Hovops betsileo, Corronca & Rodríguez Artigas, 2011

Corronca, José Antonio & Rodríguez Artigas, Sandra M., 2011, New species of the Madagascan genus Hovops Benoit, 1968 (Araneae: Selenopidae), with a description of the H. madagascariensis PDOH DQG DQ LGHQWL ¿ FDWLRQ NH \, African Invertebrates 52 (2), pp. 295-295 : 298-300

Hovops betsileo sp. n.

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Diagnosis: H. betsileo sp. n. differs from its congeners by the particular shape of the sigmoid RTA ( Figs 2G, 2H ), and the VTA with a notch in the middle of the ventral border ( Fig. 2G ). AM ( Fig. 2H ) similar to that of H. lidiae sp. n. ( Fig. 3B ), but in the latter species it is more rounded and shorter than in H. betsileo sp. n. Females are dis- WLQJXLVKHG E\ WKH VKDSH RI WKH PLGGOH ¿HOG ()LJ. ƻ(), WKH ZLGH VHSDUDWLRQ DQG WKH VKDSH of the lateral lobes of the epigyne ( Fig. 2F ).

Description:

Male.

Total body length 5.00. Prosoma 2.49 long, 2.93 wide. Opisthosoma 2.51 long, 1.89 wide. Eye diameter and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.23, AME – AME 0.20, AME – ALE 0.39, AME – PME 0.14, PME – PME 0.73, PME –PLE 0.32, PLE–PLE 1.47, ALE – ALE 1.22 . Leg formula: 2314. Leg measurements: I – Fe ³.4o, 3DW+7LE 4.Ϭo, 0W ƻ.9o, 7D l.³o, WRWDO lƻ.ƻo; ,, ± 4.³o, ƽ.ƽo, ³.Ϭo, l.Ϭo, WRWDO lƽ.oo; III – 4.10, 4.40, 2.90, 1.30, total 12.70; IV – 3.40, 4.10, 2.90, 1.30, total 11.70. Leg spination: Fe I d1.1.0, rt1.1.0, II d1.1.0, pr1.1.0, rt1.1.0, III d1.1.0, rt1.1.0, IV d1.1.0; Tib I v1.1.0.0, II–IV no spines; Mt I –IV no spines. Prosoma pale yellow-brown with long scaly hairs. Opisthosoma and legs yellow-brown. Dorsal portion of opisthosoma pale JUH\ ZLWK FRORXU SDWWHUQ ()LJ. ƻ$), ÀDQNV DQG WHUPLQDO SRUWLRQ ZKLWLVK ZLWK RYHUODSSLQJ scale-like hairs accompanied by a few short and dark setae, more numerous over prosoma. Cheliceral furrow with 4.4 teeth on right chelicerae and 3.3 on left. Palp as in Figs 2G, 2H .

Female.

Total body length 6.57. Prosoma 3.40 long, 3.49 wide. Opisthosoma 3.53 long, 2.58 wide. Eye diameter and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.10, PME 0.10, PLE 0.20, AME – AME 0.16, AME – ALE 0.43, AME – PME 0.15, PME – PME 0.73, PME –PLE 0.38, PLE–PLE 1.48, ALE – ALE 1.32 . Leg formula: 2?341. Leg measurements: I – Fe ³.oo, 3DW+7LE ³.8o, 0W l.8o, 7D o.9o, WRWDO 9.ƽo; ,, ± PLVVLQJ, ,,, ± ³.4o, ³.9o, ƻ.lo, o.9o, total 10.30, IV – 3.40, 3.80, 2.10, 0.90, total 10.20. Leg spination: Fe I pr1.0.0, d1.1.0, II missing, III–IV d1.1.0; Tib I v2.2.1 ( Fig. 2D ), II missing, III–IV v1.0.0; Mt I v2.2.0, II missing, III–IV no spines. Prosoma light reddish brown, legs and opisthosoma pale yellow-brown. Body covered with feathery and scale-like hairs with abundant short setae over prosoma and legs, less abundant over opisthosoma. Chelicera furrow with 4.4 teeth ( Fig. 2C ). Habitus ( Fig. 2A ), some somatic characters ( Figs 2B–D ), and epigyne and vulva as in Figs 2E, 2F .

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Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 2. Hovops betsileo sp. n.: (A) female habitus, dorsal view; (B) eyes arrangement; (C) female, ventral view of the prosoma; (D) female, spination of the anterior tibia and metatarsus; (E) female, epigyne ventral view; (F) female, vulva dorsal view; (G) male, palp retrolateral view; (H) male, palp ventral view. Scale bars:A–C = 1 mm; E–H = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 3. Hovops lidiae sp. n.: (A) female habitus, dorsal view; (B) male, palp ventral view; (C) male, palp lateral view; (D) male, detail of the tibial apophysis; (E) male, spination on the anterior tibia and metatarsi; (F) female, epigyne ventral view; (G) female, vulva dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B–D & F, G = 0.2 mm.