Campostichomma harasbedda, Polotow & Griswold, 2017

Polotow, Daniele & Griswold, Charles, 2017, Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae), Zootaxa 4362 (1), pp. 51-74 : 60-62

Campostichomma harasbedda sp. nov.

Figures 6 , 8C–D , 14

Type material. Female holotype from Sri Lanka, Central Province, 14.5 km (9 miles) NE Nuwara-Eliya, Harasbedda, 1 female, 15.III.1962, (CASENT9024159), deposited in Lund University.

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Females of C. harasbedda can be diagnosed from those of other species by the small median lobe of the epigynum and the lateral teeth of the lateral lobes large and located at inner margins of lateral lobes ( Figs 6D , 8C ); and by the vulva with two ascending spirals ( Figs 6E , 8D ).

DesCription. Female (holotype): Total length 7.20 (estimated, carapace and abdomen are separated). Markings as in Fig. 6A, B . Carapace 2.80 long, 2.10 wide, 1.10 high; clypeus 0.09 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.09, ALE 0.18, PME 0.12, PLE 0.20. Chelicerae 1.50 long; sternum 1.30 long, 1.10 wide; labium 0.55 long; palpal coxae 1.00 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 1.90 + 0.90 + 1.60 + 1.30 + 0.90 = 6.60; II: 1.80 + 0.80 + 1.50 + 1.30 + 0.80 = 6.20; III: 1.70 + 0.80 + 1.10 + 1.40 + 0.80 = 5.80; IV: 2.20 + 0.80 + 1.70 + 2.40 + 1.10 = 8.20. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: median lobe small; lateral lobes with small teeth ( Figs 6D , 8C ). Vulva with elongated and sinuous copulatory ducts; spermathecae large, with projections and small fertilization ducts ( Figs 6E , 8D ); vulva with two ascending spirals ( Figs 6E , 8D ).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Only the types.

Natural history: The holotype was collected at 1300 m elevation in a narrow, sheltered ravine near a small stream. The area was surrounded by tea estates, with fragments of montane forest at slightly higher elevation (Brinck et al. 1971: 34).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality at Harasbedda near Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka ( Fig. 14 ).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Campostichomma harasbedda sp. nov., FEmAlE. (A) hAbItus, dOrsAl VIEw; (B) AntErIOr VIEw OF OculAr ArEA, nOtE dIVIdEd chIlum; (C) pEdIcEl,dOrsAl VIEw;(D–E) EpIgynum; (D) VEntrAl VIEw; (E)dOrsAl VIEw.

FIGURE8. Campostichomma spp., FEmAlE gEnItAlIA.(A–B) C. alawala sp. nov., EpIgynum;(A) VEntrAl VIEw;(B) dOrsAlVIEw; (C–D) C. harasbedda sp. nov., EpIgynum; (C) VEntrAl VIEw; (D) dOrsAl VIEw;(E–F) C. mudduk sp. nov., EpIgynum; (E)VEntrAl VIEw; (F) dOrsAl VIEw. AbbrEVIAtIOns: CD, cOpulAtOry ducts; FD, FErtIlIZAtIOn duct; LL, lAtErAl lObE OF EpIgynum; LP, lAtErAl prOcEss OF EpIgynum; ML, mEdIAn lObEOF EpIgynum;S, spErmAthEcAE.

FIGURE14. (A) PArtIAl wOrld mAp (ExcEptNEArctIc AndNEOtrOpIcAl rEAlms),shOwIng thE lOcAtIOnOF thE IslAnd cOuntry OF SrI LAnkA In SOuth AsIA. (B) ClOsE up OF SrI LAnkA, wIth cOllEctIOn lOcAlItIEs OF Campostichomma And Devendra spEcIEs: whItE squArE, Devendra pardalis (SImOn, 1898), D. pumilus (SImOn, 1898) And D. saama sp. nov.; whItE cIrclE, D seriatus (SImOn, 1898) And Devendra amaiti sp. nov.; blAck squArE, Compostichomma harasbedda sp. nov.; blAck cIrclE, Compostichomma alawala sp. nov.; blAck trIAnglE, Compostichomma mudduk sp. nov. ThE cOllEctIOn dAtA OF Compostichomma manicatum KArsch, 1892 dO nOt prOVIdE A spEcIFIclOcAlIty In SrI LAnkA, thus thE spEcIEs Is nOt shOwn In thIs mAp.