Zorocrates chamela, PLATNICK & UBICK, 2007

PLATNICK, NORMAN I. & UBICK, DARRELL, 2007, A Revision of the Spider Genus Zorocrates Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae), American Museum Novitates 3579, pp. 1-44 : 19-20

Zorocrates chamela , new species figures 37, 38 ; map 3

TYPE: Female holotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 150–300 feet at the UNAM field station at Chamela, Rt. 20, km 59, north of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico (Apr. 4–7, 1985; R. Schuh, B. Massie), deposited in AMNH .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this small species are also unknown, but females can easily be recognized by the narrow median epigynal septum ( fig. 37 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 6. Coloration as in Z. badius . Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0- 0-2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-1- 1, r0-0-1; IV p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0-1-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, v4-2-2, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p1-0-1, v2-1p-2, r0-0-0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I p0-0-0, v2-2-2, r0-0-0; II p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III r1-2-2; IV p1-2-2. Cribellum present. Median epigynal septum narrow, surrounded by elevated lateral margins for most of its length; spermathecal ducts largely fused ( figs. 37, 38 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Jalisco, Mexico (map 3).

Figures

Figs. 37–42. 37, 38. Zorocrates chamela, new species. 39, 40. Z. huatusco, new species. 41, 42. Z. colima, new species. 37, 39, 41. Epigynum, ventral view. 38, 40, 42. Same, dorsal view.