Zorocrates blas, PLATNICK & UBICK, 2007
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3579[1:AROTSG]2.0.CO;2 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/82407610-C71A-FFDB-89B4-FB96126A5C69 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Zorocrates blas |
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sp. nov. |
Zorocrates blas View in CoL , new species figures 25, 26; map 3
TYPE: Female holotype taken 7 miles east of San Blas , Nayarit, Mexico (July 27, 1964; W. Gertsch, J. Woods), deposited in AMNH .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of this small species are unknown; females can easily be recognized by the short epigynal midpiece and widely separated lateral epigynal margins (fig. 25).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 5. Coloration as in Z. badius but dusky markings on carapace forming two longitudinal paramedian bands. Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0-0-2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-1-1, r0-1-1; IV d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0-1- 0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p0- 0-1, v1-2-2; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p0-0-1, r0-0- 0; III p2-1-2, r1-2-2; IV r0-2-2. Cribellum present. Median epigynal septum relatively short, wide, lateral epigynal margins relatively widely separated; spermathecal ducts forming rounded clumps (figs. 25, 26).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Nayarit: La Libertad , Aug. 6, 1947 (C.. M. Goodnight, B. Malkin, AMNH), 1♀ ; San Blas, Aug. 6, 1947 (C.. M. Goodnight, B. Malkin, AMNH), 1♀; 7 mi E San Blas , July 27, 1964 (W. Gertsch, J. Woods, AMNH), 1♀.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Nayarit, Mexico (map 3).
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