Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae)
Author
Polotow, Daniele
Author
Griswold, Charles
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-04
4362
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3
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Devendra pardalis
(Simon, 1898)
Figures 9A–C
,
10
,
14
Compostichomma pardale
SImOn, 1898b
: 240
, FIg. 228 (FEmAlE lEctOtypE And pArAlEctOtypE, hErE dEsIgnAtEd, #18302 (pArt),
FrOm KAndy, SrI LAnkA, dEpOsItEd In MNHN, ExAmInEd). SImOn 1898A: 8.
Devendra pardale
,
LEhtInEn 1967
: 228, FIg. 91 (trAnsFEr tO
Devendra
);
GrIswOld 1993
: 7.
D. pardalis
, WSC 2017.
Note.
Originally this species was described based on three females collected in
Kandy
,
Sri Lanka
, but one of the
syntypes
was not conspecific with the remaining two. We describe this specimen as
D. saama
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
Females of
D. pardalis
can be diagnosed from females of other
Devendra
species by having the epigynum with median lobe rounded posteriorly (
Figs 9C
,
10A
), the vulva with the head of spermathecae arising from a short tubercle on main body of the spermatheca and the opening to the copulatory ducts broad (
Fig. 10B, C
).
DesCription.
Female (MNHN 18302, lectotype): Total length 7.08. Carapace 3.40 long, 2.60 wide, 1.08 high; clypeus 0.15 high. Eye diameters: AME 0.14, ALE 0.08, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14. Chelicerae 1.56 long; sternum 1.54 long, 1.28 wide; labium 0.64 long, palpal coxae 1.12 long. Spination as in genus description. Leg measurements (Femur + Patella + Tibia + Metatarsus + Tarsus = [Total]): I: 2.25 + 1.12 + 1.92 + 1.75 + 1.33 = 8.37; II: 2.17 + 1.08 + 1.62 + 1.67 + 1.25 = 7.79; III: 1.96 + 0.92 + 1.33 + 1.92 + 1.08 = 7.21; IV: 2.58 + 1.08 + 2.08 + 3.08 + 1.54 = 10.36. Leg formula 4132. Epigynum: oval epigynal plate; transverse fold dividing median lobe and lateral lobes (
Fig. 10A, B
). Spermathecae rounded with small projection with glandular opening (
Fig. 10C
).
Male.
Unknown.
Material examined.
Only the types.
Variation.
Female (N= 2): total length 5.15–7.10; carapace length 2.40–3.42; femur I 1.50–2.25.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality at Kandy in
Sri Lanka
(
Fig. 14
).