Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902 ) Jäger, Peter, 2012

Jäger, Peter, 2012, Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae), Zootaxa 3429 (1), pp. 1-63 : 7

Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov.

Figs 1 , 5–7 , 21–24

Ctenus obscurus Thorell 1887: 295 (description of female, name preoccupied by Marx 1892 [nomen nudum]; holotype examined).

Ctenus feae F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902: 414 (replacement name, patronym for Count Fea).

Type material. Holotype male ( MCSN), Burma, Rangoon, Fea 1885 leg.

Diagnosis. Small Ctenidae (total length male 9.0). Epigyne and vulva ( Figs 5–6 , 24 ) similar to that of A. jucunda . Distinguished from the latter species by (1) the more distinct membranous windows including distinct lateral margins, (2) the copulatory openings situated more anteriorly, (3) glandular appendages slightly shorter. Moreover, with slit sense organs situated laterally from the epigyne (anteriorly in A. jucunda ). Distinguished from other Anahita species by the elongated pentagonal shape of the median plate and the kidney-shaped spermathecae.

Redescription. Female. PL 3.9, PW 3.1, AW 1.7, OL 5.1, OW 2.8 ( Figs 21–23 ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Rangoon, Burma ( Fig. 1 : 2).

Note. This species does not belong to the genus Ctenus as interpreted in the present paper. According to female copulatory organs it is congeneric with Anahita feai comb. nov. and A. jianfengensis , therefore it is transferred to the genus Anahita .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Records of Anahita spp. in South, East and Southeast Asia. 1a Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India, 1b Konkan,

FIGURES 2–7. 2–4 Anahita smythiesi (Simon 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from India (see text for notes on type locality). 5–7 Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Yangon). 2, 5 Epigyne, ventral. 3, 6 Vulva, dorsal. 4, 7 Schematic course of internal duct system. CD—copulatory ducts, ET—epigynal teeth, FD—fertilisation duct, GA—glandular appendage, MP—median plate, SP—spermathecae, SS—slit sensillum, W—

FIGURES 14–24. 14–15 Anahita smythiesi (Simon 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from India. 16–19 Anahita jucunda (Thorell 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Bhamò). 20 Anahita denticulata (Simon 1884) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma. 21–24 Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Yangon). 14, 16, 20–21 Habitus dorsal. 15 Eye arrangement, dorsal. 17 Habitus, ventral. 18 Median white patch of opisthosoma, dorsal. 19, 24 Epigyne, ventral. 22 Opisthosoma, dorsal. 23 Habitus, frontal.