Sparianthina saaristoi 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 saaristoi

description: <i>Sparianthina saaristoi</i> sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AFA6E26E-B16E-4AF3-B268-4BE654281A89 Figs 71-73, 79 <b>Types</b>. ♁ holotype from Venezuela, Merida, Mucuy, Tabay [08°38’N, 71°04’W], 17.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck, AMNH. Paratypes: 4 ♁♁, Venezuela, Merida, El Valle, 15 km NE Merida [08°35’N, 71°08’W], 24.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (2 ♁♁ AMNH; 1 ♁ IBSP 99864; 1 ♁ SMF: PJ 1722); 2 ♁♁, Venezuela, Merida, Telef. Esta. La Montana [08°35’ N; 71°08’ W], 27.VI.–26.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck (IBSP 99862; SMF: PJ 3116). <b>Further material examined</b> . VENEZUELA. <i>Merida</i>: 10 ♁♁, Tabay [08°38’N, 71°04’W], Mucuy, Send. Lag. Suero, 17.VI.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH); 1 ♁, 19.VI.–24.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH); 12 ♁♁, Merida [08°35’N, 71°08’W], Hechicera, Monte Zerpa, 22.VII.–2.VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (8 ♁♁ AMNH, 2 ♁♁ IBSP 99863, 2 ♁♁ SMF: PJ 3114-3115); 4 ♁♁, Telef. Esta. La Montana, 27.VI.–26. VII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH); 2 ♁♁, El Valle, 15 km NE Merida, 24.VI.–2. VIII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH); <i>Tachira</i>: 1 ♁, Pregonero [08°01’N, 71°45’W], Presa Las Cuevas, 9.–31.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH); 1 ♁, Camp Siberia, Laldea, 10.–31.VII.1989, S. and J. Peck (AMNH). <b>Etymology</b>. The species is dedicated to Michael Saaristo (1938-2008) for his many contributions to the taxonomy of spiders; name in genitive case. <b>Diagnosis</b>. The males of <i>Sparianthina saaristoi</i> sp. n. are distinguished from those of the remaining species of the genus by the slender embolus without projections and by the RTA having only one dorsal branch (Figs 71-73). <b>Description</b>. Male (AMNH, holotype). Total length 7.6. Prosoma: 3.8 long, 3.0 wide. Opisthosoma: 3.8 long, 2.8 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.22, ALE 0.28, PME 0.22, PLE 0.30, AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.26, AME–PME 0.20, ALE–PLE 0.18. Legs: I: femur 4.3, patella 1.5, tibia 4.3, metatarsus 3.9, tarsus 1.5, total 15.5; II: 4.8, 1.5, 5.0, 4.4, 1.7, 17.4; III: 3.9, 1.3, 3.5, 3.4, 1.3, 13.4; IV: 4.6, 1.3, 4.1, 4.6, 1.6, 16.2. 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: d1-0-1; v2-2-2- 2-0; tibia III–IV: p1-0-1; d1-0-1; 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. Sperm duct running marginally at the distal and proximal tegulum and submarginally at the retrolateral tegulum (Fig. 72). Colouration. Prosoma brownish orange, brown along fovea and thoracic striae. Eye borders black. Chelicerae orange-brown. Legs and pedipalps orange with brown markings at spine bases. Labium and gnathocoxae brownish-orange, distally lighter. Sternum pale orange with slightly darker margins. Opisthosoma yellowish-grey (Fig. 79). Female unknown. Variation. Males (n=10). Total length 6.0-7.6; prosoma 2.9-3.8; femur I 3.9-4.8. <b>Distribution</b>. North-western Venezuela, states of Merida and Tachira.
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 133-136, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.236, http://zenodo.org/record/576479