Anahita jucunda ( Thorell 1897 ) Jäger, Peter, 2012

Jäger, Peter, 2012, Asian species of the genera Anahita Karsch 1879, Ctenus Walckenaer 1805 and Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray 2001 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae), Zootaxa 3429 (1), pp. 1-63 : 7

Anahita jucunda ( Thorell 1897) comb. nov.

Figs 1 , 8–10 , 16–19

Ctenus jucundus Thorell 1897: 17 (description of female; holotype examined).

Type material. Holotype female ( MCSN), Burma, Bhamò [24°15'13.85"N, 97°14'3.23"E], Fea leg.

Diagnosis. Medium-sized Ctenidae (total length female 12.7). Compare differential diagnosis in A. feai (epigyne and vulva Figs 8–9 , 19 ). Distinguished from all other Anahita species treated in this paper by the elongated opisthosoma ( Figs 16–18 ).

Redescription. Female. PL 4.3, PW 3.6, AW 1.9, OL 8.5, OW 2.8.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Bhamò in Burma) ( Fig. 1 : 3).

Note. The same reasoning listed before is applied for the transfer to Anahita , i.e. similarity of female copulatory organ. However, the distinctly elongated opisthosoma and the different colour pattern could indicate that this species belongs to a different phylogenetic lineage (genus). Similar cases are known in the genus Heteropoda : H. ocyalina ( Simon 1887) and H. boiei (Doleschall 1859) exhibit an elongated opisthosoma whereas the majority of the species of Heteropoda Latreille 1804 shows oval opisthosomata; however, because of the similarity of their copulatory organs these Heteropoda species were considered congeneric ( Jäger & Bayer 2009).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Records of Anahita spp. in South, East and Southeast Asia. 1a Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India, 1b Konkan,

FIGURES 8–13. 8–10 Anahita jucunda (Thorell 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Bhamò). 11–13 Anahita denticulata (Simon 1884) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma. 8, 11 Epigyne, ventral. 9, 12 Vulva, dorsal. 10, 13 Schematic course of internal duct system.

FIGURES 14–24. 14–15 Anahita smythiesi (Simon 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from India. 16–19 Anahita jucunda (Thorell 1897) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Bhamò). 20 Anahita denticulata (Simon 1884) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma. 21–24 Anahita feai (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., holotype female from Burma (Yangon). 14, 16, 20–21 Habitus dorsal. 15 Eye arrangement, dorsal. 17 Habitus, ventral. 18 Median white patch of opisthosoma, dorsal. 19, 24 Epigyne, ventral. 22 Opisthosoma, dorsal. 23 Habitus, frontal.