Storenomorpha paguma Grismado & Ramírez, 2004, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Grismado, Cristian J.
name: Ramírez, Martín J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Storenomorpha
Storenomorpha paguma

description: Storenomorpha paguma sp. nov.
(Figs. 1­12)
Type material: Male holotype from VIETNAM: HA TINH Prov.: Huong Son District, An River, Huong Son Forest, 13 Km W Rt. 8, ca. 18°20'52"N, 105°14'41"E, (ref. HS52) 680 m, mammalogists pitfalls, 23.IV.1998, D. Silva, one male paratype (SEM preparation MJR 138) same data (ref. HS31), 12.V.1998 (both deposited in AMNH).
Etymology: The specific name refers to the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), a common viverrid carnivore in the Oriental Region, and is an allusion to the central white and contrasting band on the carapace, which resembles the color pattern of the civet’s face.
Note: Males and females were collected from localities separated by about 100 km, and are provisionally matched by their very similar appearance.
Diagnosis: Males of the new species resemble those of S. reinholdae and S. nupta in having a retrolateral tibial apophysis with a more or less truncated distal margin and a long dorsolateral process (Jocqué & Bosmans, 1989: figs. 14,15,17,18), but differ from the former by the shorter and curved tip of the median apophysis (Figs. 8, 9) and from the latter by the shorter, dorsolateral process of the RTA (Figs. 9, 10). The abdominal pattern is also different (Fig. 7; Jocqué & Bosmans, 1989: figs. 13, 16). Females are similar to those of S. arboccoae in having an arrow­like abdominal dorsal median stripe, but differ by their genitalia (Figs. 11–12): a larger epigynum, with the middle field quadrangular (as in S. nupta; Jocqué & Bosmans, 1989: fig. 19) but differing in having a deep posteroventral concavity.
Description (male holotype): Total length 10.59. Carapace length 5.89, width 4.69. Sternum length 2.32, width 1.80. Chelicerae length 1.92; clypeus height 1.08. Legs, length of articles: femora: I 4.72, II 4.00, III 3.60, IV 4.40; patellae: I 2.28, II 2.20, III 1.64, IV 1.92; tibiae: I 3.68, II 3.08, III 2.40, IV 3.16.; metatarsi: I 2.96, II 2.48, III 1.76, IV 2.64; tarsi: I 2.00, II 1.64, III 1.32, IV 1.48. Macrosetae: Tibia II, ventral r1ap spine. Metatarsi: I ventral 0­0­2­2­2­2 cusps; II, ventral 0­0­2­2­2­2 cusps plus 2ap spines; III and IV, 4ap plus 4ap black cusps, just before each distal spine. Remaining articles devoid of macrosetae. Carapace cuticle granulated, dark reddish brown with median lighter reddish brown stripe, with white pubescence from the ocular area to the back (Fig. 7). Clypeus without white hairs or lighter band; wide triangular chilum with several hairs. Sternum, labium and endites reddish brown. Legs: reddish brown, femora darker than other segments, with annular light bands around their bases (more diffused on two anterior pairs). Abdomen dorsally brown with one median and two lateral lighter stripes with whitish hairs; a wide trapezoid spot also with whitish hairs above the spinnerets. Abdominal sigillae (marking apodemes) orangish, two pairs on dorsum, on both sides of median stripe, one pair above pedicel, and one lateral above each pulmonary spiracle. Venter brown with two oblique yellowish wide bands from epigastric fold towards spinnerets. Pre­epigastric area brown at middle; posterior margin of epiandrum orange, sclerotized, slightly protruding, with two yellowish oval spots in front.
Female (ca. 5 km from Khe Bu): Total length 13.37. Carapace length 6.22, width 4.85. Sternum length 2.48, width 1.68. Chelicerae length 1.88; clypeus height 0.90. Legs, length of articles: femora: I 4.40, II 3.88, III 3.48, IV 4.20; patellae: I 2.32, II 2.24, III 2.12, IV 2.24; tibiae: I 3.28, II 2.92, III 2.08, IV 3.16.; metatarsi: I 2.52, II 2.32, III 1.68, IV 2.68; tarsi: I 1.48, II 1.60, III 1.28, IV 1.44. Macrosetae: Tibia II, ventral r1ap spine. Metatarsi: I ventral 0­0­2­2­2­2 cusps plus 2ap spines; II, ventral = I but cusps asymetrical (three pairs on left, four on right, not well paired); III–IV, ventral 4ap spines plus 3ap black cusps, just before each distal spine except the most retrolateral. Remaining articles devoid of macrosetae. Color as in male, but dorsal median stripe of abdomen fused with posterior spot, forming an arrow (as in S. arboccoae – Jocqué & Bosmans 1989: fig. 6–). Abdominal sigillae as in the male. Epigynum (Fig. 11): Middle field quadrangular in ventral view, with deep posteroventral concavity. Vulva (Fig. 12): Copulatory ducts coiled, broadened close to spermatheca, spermathecae oval, fertilization ducts on posterior margin. Four simple tracheae.
Other material examined: NGHÊ AN Prov.: Con Cuong District: (ref. NS9) ca. 5 km from Khe Bu, along stream, night, 1.V.1998, D. Silva and Minh, 2 females (AMNH; SEM preparations MJR 102, 123).
Distribution: Known from Provinces of Ha Tinh and Nghê An, Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Grismado, Cristian J. & Ramírez, Martín J., 2004, A new species of the genus Storenomorpha Simon from Vietnam (Araneae, Zodariidae), pp. 1-7 in Zootaxa 453 on pages 2-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157343