fig. 6A–C View Fig ). Epigynum atrium rectangular, slightly longer than wide, delineated by almost straight sclerotized borders. Hood flattened, midpiece semicircular. Copulatory openings inside atrium posterior border ( Figs 7F View Fig , 8F View Fig ). Copulatory ducts coiled 360° around spermathecae, entering dorsal surface of spermathecae. Spermathecae dorsally projected. Fertilization ducts entering central margins of spermathecae and partially covered by copulatory ducts. Seminal receptacles curved and near posterior atrium border ( Fig. 8E–F View Fig ). Cephalothorax length 1.81, thoracic width 1.32, cephalic width 0.85. Clypeus height 0.07. Eye diameters:AME 0.06, ALE 0.1, PME 0.09, PLE 0.1. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.06, PME–PME 0.2, PME–PLE 0.07. Femur lengths: I 1.29, II 1.22, III 1.15, IV 1.46. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p0-0-2, r0-0-1. Tibia I v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus I v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur II d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0- 1. Tibia II v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus II v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur III d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1. Tibia III v1-1-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0. Metatarsus III v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2. Femur IV d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1. Tibia IV v1-1-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-1-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2.

Male

Total length 4.2. Cephalothorax ( Fig. 6E View Fig ) and abdomen coloration as in female. Ventral surface of coxa smooth ( Fig. 6F View Fig ). Pedipalp ventral tegular projection straight, tip narrow and slightly curved ( Figs 7A View Fig , 8A View Fig ). Prolateral tegular projection curved and dorsally surrounding ventral tegular projection ( Figs 7A–B View Fig , 8A–B View Fig ). Retrolateral tegular projection enclosing other two tegular apophyses, ventral margin projected over median apophysis. Medial apophysis slightly curved, projected towards prolateral tegulum edge ( Figs 7A View Fig , 8A View Fig ). Embolus very sclerotized, same width as median apophysis, and coiling towards apex ( Figs 7A–B View Fig , 8A, D View Fig ). RTA anterior branch flat, curved and longer than wide, RTA posterior branch length almost half that of anterior branch, basal spine with small sharp point ( Figs 7D View Fig , 8D View Fig ). Prolateral apophysis absent ( Figs 7B–C View Fig , 8B–C View Fig ). Pedipalp tibia slightly longer than wide, with small white tubercle on basal ventral surface ( Figs 7A, D View Fig , 8A, D View Fig ). Cephalothorax length 2.1, thoracic width 1.58, cephalic width 0.9. Clypeus height 0.09. Eye diameters: AME 0.09, ALE 0.12, PME 0.09, PLE 0.07. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–PLE 0.05, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.09. Femur lengths: I 1.95, II 1.66, III 1.46, IV 1.95. Leg spination as in female except: femur I p0-1-2. Tibia I v2-2-1. Femur II p0-1-2. Tibia II v2-2-1. Tibia III p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-2-2.

Variation

Females (N= 10): total length 4.17 (± 0.39), cephalothorax length 1.79 (± 0.08), thoracic width 1.34 (± 0.07), cephalic width 0.86 (± 0.03), femur I 1.32 (± 0.06). Males (N =10): total length 4.13 (± 0.11), cephalothorax length 1.94 (±0.1), thoracic width 1.53 (± 0.06), cephalic width 0.86 (± 0.03), femur I 1.57 (± 0.13).

Distribution

This species is found in oak mixed with tropical wet forest fragments around Pico de Orizaba Volcano National Park ( Fig. 52 View Fig ).

Natural history

Most specimens were collected over vegetation by direct searching or with a beating tray. This species is present all year-round.