Noideattella farihy, Álvarez-Padilla & Ubick & Griswold, 2012

Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando, Ubick, Darrell & Griswold, Charles E., 2012, Noideattella and Tolegnaro, Two New Genera of Goblin Spiders from Madagascar, with Comments on the Gamasomorphoid and Silhouettelloid Oonopids (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3745), pp. 1-76 : 57-61

Noideattella farihy , new species

Figures 285–312 , 375

TYPES: Male holotype from Berlese and sifted leaf litter of a spiny forest at an elevation of 25 m at Parc National de Tsimanampetsotsa , 6.7 km 130° SE Efoetse, 32.0 km 175° S Beheloka, 24°6′2″S, 43°45′36″E, Toliara Province, 18–22 March 2002, Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team, deposited in CASC ( PBI_OON 00003340 ). The species epithet, a noun in apposition, is taken for the Malagasy word for a pool, pond, or lake .

DIAGNOSIS: N. farihy can be differentiated from other Noideattella species by the following combination of characters: habitus dark red-brown; carapace with surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica and sides granulate ( figs. 301, 302 ); sternum microsculpture finely reticulate, distributed in all surfaces (figs. 289, 303, 304); embolus with a flat curved apophysis at its base (figs. 290, 292); book lung covers large and elliptical (figs. 286, 287).

DESCRIPTION: Male (PBI_OON 0003533): Total length 2.1. Cephalothorax: Carapace dark red-brown. Sternum as long as wide, dark red-brown, furrow with rows of small pits, surface finely reticulate, without pits, with microsculpture medially and in furrows, anterior margin with interrupted transverse groove (figs. 303–305). Mouthparts: Chelicerae, endites, and labium dark red-brown, paturon inner margin with scattered setae (fig. 291). Abdomen: Ovoid. Dorsal scutum dark red-brown, middle surface smooth, sides reticulate. Postepigastric scutum dark red-brown, long, semicircular, covering nearly full length of abdomen (figs. 285–287). Legs: Pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination (only surfaces bearing spines listed, all spines longer than segment width): tibiae: I, II p2-1-1; r1-1-1; metatarsi: I, II p1-1-0; r1-1-0. Genitalia: Epigastric region with sperm pore situated at level of anterior spiracles ( fig. 295 ). Palp proximal segments pale orange; cymbium pale orange, without distal patch of setae; bulb pale orange (figs. 290, 292). Embolus dorsal lamella with at least three distal apophyses, ventral lamella with at least two apophyses (figs. 309–312). Palp as in figures 307 and 308. Female (PBI_OON 0003569): Total length 2.3. As in male except as noted. Legs: Leg spination (only surfaces bearing spines listed, all spines longer than segment width): tibiae: I, II p2-1-1; r1-1-1; metatarsi: I, II p1-1-0; r1-1-0. Genitalia: Genital opening slit shaped ( fig. 296 ). Sperm sac secretory gland openings pointed, extending all over the receptaculum posterior surface. GAp process shaped as a twisted tube ( figs. 297–300 ). Genitalia as in figures 293 and 294.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: N = 12. Madagascar: Fianarantsoa: near Isalo National Park, at stream E of Interpretive Center, open fields, 750 m, S22.62666°, E45.35816°, Oct. 15–Nov. 09, 2001, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala, 1♀ ( CASC PBI _ OON 3859 ) . Toliara: Berenty Special Reserve, 8 km NW Amboasary, gallery forest, 85 m, S25.01111°, E46.30555°, Jan. 26–Feb. 05, 2003, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala, 1♀ ( CASC PBI _ OON 3860 ) ; Forêt de Beroboka, 5.9 km 131° SE Ankidranoka, tropical dry forest, 80 m, S22.23305°, E43.36638°, Mar. 12–16, 2002, Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team, 1♀ ( CASC PBI _ OON 3569 ) ; Parc Nat. d’Tsimanampetsotsa, Mitocho Cave, 6.4 km 77° ENE Efoetse , 17.4 km 170° S Beheloka , spiny forest thicket, 40 m, S24.04722°, E43.75305°, Mar. 18–22, 2002, Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team, 1♀ Paratype ( CASC PBI _ OON 3538 ) ; Parc National de Zombitse, 19.8 km 84° E Sakaraha, tropical dry forest, 770 m, S22.84333°, E44.71000°, Feb. 05–09, 2003, Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team, 1♂ ( CASC PBI _ OON 3533 ) . Tulear : 18 km NNW Betroka, 825 m, S23.16333°, E44.96861°, Dec. 09–14, 1994, M. Ivie and A. Pollock, 1♂ ( CASC PBI _ OON 3981 ) ; Andohahela Natl. Park, Tsimelahy, Parcelle II, spiny forest thicket, 180 m, S24.93683°, E46.62666°, June 29–July 06, 2003, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala, 1♂ ( CASC PBI _ OON 36300 ) ; Beza Mahafaly Reserve, Parcelle I near research station, tropical dry forest, 165 m, S23.68650°, N44.59100°, Dec. 18–25, 2001, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala, 1♀ ( CASC PBI _ OON 36297 ) ; Cap Ste Marie Special Reserve, 74 km S of Tsihombe, 37 m, -25.58766°, 45.16300°, Apr. 14–22, 2003, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala, 1♀ ( CASC PBI _ OON 36298 ) ; June 29–July 05, 2003, 1♂ ( CAS PBI _ OON 36299 ) .

Figures

Figs. 285–294. Noideattella farihy, new species. 285. Habitus male, dorsal view. 286. Same, ventral view. 287. Same, lateral view. 288. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. 289. Same, ventral view. 290. Palp male, prolateral view. 291. Cephalothorax male, anterior view. 292. Palp male, retrolateral view. 293. Genitalia female, ventral view. 294. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm, except genitalia: 0.1 mm.

Figs. 295–302. Noideattella farihy, new species. 295. Epigastric region male, ventral view. 296. Same female, ventral view. 297. Genitalia female, dorsal view. 298. Same, anterordorsal view. 299. Same, lateral view. 300. Receptaculum papillae field, anterior view. 301. Cephalothorax male, dorsal view. 302. Same, lateral view. Scale bars = 50 µm, except 300: 10 µm.

Figs. 303–312. Noideattella farihy, new species. 303. Cephalothorax male, ventral view. 304. Infracoxal grooves male, ventral view. 305. Endites male, ventral view. 306. Palp male, dorsal view. 307. Palp male, retrolateral view. 308. Same, prolateral view. 309. Embolus, ventral view. 310. Embolus, prolateral view. 311. Embolus, retrolateral view. 312. Embolus, dorsal view. Scale bars = 50 µm, except 309–312: 10 µm.