Anahita smythiesi ( Simon 1897 ) Jäger, Peter, 2012

Jäger, Peter, 2012, Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae), Zootaxa 3429 (1), pp. 1-63 : 6-7

Anahita smythiesi ( Simon 1897) comb. nov.

Figs 1–4 , 14–15

Ctenus smythiesi Simon 1897: 260 (description of female; holotype examined). Tikader & Malhotra 1981: 119, figs 10A–C (illustration of female).

Note. Platnick (2012) noted page 259 and description of male. He most likely confused the species with Heteropoda smythiesi on that particular page, which was described from a male.

Type material. Holotype female ( MNHN 1878-18665 ), India, Dehra Dun [published], Poona, Konkan [label], Smythies leg. [published].

Diagnosis. Medium-sized Ctenidae (total length female 10.7). Epigyne and vulva ( Figs 2–3 ) similar to that of Anahita jianfengensis Zhang, Hu & Han 2011 from Hainan ( Zhang et al. 2011), but distinguished from the latter species by (1) the shape of the median plate, especially the prominent posterior part and the concave lateral margins of the anterior part, (2) glandular appendages of the internal duct system longer, (3) posterior spermathecae with distinct lateral bulge. Distinguished from other Anahita species by the anchor-shaped median plate and the subparallel ducts leading to the spermathecae.

Redescription. Female. PL 4.6, PW 3.7, AW 2.1, OL 6.1, OW 3.5. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth as well as ca. 12 denticles more or less in one row. Opisthosoma with light longitudinal serrated band ( Fig. 14 ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality; it is not clear whether the locality published (Dehra Dun) or the one on the label (Poona, Konkan) is correct ( Fig. 1 : 1a–b).

Note. According to the general bauplan of the female copulatory organ, this species is similar to Anahita feai comb. nov. and A. jianfengensis , therefore consequently transferred to the genus Anahita (cf. note in A. feai comb. nov.).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Records of Anahita spp. in South, East and Southeast Asia. 1a Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India, 1b Konkan,

FIGURES 2–7. 2–4 Anahita smythiesi (Simon 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from India (see text for notes on type locality). 5–7 Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Yangon). 2, 5 Epigyne, ventral. 3, 6 Vulva, dorsal. 4, 7 Schematic course of internal duct system. CD—copulatory ducts, ET—epigynal teeth, FD—fertilisation duct, GA—glandular appendage, MP—median plate, SP—spermathecae, SS—slit sensillum, W—

FIGURES 14–24. 14–15 Anahita smythiesi (Simon 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from India. 16–19 Anahita jucunda (Thorell 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Bhamò). 20 Anahita denticulata (Simon 1884) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma. 21–24 Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Yangon). 14, 16, 20–21 Habitus dorsal. 15 Eye arrangement, dorsal. 17 Habitus, ventral. 18 Median white patch of opisthosoma, dorsal. 19, 24 Epigyne, ventral. 22 Opisthosoma, dorsal. 23 Habitus, frontal.