Zorocrates nochix, PLATNICK & UBICK, 2007

PLATNICK, NORMAN I. & UBICK, DARRELL, 2007, A Revision of the Spider Genus Zorocrates Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae), American Museum Novitates 3579, pp. 1-44 : 41

Zorocrates nochix , new species figures 112, 113 ; map 4

TYPE: Female holotype from 9 mi SE Nochixtlán, Oaxaca, Mexico, 17 ° 20 9 N, 97 ° 12 9 W (May 1, 1963; W. Gertsch, W. Ivie), deposited in AMNH .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition shortened from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females resemble those of Z. karli but have a more triangular epigynal midpiece and spermathecae with an anterolateral pair of thumbshaped blind duct endings ( figs. 112, 113 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 6. Coloration as in Z. blas . Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0-0- 2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-1-2, r0-1-1; IV p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0-1-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, v4-2-2, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p0-0-1, v4-2-2, r0-0-0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I, II p0-0-0, v2-2-2, r0-0-0; III r1-2-2; IV v3-2-2. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin situated within narrowed, neck-shaped portion of midpiece, posterolateral epigynal margins pronounced; spermathecae ducts relatively narrow, convoluted, with thumb-shaped anterolateral blind ends ( figs. 112, 113 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Oaxaca, Mexico (map 4).

Figures

Figs. 108–113. 108, 109. Zorocrates tequila, new species. 110, 111. Z. pie, new species. 112, 113. Z. nochix, new species. 108, 110, 112. Epigynum, ventral view. 109, 111, 113. Same, dorsal view.