Agyneta pakistanica, V. & Tanasevitch, 2011

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pakistan and India, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (3), pp. 561-598 : 564-567

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5962/bhl.part.117817

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D26B57-9F70-9955-FF57-F999FD44FA6E

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Carolina

scientific name

Agyneta pakistanica
status

sp. nov.

Agyneta pakistanica View in CoL sp. n. Figs 16-25

HOLOTYPE: Ƌ, PAKISTAN, Punjab, environs of Islamabad, ca 550 m a.s.l., Lake Rawal , on bank near water; 26.IV.1984; leg. S. Vit [PAK-84/25].

PARATYPE: 1 Ƌ, from same locality, collected together with the holotype.

FIGS 9-15

Agyneta nigripes (Simon, 1884) , Ƌ specimen from Passu Glacier, Pakistan. (9) Right palp, retrolateral view. (10) Cymbium, prolateral view. (11) Palpal tibia, dorsal view. (12) Palpal tibia and paracymbium, retrolateral view. (13) Embolic division. (14-15) Lamella characteristica, different aspects.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an adjective taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: The new species is characterized by the peculiar shape of the palpal tibia and of the lamella characteristica.

DESCRIPTION: Male (holotype). Total length 1.63. Carapace 0.73 long, 0.50 wide, pale brown, with a darker margin. Chelicerae 0.28 long. Legs pale brown. Leg I 2.46 long (0.65+0.18+0.58+0.60+0.45), IV 2.46 long (0.68+0.18+0.59+0.63+0.38). Chaetotaxy: all tibiae with two dorsal spines. TmI 0.25. Metatarsus IV without FIGS 16-25

Agyneta pakistanica sp. n., Ƌ paratype. (16) Right palp, retrolateral view. (17) Cymbium, prolateral view. (18) Palpal tibia, dorsal view. (19-21) Palpal tibia and paracymbium, lateral view, different aspects. (22) Embolic division. (23) Embolus. (24-25) Lamella characteristica, different aspects.

trichobothrium. Palp (Figs 16-25): Tibia apically with two pointed teeth: one very small, the other elongated to a process. Cymbium without any posterior outgrowths. Lamella characteristica small, with a short L-shaped projection basally. Proximal part of lamella characteristica relatively wide; distal part very thin, awl-shaped. Embolus sigmoid, carrying a few very small teeth basally. Abdomen 0.85 long, 0.50 wide, pale grey.

Female unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Known from the type locality only.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Linyphiidae

Genus

Agyneta

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