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 1 51 74 journal article 31254 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3 e7983c67-0ce5-4b7f-9373-8782b86e059b 1175-5326 1076176 61A41EC1-2557-429D-B47C-595D12F2D8E3 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 ).