Anyphaena sofiae, 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 : 58-60

Anyphaena sofiae sp. nov.

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Figs 36 , 38A–B , 52

Differential diagnosis

Females of A. sofiae sp. nov. are differentiated from those of all species of the pectorosa and pacifica groups by the following features: copulatory ducts extending beyond the hood, atrium oval, hood faint, thin and straight ( Figs 36E–F , 38A–B ).

Etymology

The species epithet is dedicated to Sofia Rivera, niece of the first author.

Material examined

Holotype MEXICO • ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot II; 19.29483° N, 97.2045° W; alt. 2388 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; Arcanolab team leg.; oak and pine forest fragment; BEAT; AR_060; GenBank: ON619648 ; CNAN-T01538 .

Paratypes MEXICO • 1 ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot I; 19.12569° N, 97.06756° W; alt. 2300 m; 21–30 May 2012; Aracnolab team leg.; oak forest fragment; LUP; AR_057; GenBank: ON619646 ; CNAN-T01572 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; AR_059; GenBank: ON619647 ; CNAN-T01573 .

Additional material

MEXICO • 1 ♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Atotonilco , Plot I; 19.12569° N, 97.06756° W; alt. 2300 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak forest fragment; BEAT • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21–30 May 2012; LUP • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM025 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Atotonilco . Plot II; 19.29483° N, 97.2045° W; alt. 2388 m; 15–24 Feb. 2013; oak and pine forest fragment; BEAT • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM029 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21–30 May 2012; BEAT; ANYM026 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM027 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM028 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM030 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4–14 Oct. 2012; LUP.

Description

Female

Total length 7.8. Carapace yellow, pattern with darker bands delineating cephalic area, around fovea and clypeus ( Fig. 36A, D ). Sternum surface white, intercoxal triangles present on all legs. Labium brown, white at tip, longer than wide. Endites yellow, rectangular, broader at tip ( Fig. 36C ). Chelicerae brown, without dorsal pattern ( Fig. 36B, D ), promargin with four teeth, retromargin with eight to nine denticles. Abdomen dorsal surface white, covered with darker patches and some diffuse chevrons at center, lateral and ventral surfaces white, pattern diffusing ventrally, tracheal spiracle slightly closer to epigastric furrow ( Fig. 36A–C ). Anterior area of epigynal plate delineated laterally by two faint pits near copulatory ducts bent. Genital openings at both sides of hood. Copulatory duct paths bent posteriorly beyond hood and entering spermathecae antero-laterally. Seminal receptacles closer to spermathecae at one third of copulatory ducts’ length. Fertilization ducts short, straight, and entering spermathecae via postero-lateral surface ( Figs 36E–F , 38A–B ). Cephalothorax length 2.93, thoracic width 2.29, cephalic width 1.23. Clypeus height 0.1. Eye diameters: AME 0.09, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.17, PME–PME 0.17, PME–PLE 0.13. Femur lengths: I 3.13, II 2.9, III 2.26, IV 3.0. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p0-1-2, r0-1-1. Tibia I v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus I v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur II d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Tibia II v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus II v2-2-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur III d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Tibia III v2-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Metatarsus III v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2. Femur IV d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0-0-1. Tibia IV v2-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2

Male

Unknown.

Variation

Females (N =10): total length 8.03 (± 0.62), cephalothorax length 3.41 (± 0.3), thoracic width 2.48 (± 0.19), cephalic width 1.27 (± 0.08), femur I 3.46 (± 0.27).

Distribution

Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 52 ).

Natural history

Most specimens collected by beating and direct searching over vegetation.

Figures

Fig. 36. Anyphaena sofiae sp. nov., paratypes, ♀♀ (CNAN-T01572, CNAN-T01573). A. Dorsal habitus. B. Lateral habitus. C. Ventral habitus. D. Prosoma, anterior view. E. Epigynum, ventral view. F. Epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–C=1.0 mm; D =0.5 mm; E–F =0.2 mm.

Fig. 38. Anyphaena spp. A–B. A. sofiae sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (CNAN-T01572). A. Epigynum, ventral view. B. Epigynum, dorsal view. –C–D. A. noctua sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (CNAN-T01533). C. Epigynum, ventral view. D. Epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: A– B=0.2 mm: C–D =0.1 mm.

Fig. 52. Localities for the species of Anyphaena. Black square=Atotonilco Plots I and II, separated by 400 m, nine species registered: A. bifurcata sp. nov., A. bromelicola Platnick, 1977 (ON619634- 38 Supp. file 1), A. catalina Platnick, 1974 (ON619673-75), A. dulceae sp. nov., A. epicardia sp. nov., A. fernandae sp. nov., A. porta sp. nov., A. salgueiroi sp. nov. and A. sofiae sp. nov. White square=Xamaticpac Plots I and II, plots contiguous, eleven species registered: A. adnani sp. nov., A. alachua Platnick, 1974 (ON619665), A. fraterna (Banks, 1896) (ON619671), A. megamedia sp. nov., A. miniducta sp. nov., A. natachae sp. nov., A. porta sp. nov., A. quadrata sp. nov., A. rebecae sp. nov., A. stigma sp. nov. and A. tonoi sp. nov. Black circle =Xilitla, four species registered: A. franciscoi sp. nov., A. ibarrai sp. nov., A. noctua sp. nov. and A. triangularis sp. nov. White circle =Los Tuxtlas, two species registered: A. jimenezi sp. nov. and A. urieli sp. nov.