Revalidation of Acanthinozodium Denis, 1966 with description of three new species and discovery of a remarkable male palpal character (Araneae, Zodariidae)
Author
Rudy Jocqué
Author
Arnaud Henrard
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-03-04
114
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journal article
32667
10.5852/ejt.2015.114
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Acanthinozodium quercicola
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:917D7A4F-2400-416F-8BC2-08013EB70E44
Figs 10–11
,
13
Diagnosis
The male of this species is characterized by the shape of the sinuous, by dorsolaterally Fattened RTA and by the MA with dorsal bulge.
Etymology
The name refers to the habitat where the
types
were found:
Quercus suber
woodland.
Material examined
Holotype
MOROCCO
:
Ƌ
,
Oulmès
,
33°26’’ N
6°1’0’’ W
,
4 Nov. 2011
,
sieving leaf litter of
Quercus suber
,
Brustel H
. (
MRAC 243549
)
.
Paratype
1 Ƌ
: same data as holotype (
MRAC 243549
)
.
Description
Male
TOTAL LENGTH. 3.91.
CARAPACE. (
Fig. 10
A). 1.92 long and 1.49 wide.
COLOUR. (
Fig. 10
A–B). Carapace and chelicerae brownish yellow; clypeus, around eyes and cephalic area with dark brown suffusion forming butterFy pattern in front of black fovea; thoracic area with darker striae; mouthparts pale yellow; sternum yellow with dark margin; legs brownish yellow. Abdomen: dorsum dark sepia, no pale spot in front of pale cream spinnerets; sides and venter pale sepia.
CLYPEUS. 0.20 high.
EYES. AME large, round; anterior eye row straight, posterior row strongly procurved; AME: 0.15: ALE: 0.10; PME: 0.08; PLE: 0.08; AME-AME: 0.08; AME-ALE: 0.02; PME-PME: 0.20; PME-PLE: 0.05. MOQ: width
0.34 in
front, 0.46 at the back; 0.31 long.
STERNUM. 0.99 long, 0.85 wide.
LEGS. Spination: femora: I with 3 dorsal 1 prolateral, II with 2, III and IV with 1 dorsal spine; two rows of long ventral setae.
ABDOMEN. With row of modiFed Fat setae in front of spinnerets preceded by dense cover of Fattened setae.
LEG MEASUREMENTS:
Leg
|
F
|
P
|
T
|
Mt
|
t
|
Total
|
I
|
1.89 |
0.70 |
1.75 |
2.03 |
1.19 |
7.56 |
II
|
1.89 |
0.70 |
1.61 |
1.75 |
1.05 |
7.00 |
III
|
1.61 |
0.70 |
1.26 |
1.96 |
0.84 |
6.37 |
IV
|
2.24 |
0.77 |
2.10 |
2.31 |
0.91 |
8.33 |
Fig. 10.
Acanthinozodium quercicola
sp. nov.
, holotype Ƌ.
A
. Habitus, dorsal view.
B
. Idem, ventral view.
C
. Palp, dorsal view; arrow indicates the crater-like plug pit.
D
. Idem, prolateral view.
E
. Idem, ventral view.
F
. Idem, retrolateral view; arrow indicates the tooth at base of the RTA. Scale bars: A–B = 1 mm; C–F = 0.2 mm.
PALP. (
Figs 10
C–F, 11). Tibia slightly produced forward dorsally; RTA short, dorsoventrally Fattened, sinuous in ventral view; cymbium with dorsal plug pit in front of tibial protrusion; embolus broad at base, tapered to rounded tip with dorsal and ventral lamellae; MA fairly long, sickle shaped, with strong dorsal boss; conductor membranous, rounded.
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Only known from the
type
locality in Morocco (
Fig. 13
).