Sparianthina adisi Jaeger &amp; Rheims &amp; Labarque 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Jaeger, Peter
name: Rheims, Cristina
name: Labarque, Facundo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Sparianthina
Sparianthina adisi

description: <i>Sparianthina adisi</i> sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 289320CB-B8E3-4C09-90BB-9DA20656D9C5 Figs 65-67, 77 <b>Types</b>. ♁ holotype, Venezuela, Merida, ULA Biological Reserve, 20 km SE Azulita [08°17’N, 72°05’W], 28.VI.–3.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH). Paratypes: 1 ♁, same data as for holotype (AMNH); 2 ♁♁, Venezuela, Merida, Mucuy, Tabay [08°38’N, 71°04’W], 19.VI.–24.VII.1989, FIT, S. and J. Peck (IBSP 99860; SMF: PJ 1721); 1 ♁, Venezuela, Merida, El Valle, 15km NE Merida, 24.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH). <b>Further material examined</b> . VENEZUELA. Merida: 3 ♁♁, Mucuy, Send. Lag. Suero, Tabay [08°38’N, 71°04’W], 19.VI.–24.VII.1989, S. &amp; J. Peck (2 ♁♁ AMNH; 1 ♁ IBSP 99861). <b>Etymology</b>. The species is dedicated to Joachim Adis (1950-2007) for his important contributions about the Amazonian forest and its ecology and for his longstanding contribution to the study of arachnids in South America; name in genitive case. <b>Diagnosis</b>. The males of <i>Sparianthina adisi</i> sp. n. are distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the bifid RTA with similar sized branches (Figs 66-67). It resembles <i>Sparianthina deltshevi</i> sp. n. by the long and slender projection at the retrolateral base of the embolus (Figs 66, 69), but is distinguished from this species by exhibiting a much narrower projection. <b>Description</b>. Male (AMNH, holotype). Total length 6.6. Prosoma: 3.0 long, 3.0 wide. Opisthosoma: 3.5 long, 2.3 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.26, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.22, AME–PME 0.16, ALE–PLE 0.18. Legs: I: femur 4.3, patella 1.5, tibia 4.5, metatarsus 3.9, tarsus 1.4, total 15.6; II: 4.9, 1.6, 4.9, 4.2, 1.6, 17.2; III: 3.9, 1.3, 3.4, 3.3, 1.2, 13.1; IV: 4.5, 1.2, 4.1, 4.2, 1.5, 15.5. Spination: femur I–III: p1-1-1; d0-1-1; r1-1-1; femur IV: p1-1-1; d0-1-1; r0-0-1; tibia I–II: v2-2-2-2-0; tibia III–IV: p1-0-1; d0-0-1; r1-0-1; v2-2-0; metatarsus I–II: v2-2-0; metatarsus III: p1-1- 0; r1-1-0; v2-2-0; metatarsus IV: p1-1-2; r1-1-2; v2-2-0. Palp as in diagnosis. Embolus and conductor arising from tegulum at a 9-o’clockposition (Fig. 66). Ventral tibial lobe small and slightly shifted retrolateral. Tegular subembolic projection notched prolaterally to the subtegulum. Conductor hyaline and laminar. Sperm duct running submarginally (Figs 65-67). Colouration. Prosoma orange-brown, slightly darker at eye area and brown along fovea and thoracic striae. Chelicerae orange. Pedipalps dark orange. Legs orange with light brown markings at spine bases. Sternum yellow with orange margins. Gnathocoxae pale yellow. Labium pale yellow, light brown at base. Opisthosoma pale yellow (Fig. 77). Female unknown. Variation. Males (n=8): total length 6.2-7.4; prosoma 3.0-3.6; femur I 3.6-4.5. <b>Distribution</b>. North-western Venezuela, state of Merida.
description: Published as part of <i>Jaeger, Peter, Rheims, Cristina &amp; Labarque, Facundo, 2009, On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae), pp. 115-147 in ZooKeys 16 (16)</i> on pages 130-132, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.236, http://zenodo.org/record/576479