Neoanagraphis pearcei Gertsch 1941
Creators: name: Vetter, Richard S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Liocranidae
Neoanagraphis
Neoanagraphis pearcei

description: <i>Neoanagraphis pearcei</i> Gertsch 1941 Figs. 6-8, 10 <i>Neoanagraphis pearcei</i> Gertsch, 1941: 19 -20, fig. 46. Male holotype - Yermo, San Bernardino Co., California, 28 October 1939, in AMNH, examined. <b>Diagnosis.—</b> See <i>N.</i> chamberlini. <b>Description.</b> — <i>Male:</i> Total length 4.6 (3.2- 6.8). Carapace 2.3 (1.7-3.0) length, 1.8 (1.3- 2.6) width. Abdomen 2.4 (1.5-3.8) length, 1.4 (0.8-2.2) width. Cymbium 0.80 (0.49-1.02) length. Additional spination from that presented for genus: femora: I r 1-1-0-1, II r 1- 1-1 or 1-1-0-1, III r 0-1-1 or 1-1-1, IV r 0-1- 1; tibiae: I p 1-1-0-1 or l-l-l-l, r 1-1-1, v 2-2 -2-(2) (apicals weak), II p l-l-l-l, r 1-1- 1, v 2-2 -2-(2) (apicals weak), III r 0-1-1 or 1- 1-1, IV r 1-1-1; metatarsi I p (variable with 0 to 2 spines), r 0-1-0 or none, II p 1-1-0, r 0- 1-0, III d 0-1-0 or 1-1-0. <i>Female:</i> Total length 6.0 (4.0-8.1). Carapace 2.8 (2.1-3.5) length, 2.2 (1.6-2.9) width. Abdomen 3.2 (1.8-4.8) length, 2.1 (1.2-2.9) width. Epigynal plate 0.15 (0.10-0.18) length, 0.24 (0.18-0.31) width. Epigynal plate bordered anteriolaterally by minute posteriorlydirected spurs; at posterior edge, plate typically rounded, U-shaped, extending only about to midpoint of underlying spermathecae (which can be seen through integument). Spination as in male except for: femora: I r (variable with 0 to 2 spines); tibiae: I p (variable with 0 to 3 spines), r none, II p 1-1-0-1, r none, IV r 0-1-1 or 1-1-1; metatarsi: II p none, r none, III d (variable from 1 to 3 spines). <b>Distribution.</b> —Eastern Sierra Range south into the mountains surrounding the Coachella Valley in California, southern portions of Nevada and Utah, north and western Arizona (Fig. 10). <b>Material examined.—</b> Holotype male, 86 <i>&amp;male;,</i> 2 7&amp;female;, 25 imm. <i>UNITED</i> STATES: <b>Arizona:</b> <i>Mohave</i> County: 1 mi SE Bullhead City, 600 feet, pitfall trap, 22-26 December 1980, 1&amp;male;1&amp;female;, B. Phelps (<i>CDFA</i>); Virgin River, 3 mi N, 7 mi E Littlefield, in pitfall trap, March-October 1982, 1&amp;female;, D. Giuliani (CAS). <i>Yuma</i> County: near Sheep Tank Mine, 29 October 1958, 1&amp;female;, V. Roth (VDR). <b>California:</b> Inyo <i>County:</i> E. side Owens Lake, 17 September 1977, imm., F. Andrews &amp; A. Hardy (CDFA); Eureka Valley, pitfall traps, November-December 1977, 2 <i>&amp;male;</i> f February 1978, 1&amp;female;, April 1978, 1&amp;female;, D. Giulani, A.R. Hardy &amp; F.G. Andrews (CDFA); N. Eureka Valley, Inyo Mountains, Willow Springs Canyon, 3000-3600 feet, 29 September 1980 — 18 March 1981, 4 <i>&amp;male;;</i> 6 mi E. Independence, 4600 feet, 6 December 1984 - 20 December 1986, 1&amp;female;; White Mountains, 5000 feet, 6 mi NE Big Pine, 25 April- 22 July 1982, 1&amp;female;; 3 mi SW Big Pine, in pitfall, 6 October 1985 - 13 May 1986, 1 <i>&amp;male;;</i> 1 mi W Big Pine, 4100 feet, October 1985 - May 1986, 2 <i>&amp;male;,</i> D. <i>Giuliani</i> (CAS); Death Valley National Monument, Scotty’s Ranch at Travertine Springs, 2500 feet, 13 January 1981, 1&amp;female;, V. Roth (CAS); China Lake, Mt. Springs Canyon, 4500 feet, crawling on sand dune at night, 10 October 1997, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> G. Pratt (UCR). <i>Mono</i> County: 9 mi N Bishop, Fish Slough, 4200 feet, sand dunes, 9 June-9 August 1987, 1&amp;female;, D. Giuliani (CAS). <i>Riverside</i> County: Joshua Tree National Monument, pitfall traps, Fried Liver Wash, 30 October 1965, 1 <i>&amp;male;;</i> Quail Guzzler, 29-30 October 1965, 2 <i>&amp;male;,</i> Pinyon Wells, 11 November 1965, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> 0.7 mi S. Squaw Tank, no date, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> Pleasant Valley, 2 December 1966, 1&amp;male;; 30 October 1968, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> E.L. Sleeper, S.L. Jenkins (JLO); Boyd Desert Research Center, Coyote Creek, 3.5 mi S Palm Desert, pitfall trap, 10 May 1975, 1&amp;female;, W. Icenogle (WRI); Santa Rosa Mountains, Deep Canyon, 0.5 mi S junction Hwy 74 &amp; Pinyon Crest turnoff, 3600 feet, in <i>Aphonopelma</i> burrow, 22 July 1976, 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> 1&amp;female; (collected as immatures, matured late August), W. Icenogle (WRI); Cactus City, 10 mi W Chiriaco Summit off I-10, 1300 feet, in pitfall trap in wash, 29 April 1999, 1&amp;female;, 18 December 1999, 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> 1&amp;female;, R. Vetter (UCR). <i>San Bernardino</i> County: Yermo, 28 October 1939, 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> (holotype), W.M. Pearce (AMNH); Fort Irwin, Avawatz Mountains, 6150 feet, 22 May-17 June 1996, 1&amp;female;, G. Pratt &amp; C. Pierce (UCR), 4250 feet, 26 May 1997, 1 imm., G. Pratt, W. Savary &amp; D. Ubick (CAS); Pisgah Lava Flats, 24 May 1960, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> B. Banta (CAS); Pisgah Crater, 11 February 1961, 2&amp;female;; 11 March 1961, 1&amp;female;; 12 April 1961, 1&amp;female;; 11 November 1961, 2&amp;male;1&amp;female;; 19 November 1962, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> Norris &amp; Heath (AMNH). <b>Nevada:</b> <i>Nye</i> County: Nevada Test Site (see below), 62 <i>&amp;male;</i> 7 &amp;female;, 23 imm., Allred et al.(AMNH); Monitor Summit, 3 mi N, 17 E Tonopah, 6400 feet, March- October 1982, 1 <i>&amp;male;,</i> D. Giuliani (CAS). <b>Utah:</b> <i>Washington County:</i> 10 mi N St. George, 21 July 1952, 1&amp;female;, M. Cazier, W. Gertsch, Schrammel (AMNH). Additional locales presented in Fig. 10 are listed in Allred &amp; Gertsch (1976) and Allred &amp; Kaston (1983) but material was not examined. <b>Utah:</b> <i>Kane</i> County: Nipple Bench, Smoky Mountain, Ahlstrom Point.
description: Published as part of <i>Vetter, Richard S., 2001, Revision Of The Spider Genus Neoanagraphis (Araneae, Liocranidae), pp. 1-10 in The Journal of Arachnology 29 (1)</i> on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.803954
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