Zorocrates oaxaca, 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 : 41-42

Zorocrates oaxaca , new species figures 114, 115 ; map 4

TYPE: Female holotype from Oaxaca, Mexico (Feb. 6, 1939), deposited in AMNH .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females resemble those of Z. karli and Z. nochixtlan but have a medially produced anterior epigynal margin and much larger anterolateral epigynal ducts ( figs. 114, 115 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 9. Coloration as in Z. fuscus . Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0- 0-2, r0-0-0; II p0-1-1, r0-0-0; IV p0-1-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV 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. Cribellum present. Anterior epigynal margin produced posteriorly at midline, posterolateral epigynal margins pronounced; spermathecal ducts convoluted, with enlarged anterolateral blind ends ( figs. 114, 115 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

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.