Zorocrates yolo, 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 : 42

Zorocrates yolo , new species figures 118, 119 ; map 4

TYPE: Female holotype from 26 km southwest of Yolomécatl , Oaxaca, Mexico (Aug. 8, 1988; S. Stockwell), deposited in AMNH .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown, but females of this distinctive species can easily be recognized by the anteriorly narrowed anteri- or epigynal margin, posteriorly protuberant posterolateral epigynal margins, and short spermathecal ducts ( figs. 118, 119 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 11. Coloration as in Z. fuscus . Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0-0-2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-1-1, r0-0-0; IV d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0- 1-0; tibiae: I, II d0-0-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I, II p0-0-0, v2- 2-2, r0-0-0; III r1-2-2; IV p1-2-2. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin anteriorly narrowed, appearing notched, posterolateral epigynal margin protruding posteriorly; spermathecae short, compact ( figs.

118, 119).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Oaxaca: 14 km S Nochixtlán , Aug. 24, 1976, elev. 2134 m (E. Ross, CAS), 1♀ ; 26 km SW Yolomécatl , Aug. 8, 1988 (S. Stockwell, AMNH), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Oaxaca, Mexico (map 4).

Figures

Figs. 114–119. 114, 115. Zorocrates oaxaca, new species. 116, 117. Z. sotano, new species. 118, 119. Z. yolo, new species. 114, 116, 118. Epigynum, ventral view. 115, 117, 119. Same, dorsal view.