Novalena bipartita (Kraus 1955)

Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), Zootaxa 4262 (1), pp. 1-88 : 16-17

Novalena bipartita (Kraus 1955)

Figure 6 a, b; Map 6

Agelenopsis bipartita Kraus 1955: 33 , figure 88 (♀) Novalena bipartita Roth 1972: 11

Type. Holotype female: EL SALVADOR : San Vicente: Volcán San Vicente, Finca El Carmen, 1300 m, 15.VI.1951 ( SMF 8650 ), deposited at Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt (epigynum examined by photos).

Diagnosis. This species is similar to N. laticava and N. simplex , but differ from N. laticava in having the copulatory ducts connected posteriorly to primary spermathecae ( Fig. 6 b) and from N. simplex in having the anterior margin of atrium without anterior lobes ( Fig. 6 a).

Description. Female (holotype): The description, including measurements, was provided by Kraus (1955).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. EL SALVADOR: San Vicente (Map 6).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Novalena spp.: a, b, Novalena bipartita (Kraus 1955); c, d, Novalena laticava (Kraus 1955). a, c, epigynum, ventral view; b, d, internal genitalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A, atrium; CD, copulatory ducts; FD, fertilization ducts; S, spurs; S 1, primary spermathecae (Photographs by Peter Jäger).