Zorocrates chamela, PLATNICK & UBICK, 2007
publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3579[1:AROTSG]2.0.CO;2 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/82407610-C719-FFDA-8843-F99110005C9B |
treatment provided by |
Carolina |
scientific name |
Zorocrates chamela |
status |
sp. nov. |
Zorocrates chamela View in CoL , new species figures 37, 38 View Figs ; map 3
TYPE: Female holotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 150–300 feet at the UNAM field station at Chamela, Rt. 20, km 59, north of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico ( Apr. 4–7, 1985; R. Schuh, B. Massie), deposited in AMNH .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of this small species are also unknown, but females can easily be recognized by the narrow median epigynal septum ( fig. 37 View Figs ).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 6. Coloration as in Z. badius . Leg spination: femora: I d1-1-0, p0- 0-2, r0-0-0; II d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III p0-1- 1, r0-0-1; IV p0-0-1, r0-0-1; patellae IV p0-0-0, r0-1-0; tibiae: I d0-0-0, p0-0-0, v4-2-2, r0-0-0; II d0-0-0, p1-0-1, v2-1p-2, r0-0-0; III r1-0-1; IV d1-1-1; metatarsi: I p0-0-0, v2-2-2, r0-0-0; II p0-0-1, r0-0-0; III r1-2-2; IV p1-2-2. Cribellum present. Median epigynal septum narrow, surrounded by elevated lateral margins for most of its length; spermathecal ducts largely fused ( figs. 37, 38 View Figs ).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Jalisco, Mexico (map 3).
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