Zorocrates tequila, 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 : 39-40

Zorocrates tequila , new species figures 108, 109 ; map 4

TYPE: Female holotype taken near Tequila , Jalisco, Mexico (Aug. 11, 1956; W. Gertsch, V. Roth), deposited in AMNH .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females can be recognized by the relatively small epigynal midpiece and the relatively wide spermathecal ducts ( figs. 108, 109 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 6. Coloration as in Z. blas . Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0-0- 2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-0-1, r0-0-1; IV d1-1-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0-1-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p0-0-1, v2-1r-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. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin semicircular, midpiece relatively small, wider posteriorly than anteriorly; spermathecal ducts very wide, sshaped ( figs. 108, 109 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Jalisco: 4 mi SW Guadalajara , June 20, 1941 (L. Davis, AMNH), 1♀ ; 8–12 mi W Guadalajara , July 31, 1964 (W. Gertsch, J. Woods, AMNH), 3♀ . Nayarit: 10 mi SE Tepic , Aug. 27, 1965 (W. Gertsch, R. Hastings, AMNH), 1♀ . Oaxaca: Pico San Felipe , Sept. 11, 1945, elev. 2200–3000 m (H. Wagner, AMNH), 2♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Jalisco,

Nayarit, and Oaxaca, Mexico (map 4) .

Figures

Figs. 108–113. 108, 109. Zorocrates tequila, new species. 110, 111. Z. pie, new species. 112, 113. Z. nochix, new species. 108, 110, 112. Epigynum, ventral view. 109, 111, 113. Same, dorsal view.