Draposa subhadrae ( Patel & Reddy, 1993 ) Patel & Reddy, 1993
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.198469 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5667885 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7921403D-FFD1-CD04-FF32-FB59F43B3875 |
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Plazi |
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Draposa subhadrae ( Patel & Reddy, 1993 ) |
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comb. nov. |
Draposa subhadrae ( Patel & Reddy, 1993) View in CoL comb. nov.
Figs 7 View FIGURES 1 – 7 , 27 View FIGURES 23 – 28 , 32 View FIGURES 29 – 32 , 42, 43 View FIGURES 40 — 43 , 53 View FIGURES 51 – 55
Pardosa subhadrae Patel & Reddy, 1993: 128 fig. 5 (3).
Type material. Holotype: Ƥ, India, Andhra Pradesh, Prakasam District, Chirala (15°46'30''N 80°23'10''E) (T. S. Reddy, National Zoological Collection, Kolkata), not examined. Patel & Reddy (1993) mentioned 33 7Ƥ paratypes and a second, but not precise, locality in Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.
Material examined. SRI LANKA. Eastern: Kuchchaveli, 20 mi NW Trincomalee (8°49'N 81°06'E), sandy ground, 9–10 February 1962 (loc. 60, Lund University Ceylon Expedition, MZLU, NHRS), 5Ƥ.
Diagnosis. Female most closely related to D. lyrivulva and can be distinguished by the shape of the epigyne ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 55 ): lateral elevations posteriorly being considerably apart and connected by sclerotised crest, and septal tongue relatively narrow ( Figs 27 View FIGURES 23 – 28 , 42 View FIGURES 40 — 43 , 53 View FIGURES 51 – 55 ), as well as by configuration of epigynal cavity bottom as seen from inside (dorsal view: Fig. 43 View FIGURES 40 — 43 ).
Description. Female (from Kuchchaveli, Sri Lanka). Total length 6.4 (carried egg sac). Carapace 3.35 long, 2.55 wide.
Prosoma ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1 – 7 ). Dorsum very light yellowish. Each side, between wide median and wide lateral band, with an irregular brownish area (dark-veined), in some specimens more or less dissolved into patches. Margins light yellow with small blackish spots (with a few dark hairs) above each leg coxa. Dark hairs in brownish parts, white hairs in light areas. Clypeus yellowish with two dark spots below first eye row. Chelicerae light brownish, frontally darker. Sternum whitish-yellow.
Eyes. Width of row I 56, row II 82, row III 98, row II–III 81. Diameter of AME, 14, ALE 10, PME 32, PLE 26. Distance between AME 6, between AME and ALE 2.
Opisthosoma ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1 – 7 ). Dorsally mostly whitish (due to guanocytes); in front with yellowish brown lanceolate stripe at about half length flanked by conspicuous blackish spot at each side. (One of the females less whitish, with fewer guanocytes visible and larger spots patterned in reticulated blackish.) Dorsum with short white pubescence and stout erect, rather short dark (brownish) hairs (numerous in lanceolate stripe). Sides whitish, with or without blackish markings. Venter whitish to light yellowish with white pubescence and scattered slender, erect dark hairs.
Legs ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). Very light yellowish-brown. Femora with blackish spots, in distal half with incomplete blackish ring; patellae basally dark; tibiae with wide dark basal ring and another one in distal half; metatarsi with dark basal ring and faint darkenings at the middle and distally.
Fe Pt Ti Mt Ta Total Fe Pt Ti Mt Ta Total III 1.60 0.75 1.15 1.50 0.80 5.80 IV 2.20 0.90 1.70 2.50 1.15 8.45
Female
I 1.65 0.85 1.30 1.25 0.90 5.95 II 1.65 0.80 1.20 1.25 0.85 5.75 III 1.60 0.75 1.20 1.50 0.80 5.85 IV 2.25 0.90 1.90 2.70 1.20 8.95
Female
I 2.60 1.20 2.25 2.10 1.40 9.55 II 2.60 1.20 2.10 2.15 1.35 9.40 III 2.55 1.15 2.10 2.45 1.25 9.50 IV 3.50 1.35 3.10 4.35 1.70 14.00
Male
I 2.95 1.40 2.55 2.50 1.55 10.95 II 2.90 1.35 2.40 2.45 1.50 10.60 III 2.75 1.25 2.20 2.60 1.30 10.10 IV 3.60 1.50 3.10 4.40 1.85 14.45
Female
I 2.45 1.15 2.00 1.85 1.20 8.65 II 2.35 1.10 1.85 1.85 1.15 8.30 III 2.25 1.05 1.70 2.05 1.05 8.10 IV 3.10 1.20 2.60 3.60 1.50 12.00
Epigyne ( Figs 27 View FIGURES 23 – 28 , 32 View FIGURES 29 – 32 , 42, 43 View FIGURES 40 — 43 , 53 View FIGURES 51 – 55 ). Conspicuous deep median cavity divided in front by a septum. Rims of lateral elevations posteriorly apart, with a wider sclerotized crest in between them (cf. P. lyrivulva ). Cavity bottom corrugated, of characteristic shape in dorsal view. Spermathecal stalks long, anteriorly terminating in head of spermatheca bent outwards ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 29 – 32 ).
Size variation. Carapace length 2.85–3.35 (n=5).
Remarks. This species was described from both sexes. The description and illustrations of the male, however, do not show enough specific details.
From the original description of the female sex, notably the shape of the epigyne and the annulation of the legs, I ascribe the material at hand from Sri Lanka to D. subhadrae rather than to an undescribed species.
Distribution. India, Sri Lanka.
TABLE 1. Leg I – IV measurements (in mm) of species of Draposa gen. nov.
| Draposa atropalpis Male I 1.60 II 1.60 III 1.60 IV 2.20 | 0.70 0.70 0.65 0.80 | 1.30 1.25 1.20 1.80 | 1.30 1.30 1.50 2.65 | 0.90 0.85 0.80 1.20 | 5.80 5.70 5.75 8.65 |
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| Female I 1.75 II 1.70 III 1.65 IV 2.35 | 0.80 0.80 0.75 0.90 | 1.40 1.25 1.25 1.90 | 1.30 1.30 1.60 2.80 | 0.90 0.90 0.85 1.25 | 6.15 5.95 6.10 9.20 |
| Draposa lyrivulva Male I 3.45 II 3.40 III 3.15 IV 4.20 | 1.55 1.50 1.40 1.65 | 3.00 2.75 2.55 3.50 | 2.95 2.80 3.05 5.00 | 1.80 1.65 1.50 2.10 | 12.75 12.10 11.65 16.45 |
| Female I 2.85 II 2.80 III 2.60 IV 3.60 | 1.35 1.25 1.15 1.40 | 2.30 2.10 2.00 3.05 | 2.20 2.15 2.40 4.30 | 1.35 1.30 1.20 1.75 | 10.05 9.60 9.35 14.10 |
| Draposa nicobarica Male I 2.90 II 2.90 III 2.75 IV 3.60 | 1.40 1.40 1.25 1.45 | 2.50 2.35 2.20 3.00 | 2.40 2.40 2.50 4.05 | 1.40 1.30 1.20 1.65 | 10.60 10.35 9.90 13.80 |
| Female I 3.00 II 2.95 III 2.75 IV 3.60 | 1.40 1.40 1.25 1.50 | 2.50 2.30 2.10 3.00 | 2.30 2.30 2.50 4.20 | 1.40 1.35 1.20 1.70 | 10.60 10.30 9.80 14.00 |
| Draposa oakleyi Male I 1.65 II 1.60 | 0.80 0.80 | 1.35 1.20 | 1.40 1.30 | 1.00 0.90 | 6.20 5.80 continued next page |
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