Novalena cieneguilla, 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 : 36-37

Novalena cieneguilla new species

Figure 17 f–h; Map 4

Type. Holotype female: MEXICO: Nuevo León: Municipality of Galeana, 12.9 km S Pablillo, Puerto de Cieneguillas, 22.V.1973, D. Rossman and R. Erwin, deposited at AMNH .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Diagnosis. This species differs from N. approximata in having the atrium occupying more than half the plate width and spurs in anterior position ( Fig. 17 f).

Description. Female (holotype): Carapace orange, cephalic region reddish with white feathery scales and a pair or longitudinal lines behind PME. Chelicerae reddish, condyles orange. Endites and labium light brown with white tips. Sternum orange with brown border. Legs orange, tibia to tarsus reddish, except metatarsus I, which is black. Three black rings on femur, one on patella and metatarsus and two on tibia. Opisthosoma orange with an anterior red spot, lateral and ventral brown spots, and foliage. ALS orange, PMS and PLS yellow. Total length 9.38. Carapace length 4.13, width 2.5, cephalic region width 1.63, ocular region width 0.88. Eye diameter: AME, PME and PLE 0.17, ALE 0.21. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.08, AME-PME 0.19, ALE-PLE 0.06, ALE-ALE 0.38, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.17. Clypeus height 0.19. Chelicerae with three retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.57, fang length 0.67. Labium wider than long (0.67/0.61). Endites convergent (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.67/0.3). Sternum longer than wide (1.86/1.52). Opisthosoma longer than wide (5.38/3.38). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.3/0.36), PLS with distal segment as long as basal segment (0.45/0.45). Leg lengths: I—femur 2.88/ patella-tibia 3.5/ metatarsus 2.5/ tarsus 1.63; II—2.75/ 3.25/ 2.25/ 1.5; III—2.5/ 3.13/ 2.5/ 1.63; IV—3.25/ 4/ 2.75/ 1.63. 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 Idorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 0-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—2-1 -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/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-2/ 1-0-0/ 0; II—0/ 2-2-2/ 0-1-1/ 0-0-1; III—2-2 -2/ 2-2-2/ 0-1- 1/ 0-1-1; IV—3-3 -2/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-1/ 0-1-1. Number of trichobothria: I—6, II—6, III—5, IV—6. Dorsal spines on pedipalp femur: 3. Prolateral spines on tibia: 1-2. Epigynal plate wider than long (1.1/0.79); atrium superficial with a central yellow protuberance; anterior hyaline spurs separated by more their basal width ( Fig. 17 f, h). Internal genitalia: copulatory ducts straight, primary spermathecae adjacent ( Fig. 17 g).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. MEXICO: Nuevo León (Map 4).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Novalena spp. genitalia: a – e, Novalena chamberlini sp. nov.; f – h, Novalena cieneguilla sp. nov. a, male pedipalp, ventral view; b, same, retrolateral view; c, f, epigynum, ventral view; d, g, internal genitalia, dorsal view; e, h, epigynum, posterior view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; C, conductor; CD, copulatory ducts; CO, copulatory openings; E, embolus; FD, fertilization ducts; MA, median apophysis; RTAd, distal projection of RTA; RTAo, dorsal projection of RTA; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae; S 2, secondary spermathecae; T, tegulum; TMP, tegular median process. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm; e, h = 0.25 mm.