Devendra saama, 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

Devendra saama sp. nov.

Figures 13A–C , 14

Type material. Female holotype from Kandy , Sri Lanka, # 18302, deposited in MNHN.

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

Diagnosis. Females can be diagnosed from female of other Devendra species by having the epigynum without a developed median lobe ( Fig. 13A ), and the vulva with the head of the spermathecae sessile on the main spermathecae and the fertilization ducts arising from a short tube ( Fig. 13B, C ).

DesCription. Female (holotype): Total length 5.17. Markings as in Fig. 9A . Carapace 2.42 long, 1.67 wide, 0.96 high; clypeus 0.07 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.10, PLE 0.10. Chelicerae 1.08 long; sternum 1.06 long, 0.92 wide; labium 0.40 long; palpal coxae 0.72 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 1.50 + 0.75 + 0.56 + 0.54 + 0.44 = 3.79; II: 1.37 + 0.71 + 1.00 + 0.96 + 0.83 = 4.87; III: 0.88 + 0.50 + 0.83 + 1.25 + 0.83 = 4.29; IV: 1.75 + 0.62 + 1.37 + 2.08 + 1.12 = 6.44. Leg formula 4123. Epigynum: subtriangular epigynal plate; transverse fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes ( Fig. 13A, B ). Spermathecae oval with an apical glandular opening ( Fig. 13C ).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Only the type.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality at Kandy 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.