Acanthoctenus alux, Arizala & Labarque & Polotow, 2021

Arizala, Stephany, Labarque, Facundo Martín & Polotow, Daniele, 2021, Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae Acanthocteninae), Zootaxa 4920 (1), pp. 1-55 : 37-39

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89E38EAD-A8D2-4ED9-A7D0-8C388A785E61

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4497867

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F73887DC-E907-9644-43F7-FC94FD9AAE50

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Plazi

scientific name

Acanthoctenus alux
status

sp. nov.

Acanthoctenus alux View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 10A View FIGURE 10 , 35–37 View FIGURE 35 View FIGURE 36 View FIGURE 37

Acanthoctenus spinigerus —F.O Pickard-Cambridge 1902: 356, plate 33, fig. 12 (misidentification).— World Spider Catalog 2020.

Acanthoctenus spiniger View in CoL — Lehtinen 1967: 208, figs 414, 420 (misidentification).— World Spider Catalog 2020.

Acanthoctenus spinipes View in CoL —F.O Pickard-Cambridge, 1902: 356, plate 33, fig. 15 (misidentification).— World Spider Catalog 2020.

Type material. Female holotype from Guatemala, 1930, Peckham coll., deposited in MNHN AR222 About MNHN ; female paratype from Sabanetas, near Barberena [14°17’38.3”N, 90°17’22.1”W], Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala, deposited in MCZ GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Maya word Alux and means “sprite” or “spirit” in the Mayan mythological tradition, generally associated with natural features such as forests.

Diagnosis. Females of Acanthoctenus alux ( Figs 35 View FIGURE 35 , 36D View FIGURE 36 , 37 View FIGURE 37 ) resemble those of A. virginea stat. res., comb. nov. ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 C–D, 33C–D) by the median sector subpentagonal, and the lateral sectors’ anterior border straight, forming a 60° angle with the median sector’s longitudinal axis. It can be distinguished by the atrium subtriangular, and the copulatory ducts relatively smaller. A. virginea stat. res., comb. nov. presents a suboval, slightly sclerotized atrium, and relatively longer copulatory ducts.

Description. Male. Unknown.

Female (holotype MNHN AR222). Total length 10.94. Carapace 4.26 long, 4.33 wide. Clypeus 0.20 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.28, ALE 0.18, PME 0.37, PLE 0.39 Leg measurements: I: missing; II: femur 5.06/ patella 2.41/ tibia 5.68/ metatarsus 3.78/ tarsus 1.36/ total 18.29; III: 4.10/ 1.80/4.12/ 3.40/ 1.51/ 14.93; IV: 5.78/ 2.12/ 5.74/ 7.41/ 2.23/ 23.28. Leg spination: I absent, tibia II v-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2, p-1-1-0-1-1, r-1-0-1-1-1, III and IV v-2-2-2, p-1-1, r-1-1; metatarsus II v-2-2-2-2-2, p-1-1, r-1 III v-2-2-2, p-1-1-1, r 1-1-1, IV v-1-1-1-1-1, p-1-1-1, r-1-1-1. Epigynum ( Figs 35 View FIGURE 35 A–B, 36D, 37A–B): median sector subpentagonal, short, wide anteriorly extending into the atrium, projected posteriorly; anterior border of the lateral sectors straight; atrium subtriangular; copulatory ducts S-shaped, small; spermathecae head quote-shaped, with apical glandular openings, spermathecae base curled; fertilization ducts tubular, slanting outwards.

Variation. Two females: total body length 10.94–14.24, carapace length 4.26–6.18.

Distribution. Guatemala ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ).

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Ctenidae

Genus

Acanthoctenus

Loc

Acanthoctenus alux

Arizala, Stephany, Labarque, Facundo Martín & Polotow, Daniele 2021
2021
Loc

Acanthoctenus spinigerus

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. 1902: 356
1902
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