Eusparassus borakalalo, Moradmand, 2013
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3675.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F4D5550-8B85-4694-9482-8A125E9A2650 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6949816 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787E9-821A-136A-25A5-8594FD85FB5F |
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Felipe |
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Eusparassus borakalalo |
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sp. nov. |
Eusparassus borakalalo View in CoL spec. nov.
Figs 34 View FIGURE 34 , 55c View FIGURE 55 , 64g View FIGURE 64
Type material. Holotype: female, SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo Province: Borakalalo Nature Reserve, Rust de Winter , S 25.15 ˚, E 28.29 ˚, in grass, April 1986, M. Filmer leg. ( PPRI 87 View Materials /137, MM65 ). GoogleMaps
Paratype (1♀): SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng Province: 1♀, Johannesburg, October 1995, A. Harrington leg. ( PPRI 2001 View Materials /94, MM68 ) .
Etymology. The species is named after the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis. This species is the only known member of the jaegeri -group whose EF is distinctly wider than long ( Figs 34a, f View FIGURE 34 ) [see also diagnosis for jaegeri species group above].
Description Female (n=2) [holotype first with measurements of paratype in parenthesis]:
Measurements. Medium sized; total length 12.1, prosoma length 6.4 (5.7), prosoma width 5.7 (4.9), anterior width of prosoma 3.4 (3.1), opisthosoma length 9.3 (7.0), opisthosoma width 5.1 (4.5). Eye diameters: AME 0.41, ALE 0.30, PME 0.28, PLE 0.33; eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.27, AME-ALE 0.11, PME-PME 0.48, PME- PLE 0.50, AME-PME 0.25, ALE-PLE 0.23, clypeus height at AME 0.30, clypeus height at ALE 0.35. AME largest (~1.4 times larger), others subequal ( Fig. 34e View FIGURE 34 ).
Chelicerae. Chelicerae with 2 anterior and 4 or 5 posterior teeth (2 or 3 larger teeth followed by smaller ones), cheliceral furrow with a median line of 8 to 10 intermarginal denticles ( Fig. 34d View FIGURE 34 ).
Legs. Leg formula: II IV I III. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 7.0 [2.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.2], I 22.3 [5.9, 3.0, 5.3, 6.1, 2.0], II 24.9 [7.0, 3.0, 6.2, 6.7, 2.0], III 20.5 [5.7, 2.5, 4.8, 5.1, 1.8], IV 23.1 [6.1, 2.5, 6.1, 6.4, 2.0].
Spination. Palp 131, 001, 1111, 1013; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321(322); Patella I–IV 000; Tibia I–IV 0004/ 2024; Metatarsus I–III 2024, IV 3036/3034.
Epigyne/vulva. As in diagnosis with AMLL straight ( Fig. 34a View FIGURE 34 ) or with bulge ( Fig. 34f View FIGURE 34 ), posterior margin of LL expanded laterally ( Fig. 34a View FIGURE 34 ); CD slender and in connection with membranous MS, TL visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 34b View FIGURE 34 ); glandular pores restricted to small circular depression on vulva ( Fig. 34c View FIGURE 34 ).
Colouration [in ethanol]. Yellowish brown, opisthosoma darker dorsally with a line of small dark chevrons ( Fig. 55c View FIGURE 55 ).
Male. Unknown.
Known geographical distribution and habitat. South Africa (central), sympatric in some area with E. jaegeri spec. nov., collected in grass.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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