Hovops merina, 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 : 304-305

Hovops merina sp. n.

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Etymology: The species name is dedicated to the Merina (“people of the highlands”) of Antananarivo.

Diagnosis: Females of H. merina sp. n. differ from the other females of the genus by the SDUWLFXODU VKDSH RI WKH PLGGOH ¿HOG, WKH ODWHUDO OREHV, WKH VHFRQGDU\ HSLJ\QDO SRFNHWV ( Fig. 5D ), and the vulva ( Fig. 5E ).

Description:

Female.

Total body length 13.24. Prosoma 5.34 long, 5.93 wide. Opisthosoma 7.90 long, 7.50 wide. Eye diameter and interdistances: AME 0.23, ALE 0.22, PME 0.18, PLE 0.31, AME – AME 0.34, AME – ALE 0.79, AME – PME 0.23, PME – PME 1.21 , PME –PLE 0.80, PLE–PLE 2.98, ALE – ALE 2.46 . Leg formula: 2431. Leg measurements: I – Fe ƽ.ƻo, 3DW+7LE Ϭ.8o, 0W ³.Ϭo, 7D l.³o, WRWDO lϬ.9o, ,, ± Ϭ.oo, 7.4o, ³.8o, l.³o, WRWDO l8.ƽo, III – 5.30, 6.60, 3.80, 1.30, total 17.00, IV – 6.00, 6.60, 3.80, 1.40, total 17.80. Leg spination: Fe I d1.1.0, pr1.1.0, II–IV d1.1.0; Tib I v2.2.1, II v2.2.0, III v1.2.0, IV no spines; Mt I –II v2.2.0, III v2.0.0, IV no spines. Prosoma reddish brown with scale-like and feathery hairs, as on legs. Legs pale red-brown, opisthosoma yellow-brown with SRRUO\‒GH¿QHG FHQWUDO JUH\ SDWWHUQ ()LJ. ƽ$), DEXQGDQW RYHUODSSLQJ VFDOH‒OLNH KDLUV mixed with short and dark setae covering entire body ( Fig. 5C ). Cheliceral furrow with 3.2 teeth. Epigyne and vulva as in Figs 5D, 5E .

Male. Unknown.

+RORW\SH:Ƃ 0$'$*$6&$5: Antananarivo Prov.: 3 km 41° NE Andranomay , 11.5 km 147° SSE Anjozorobe, 18°28'24"S: 47°57'36"E, 1300 m, montane rainforest, 5–13.xii.2000, C. Griswold et al. (CASC ENT 9004212) .

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 5. Hovops merina sp. n.: (A) female habitus, dorsal view; (B) female, spination on the anterior tibiae and metatarsi; (C) details of scale-like hairs on opisthosoma; (D) female, epigyne ventral view; (E) female, vulva dorsal view. Scale bars:A = 1 mm; D, E = 0.2 mm.