Hoffmannilena nova (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896) O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Maya-Morales, Julieta & Jiménez, María Luisa, 2017, Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae), Zootaxa 4262 (1), pp. 1-88 : 82-87

Hoffmannilena nova (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896) new combination

Figure 45 ; Map 6

Agelena nova O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896: 175 , plate 22, figure 5 (♂) Agelenopsis nova F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902: 336 , plate 31, figure 35 (♂) Novalena nova Chamberlin & Ivie 1942: 228

Type. Holotype male: GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz, F. Sarg, deposited at BMNH (examined).

Transfer justification. This species presents the conductor with two projections and a sclerotized tegular median process as in Novalena . However, it does not present the ventral projection in the RTA (usually present in Novalena ) and has a basal projection instead of a dorsal projection ( Fig. 45 ).

Diagnosis. Hoffmannilena nova differs from H. cumbre Maya-Morales & Jiménez 2016 in having the tegular median process with one projection ( Fig. 45 b), from H. marginata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) in having the tegular median process pointed ( Fig. 45 a), and from H. tizayuca Maya-Morales & Jiménez 2016 in having the tegular median process separated from the embolus by its width ( Fig. 45 b).

Description. Male (holotype): Carapace light brown. Chelicerae and condyles brown yellow. Endites and labium yellow with white tips. Sternum brown yellow. Legs brown yellow with faint rings. Total length 5.25. Carapace length 3.08, width 1.69, cephalic region width 0.95, ocular region width 0.67. Eye diameter: AME and PLE 0.12, ALE 0.17, PME 0.15. Distance between eyes: AME-AME 0.04, AME-ALE 0.04, AME-PME 0.13, ALE-PLE 0.04, ALE-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.1, PME-PLE 0.1. Clypeus height 0.17. Chelicerae with two promarginal teeth and four retromarginal teeth; basal segment length 1.16, fang length 0.46. Labium wider than long (0.46/0.31). Endites slightly divergent (distance at their base compared at their tips 0.33/0.38). Sternum longer than wide (1.5/1.15). Opisthosoma longer than wide (2.42/1.52). ALS separated by less their basal diameter (0.19/ 0.25), PLS with distal segment slightly shorter than basal segment (0.44/0.48). Leg lengths: I—femur 2.62/ patellatibia 3.14/ metatarsus 2.48/ tarsus 1.81; II—2.62/ 3/?/?; III—2.57/ 2.95/ 2.71/ 1.62; IV—3.14/ 3.57/ 3.76/ 2.01. Spination: femur dorsal I—1 / II—1/ III—1/ IV—1; patella I—dorsal 1-1/ prolateral 1/ retrolateral 0; II—1-1 / 1/ 0; III—1-1 / 1/ 1; IV—1-1 / 1/ 1; tibia I—dorsal 0/ ventral 2-2-2/ prolateral 1-1-0/ retrolateral 0; II—0/ 2-2-0/ 1-1-0/ 1; III—1 -0-0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; IV—1-1 -0/ 2-2-2/ 1-1-0/ 1-1-0; metatarsus I—0/ 2-2-2/ 0/ 0; II—?/?/?/?; III—1 / 2-2-2/ 1-1-1/ 1-1-1; IV—1-1 -1/ 1-1-1/ 1-1-1/ 1-1-1. Number of trichobothria on tarsus: I—5, II—?, III—6, IV—?. Number of dorsal spines on pedipalp: femur 2–3, tibia 3. Cymbium length 1.06, width 0.62. Tegular median process pointed and separated from the embolus by its width. Distal projection of RTA notched, basal projection rounded and directed laterally ( Fig. 45 ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz (Map 6).

MAP 1. Distribution of Novalena intermedia (Chamberlin & Gertsch 1930) based on material examined and on Chamberlin & Ivie (1942) and Bennett et al. (2014), and known distribution of Novalena plata sp. nov. and Novalena rothi sp. nov.

MAP 2. Distribution of Novalena calavera Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 and Novalena lutzi (Gertsch 1933) based on material examined and on Chamberlin & Ivie (1942).

MAP 3. Known distribution of Novalena annamae (Gertsch & Davis 1940) , Novalena chamberlini sp. nov., Novalena creel sp. nov., Novalena dentata sp. nov., Novalena oaxaca sp. nov., Novalena prieta sp. nov., Novalena sinaloa sp. nov., and Novalena volcanes sp. nov.

MAP 4. Known distribution of Novalena cieneguilla sp. nov., Novalena clara sp. nov., Novalena durango sp. nov., Novalena ixtlan sp. nov., Novalena jiquilpan sp. nov., Novalena mexiquensis sp. nov., Novalena popoca sp. nov., and Novalena saltoensis sp. nov.

MAP 5. Known distribution of Novalena alamo sp. nov., Novalena alvarezi sp. nov., Novalena comaltepec sp. nov., Novalena divisadero sp. nov., Novalena garnica sp. nov., Novalena iviei sp. nov., Novalena leonensis sp. nov., and Novalena puebla sp. nov.

MAP 6. Known distribution of Novalena bipartita (Kraus 1955) , Novalena costata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) , Novalena laticava (Kraus 1955) , Novalena simplex (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) , Novalena ajusco sp. nov., Novalena irazu sp. nov., Novalena paricutin sp. nov., Novalena tacana sp. nov., and Hoffmannilena nova (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896) comb. nov.

MAP 7. Known distribution of Novalena approximata (Gertsch & Ivie 1936) , Novalena shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009) , Novalena atzimbo sp. nov., Novalena bosencheve sp. nov., Novalena cintalapa sp. nov., Novalena franckei sp. nov., Novalena perote sp. nov., and Novalena valdezi sp. nov.

MAP 8. Known distribution of Novalena attenuata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) , Novalena bipunctata Roth 1967 stat. rev., Novalena orizaba (Banks 1898) , Novalena gibarrai sp. nov., Novalena poncei sp. nov., Novalena punta sp. nov., Novalena triunfo sp. nov., and Novalena victoria sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 45. Hoffmannilena nova (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896) comb. nov., male pedipalp. a, prolateral view; b, ventral view; c, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; RTAb, basal projection of RTA; RTAd, distal projection of RTA; T, tegulum; TMP, tegular median process. Scale bar: 0.25 mm.