Devendra amaiti, 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 : 70-71

Devendra amaiti sp. nov.

Figures 13D–F , 14

Campostichomma seriatum SImOn, 1898A: 8 (mIsIdEntIFIcAtIOn) Type material. Female holotype (syntype of D. seriatus ), #18337 (part) from Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka deposited in the MNHN.

Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the Tamil word for “peace.”

Diagnosis. Females of D. amaiti can be diagnosed from females of other Devendra species by having the median lobe of epigynum trapezoidal, angularly convex posteriorly ( Fig. 13D ) and the vulva with the head of the spermathecae sessile on the main spermathecae and the fertilization ducts arising from an elongate tube ( Fig. 13E, F ).

DesCription. Female (holotype): Total length 4.67. Markings as in Fig. 9A, D . Carapace 2.42 long, 1.75 wide, 0.83 high; clypeus 0.07 high. Eyes diameter: AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.09, PLE 0.10. Chelicerae 1.00 long; sternum 1.08 long, 0.96 wide; labium 0.40 long; palpal coxae 0.76 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 1.71 + 0.79 + 1.33 + 1.17 + 0.92 = 5.92; II: 1.42 + 0.75 + 1.12 + 1.12 + 0.92 = 5.33; III: 1.37 + 0.67 + 0.96 + 1.25 + 0.83 = 5.08; IV: 1.83 + 0.75 + 1.46 + 2.33 + 1.17 = 7.54. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: large epigynal plate; curved fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes ( Fig. 13D, E ). Spermathecae small and with an apical glandular opening ( Fig. 13F ).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Only the type.

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

Figures

FIGURE 9. Devendra spp. (A–C) D. pardalis (SImOn, 1898), FEmAlE; (A) hAbItus, dOrsAl VIEw; (B) AntErIOr VIEw OF OculAr ArEA;(C)EpIgynum, VEntrAl VIEw;(D–E) D. pumilus (SImOn, 1898), mAlE;(D)hAbItus,dOrsAl VIEw;(E)rIght pAlp,VEntrAl VIEw.

FIGURE 13. Devendra spp. (A–C) D. saama sp. nov., FEmAlE hOlOtypE (MNHN#18302), EpIgynum; (A) VEntrAl VIEw; (B) dOrsAl VIEw; (C) rIght spErmAthEcA, dOrsAl, clEArEd, dEtAIl; (D–F) D. amaiti sp. nov., FEmAlE hOlOtypE (MNHN#18337), EpIgynum;(D) VEntrAl VIEw;(E)dOrsAlVIEw;(F)rIght spErmAthEcA,dOrsAl,clEArEd,dEtAIl.AbbrEVIAtIOns:CD, cOpulAtOry duct; FD, FErtIlIZAtIOn duct; LL, lAtErAl lObE OF EpIgynum; LP, lAtErAl prOcEss OF EpIgynum; ML, mEdIAn lObE OF 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.