Agyneta llanoensis ( Gertsch & Davis 1936 )

Dupérré, Nadine, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996, Zootaxa 3674 (1), pp. 1-189 : 130-132

Agyneta llanoensis ( Gertsch & Davis 1936)

Figs 425–431 , map 28

Microneta llanoensis Gertsch & Davis 1936: 11 , f. 14–16. (Description 3).

Meioneta llanoensis van Helsdingen 1973: 8. (Transferred 3 from Microneta ). Agyneta llanoensis Buckle et al. 2001: 100 . (Transferred from Meioneta ).

Agyneta llanoensis Paquin, Dupérré & Reddell 2009: 39 , f. 1-11, 25-26 (3, description Ƥ).

Type material: Microneta llanoensis Gertsch & Davis 1936 , 3 HOLOTYPE from Llano, Texas, Dec., 1934, L. Irby Davis ( AMNH). EXAMINED.

Diagnosis: Males are diagnosed from all Agyneta by their large, squared dorsal and elongated ventral cymbial tubercles ( Fig. 426 ), from A. bronx by their short lamella characteristica ( Fig. 425 ), elongated in the latter ( Fig. 432 ). Females are differentiated from all species by conspicuous divering copulatory ducts visible on the proximal part of scape ( Fig. 429 ). Whereas in A. bronx the copulatory ducts are converging on the proximal part of scape ( Fig. 436 ).

Description: Male: Total length 1.98; carapace length 0.87, width 0.73.

MAP. 28. Localities of Agyenta llanoensis ( Gertsch & Davis 1936) .

CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace light yellow-orange, shiny, finely reticulate. Sternum light yellow-orange, margin a shade darker. Clypeus height 4. Chelicerae orange, not excavated; seta-tipped tubercles absent; promargin five teeth, retromargin four denticles, retromargin with triangular projection near base of fang. Cheliceral stridulatory organ ~55 strong striae, well spaced, getting closer basally. ABDOMEN: Uniformly pale, whithish. LEGS: Light yellow; leg I total length: 5.42; leg III total length: 2.49; Tm I: 0.26, Tm IV: absent. GENITALIA: Palpal retrolateral tibial apophysis large, pointed and smooth; dorsal tibial apophysis extending at a right angle from tibia, rugose; two retrolateral trichobothria and one dorsal ( Fig 425 ). Cymbium triangular; glabrous depression present ( Fig 425 ); dorsal cymbial tubercle, squared and rugose; ventral tubercle elongated, rounded and smooth; prolateral notch deep ( Fig. 426 ). Paracymbium apical pocket long, anterior pocket long and curved making a small cover, posterior pocket medium ( Fig. 425 ). Embolus tip wide, with retrolateral extension; basally with row of spines; ventrally with numerous small spines; Fickert’s gland elongated situated basally; ventral lamella reduced or absent; thumb going slightly over the embolus proper ( Fig. 427 ). Embolus proper set apically, ventral part wider, not serrated with associated large dentate prong ( Fig. 427 ). Anterior terminal apophysis wide tip with numerous protrusions; posterior terminal apophysis short with row of spines; lamella characteristica short and multipart ( Fig. 428 ).

Female: Total length 2.11; carapace length 0.89, width 0.70.

CEPHALOTHORAX: Same coloration as male. Chelicerae yellow; promargin five teeth, retromargin five denticles. Cheliceral stridulatory organ ~44 striae, well spaced getting closer basally. ABDOMEN: Same as male. LEGS: Same as male; palp tarsus normal, claw absent; leg I total length: 4.66; leg III total length: 3.28; Tm I: 0.22, Tm IV: absent. GENITALIA: Epigynum with extremely wide proximal part of scape; epigynal slits small and oval; pit hook depression wide ( Fig. 429 ); lateral lobes short; stretcher small; pit deep ( Fig. 431 ). Median part of scape narrow; genital pores situated at lateral lobes pockets ( Fig. 431 ). Internal genitalia with elongated, ventral receptacula and a small, oval dorsal one ( Figs 430, 431 ).

Other material examined: USA: Arkansas: Cove Creek, 12.v.1963, pitfall, 13, O., M. Hite ( CAS); MO-H4- 144, 04.iv.1961, pitfall leaf litter in woods, 13 ( CAS); Morrilton, 01.viii.1962, pitfall in open field, 13 ( CAS); no specific locality, 25.iv.1961, 1Ƥ ( CAS). Florida: Gainesville, 10.ii.1942, 1Ƥ, W. Ivie ( AMNH). Louisiana: Parks, 13 ( CAS). Oklahoma: Long Horn Cave, 8km NE Cooperton, 07.iii.1971, 3Ƥ, J. Black ( AMNH). Texas: 474 Cave, 100 yards from Pfeiffer Crawlway Cave, ix.1963, 13, J. Reddell, D. McHenzie ( AMNH); Afternoon Cave, Fort Hood, 04.iii.2005, 1Ƥ, M Reyes ( TMM); Arden Cave, S of Arden, iv.1963, 134Ƥ, R. Ballinger ( AMNH); Barnsized Fissure Cave, 24km N Sabinal, 17.iii.1993, 231Ƥ, A. Grubbs ( TMM); Bat Well Cave, 16km N Georgetown, 24.iii.1963, cave wall and guano, 132Ƥ, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Battery Cave, 24km W Lampasas, 31.viii.1963, 131Ƥ, B. Rusell ( AMNH); Beck Sewer Cave, 23.i.1965, 13, R. Mitchell, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, FM 1476, 3.2km E US 377/67, 25.v–01.vi.2001, pitfall in pecan orchard, 13, A. Calixto ( TAMU); Black Cat Cave, 28.xi.1982, 1Ƥ, S. Harden, R. Waters ( AMNH); Bob Clark Cave, 3.2km S Bandera, 19.vi.1977, 13, A. Grubbs ( AMNH); Cave Creek, Mosquito Cave, 02.x.1982, 5Ƥ, J. Reddell ( TMM); Ceiling Slot Cave, 31.iii.1991, 232Ƥ, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ( TMM); Charley’s Downclimb Cave, Sattler and Hoffman Ranch, 04.iii.2006, 1Ƥ, J. Krejca, V. Loftin ( TMM); Chigouxs Cave, 21.xi.1995, 2Ƥ, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ( TMM); Christmas Cave, near Helotes, 25.xii.1982, 13, R. Waters ( AMNH); Cricket Cave, 1.6km S Elm Bat Cave, 24.viii.1963, 13, J. Reddell, B. Russell ( AMNH); Cotterell Cave, 3.2km NW Austin, 11.iii.1964, 2Ƥ, B. Russell ( AMNH); Diamond Cave, 16.viii.1964, 23, D. McKensie, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Dion Cave, 18.iv.1994, 13, J. Reddell, M. Reyes ( TMM); Felton Cave Root, 07.iii.1964, 2Ƥ, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Figure 8 Cave, 09.ii.1996, 232Ƥ, M. Warton ( TMM); Fisher’s Pit, 14.vii.1989, 131Ƥ, A. Grubbsm A.H., C.T. ( TMM); Gorman Cave, 09.vi.1990, 232Ƥ, K. Heuss, E. Allen (JCC); Gorman Cave, 9.6km SE Bend, 15.iii.1963, 131Ƥ, J. Reddell, D. McKenzie ( AMNH); Harrison Cave, 21.vi.2003, 1Ƥ, J. Kennedy ( TMM); H.T. Miers Cave, 24.x.1987, 1Ƥ, P. Sprouse ( TMM); Haby Bat Cave, 17.x.1964, 1Ƥ, J. Reddell, D. McKenzie, J. Porter ( AMNH); Jack’s Point, 20.ii.1971, 2Ƥ, J. Cooke ( AMNH); Kappelman Salamander Cave, 100 yards NE Kappelman Cave, 15.iii.1964, 13, B. Russell, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Kiar’s Cave, several miles N Bulverde, iv.1963, 131Ƥ, B. Russell ( AMNH); Koch Cave, 12.8km N Hondo, 05.x.1963, 1Ƥ, J. Reddell, D. McKenzie ( AMNH); Kothmann Cave, 08.xi.1964, 132Ƥ, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Lemons Cave, 1.2km SE Upper Cave, 01.ix.1963, 1Ƥ, J. Reddell, D. McKenzie ( AMNH); Lunsford Cave, 24km NW Austin, iv.1963, 1 Ƥ, B. Russell ( AMNH);); Lunsford Cave, 14.x.1963, 437Ƥ, B. Russell ( AMNH); Magens Sink, 28.i.1995, 13, A. Grubbs ( TMM); McCarty Cave, 1.2km S San Marcos, 05.vii.1963, 133Ƥ, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Murphy Wells Cave, 24.ii.1974, 131Ƥ ( AMNH); Old Powers Ranch Bat Cave, 19.ii.1995, 231Ƥ, A. Grubbs ( TMM); Pasotex Pit, 48km SE Sheffield, 28.vi.1963, on guano in darkness, 2Ƥ, J. Reddell, B. Russell ( AMNH); Peace Pipe Cave, Camp Bullis, 05.ii.2001, 1Ƥ, P. Sprouse ( TMM); Rattlesnake Cave, 19.vii.1989, 236Ƥ, A. Cobb (JCC); Rattlesnake Filled Cave, 100 yards SE Cricket Cave, 24.viii.1964, 1Ƥ, B. Russell, J. Reddell ( AMNH); Simmons Squirm-Around Cave, 20.xi.1990, 2Ƥ, J. Reddell, M. Meyers ( AMNH); Taylor Water Cave, 17.iv.1990, 131Ƥ, J. Reddell (JCC); The Chimney, 24.iv.1991, 131Ƥ, M. Meyers ( TMM); The Crack, 28.v.1990, 131Ƥ, D. Pate ( TMM); Wagontop Cave, 07.ii.1992, 13, L. Graves ( AMNH); Webb Cave, 16km N Brackettville, 05.iv.1963, 1Ƥ, B. Russell ( AMNH); Wimberley Bat Cave, 16.ix.1963, 8Ƥ, D. McKensie, B. Russell ( AMNH); Wimberley Bat Cave, 08.ii.1987, 1Ƥ, W. Elliot ( TMM); Windmill Crack Cave, 1km E Buzzard Wall Cave, v.1963, on walls, 1Ƥ, J. Reddell, B. Russell ( AMNH); Wyatt Cave, 3.2km N Wheat Cave, 21.ix.1963, 131Ƥ, J. Reddell, D. McKensie ( AMNH); Zesch Ranch Cave, 6.4km E of Masi, iv.1963, in twilight zone of entrance room, 131Ƥ, J. Reddell ( AMNH). Virginia: Allen’s Cave, 06.v.2000, 2Ƥ, D. Hubbard ( USNM). Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Grady Tract, Sandy Prairie, 27.viii.1969, litter, 13, S. Riechert ( TMM).

Distribution: Southeastern USA, west to Texas, north to Wisconsin.

Notes: Only new localities since the publication of Paquin, Dupérré & Reddell 2009 are included here. Only one dot was placed on the map to represent the distribution in Texas, for more detailed distribution in Texas see Paquin, Dupérré & Reddell 2009.

Figures

FIGURES 425 – 431. Agyneta llanoensis (Gertsch & Davis 1936). 425. Palp, retrolateral view. 426. Palp, prolateral view. 427. Embolus, prolateral view. 428. Radical division, retrolateral view. 429. Epigynum, ventral view. 430. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 431. Internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 432 – 438. Agyneta bronx n. sp. 432 – 435, Male. 436 – 438, Female. 432. Palp, retrolateral view. 433. Palp, prolateral view. 434. Embolus, prolateral view. 435. Radical division, retrolateral view. 436. Epigynum, ventral view. 437. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 438. Internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Agyneta decora (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1871), male. 1. Carapace, anterior view. 2. Carapace, lateral view. 3. Carapace, dorsal view. 4. Chelicerae, lateral view. 5 Chelicerae, anterior view. 6. Spinnerets, anterior view. 7. Sternum, ventral view. 8. Endites, ventral view.