Anyphaena adnani Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Rivera-Quiroz, F. Andrés
name: Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Anyphaenidae
Anyphaena
Anyphaena adnani

description: Anyphaena adnani sp. nov.
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Figs 2A–B, 6–8, 52
Differential diagnosis
Males of A. adnani sp. nov. have the RTA anterior and posterior branches similar to those of A. bromelicola Platnick, 1977 (Platnick 1977: figs 5–6), but differ from this species by the sharper point of the RTA anterior branch and the ventral tegular projection tip acute and being less curved (Figs 7A, D, 8A, D). Females of this species are differentiated from those of A. bromelicola (Platnick 1977: figs 7–8) by the flattened hood, shorter midpiece, and wider atrium (Figs 7E, 8E).
Etymology
The species epithet is dedicated to Dr Adnan Selimovic, friend of the authors and taxonomy supporter.
Material examined
Holotype MEXICO • ♂; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Xamaticpac, Plot II; 19.12614° N, 97.06708° W; alt. 1700 m; 4–17 Feb. 2014; Arcanolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; BEAT; CNAN-T01522.
Allotype MEXICO • ♀; same locality as for holotype, Plot I; 19.14172° N, 97.20597° W; alt. 1710 m; 19–27 Apr. 2013; BEAT; AR_084; GenBank: ON619641; CNAN-T01499.
Paratypes MEXICO • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for allotype; CNAN-T01543 • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for allotype; CNAN-T01544 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for allotype; LUP; CNAN-T01545 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; 19–27 Apr. 2013; CNAN-T01546.
Additional material
MEXICO • 3 ♀♀; Veracruz, Calcahualco, Xamaticpac, Plot I; 19.14172° N, 97.20597° W; alt. 1710 m; 19–27 Apr. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; BEAT • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM057 • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; CRP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; LUP; ANYM064 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4–17 Feb. 2014; BEAT • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; Xamaticpac, Plot II; 19.12614° N, 97.06708° W; alt. 1700 m; 19–27 Apr. 2013; Aracnolab team leg.; oak and tropical wet forest fragment; BEAT • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM060 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM063 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LUP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; AR_0811; GenBank: ON619640 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM059 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4–17 Feb. 2014; BEAT • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; AR_081; GenBank: ON619640 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM058 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ANYM065 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; CRP.
Description
Female
Total length 4.15. Carapace yellow, pattern with brown longitudinal bands around cephalic area extending over most of thoracic area and clypeus (Fig. 6A, D). Sternum surface yellow, covered with brown patches, intercoxal triangles present on all legs. Labium brown, white at tip, longer than wide. Endites yellow, rectangular, slightly broader at tip (Fig. 6C). Chelicerae dark yellow, paturon covered with brown patches (Fig. 6B, D), promargin with four teeth, retromargin with six to seven denticles. Leg coloration: light yellow with scattered brown patches irregularly distributed from femora to tarsi (Fig. 6A–C). Abdomen white, hirsute, dorsal surface with two central brown chevrons, lateral and ventral surfaces white, covered with isolated dark patches, ventral surface with clear rectangle and dark longitudinal midline cut by tracheal spiracle at center of abdomen (Fig. 6A–C). Epigynum atrium rectangular, slightly longer than wide, delineated by almost straight sclerotized borders. Hood flattened, midpiece semicircular. Copulatory openings inside atrium posterior border (Figs 7F, 8F). Copulatory ducts coiled 360° around spermathecae, entering dorsal surface of spermathecae. Spermathecae dorsally projected. Fertilization ducts entering central margins of spermathecae and partially covered by copulatory ducts. Seminal receptacles curved and near posterior atrium border (Fig. 8E–F). Cephalothorax length 1.81, thoracic width 1.32, cephalic width 0.85. Clypeus height 0.07. Eye diameters:AME 0.06, ALE 0.1, PME 0.09, PLE 0.1. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.06, PME–PME 0.2, PME–PLE 0.07. Femur lengths: I 1.29, II 1.22, III 1.15, IV 1.46. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p0-0-2, r0-0-1. Tibia I v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus I v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur II d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0- 1. Tibia II v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus II v2-2-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Femur III d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1. Tibia III v1-1-2, p1-1-0, r1-1-0. Metatarsus III v2-2-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2. Femur IV d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1. Tibia IV v1-1-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-1-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2.
Male
Total length 4.2. Cephalothorax (Fig. 6E) and abdomen coloration as in female. Ventral surface of coxa smooth (Fig. 6F). Pedipalp ventral tegular projection straight, tip narrow and slightly curved (Figs 7A, 8A). Prolateral tegular projection curved and dorsally surrounding ventral tegular projection (Figs 7A–B, 8A–B). Retrolateral tegular projection enclosing other two tegular apophyses, ventral margin projected over median apophysis. Medial apophysis slightly curved, projected towards prolateral tegulum edge (Figs 7A, 8A). Embolus very sclerotized, same width as median apophysis, and coiling towards apex (Figs 7A–B, 8A, D). RTA anterior branch flat, curved and longer than wide, RTA posterior branch length almost half that of anterior branch, basal spine with small sharp point (Figs 7D, 8D). Prolateral apophysis absent (Figs 7B–C, 8B–C). Pedipalp tibia slightly longer than wide, with small white tubercle on basal ventral surface (Figs 7A, D, 8A, D). Cephalothorax length 2.1, thoracic width 1.58, cephalic width 0.9. Clypeus height 0.09. Eye diameters: AME 0.09, ALE 0.12, PME 0.09, PLE 0.07. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–PLE 0.05, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.09. Femur lengths: I 1.95, II 1.66, III 1.46, IV 1.95. Leg spination as in female except: femur I p0-1-2. Tibia I v2-2-1. Femur II p0-1-2. Tibia II v2-2-1. Tibia III p1-1-1, r1-1-1. Metatarsus IV v2-2-2.
Variation
Females (N= 10): total length 4.17 (± 0.39), cephalothorax length 1.79 (± 0.08), thoracic width 1.34 (± 0.07), cephalic width 0.86 (± 0.03), femur I 1.32 (± 0.06). Males (N =10): total length 4.13 (± 0.11), cephalothorax length 1.94 (±0.1), thoracic width 1.53 (± 0.06), cephalic width 0.86 (± 0.03), femur I 1.57 (± 0.13).
Distribution
This species is found in oak mixed with tropical wet forest fragments around Pico de Orizaba Volcano National Park (Fig. 52).
Natural history
Most specimens were collected over vegetation by direct searching or with a beating tray. This species is present all year-round.
description: Published as part of Rivera-Quiroz, F. Andrés & Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando, 2023, Integration or minimalism: twenty-one new species of ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae: Anyphaena) from Mexico, pp. 1-94 in European Journal of Taxonomy 865 on pages 13-17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.865.2097, http://zenodo.org/record/7867448