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A new species of Steriphopus Simon, 1887 from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae, Chediminae), with the proposal of a new combination, pp. 97-100 in Zootaxa, 5474(1), 97-98, (2024-06-25) |
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Steriphopus wangala Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran sp. nov. Figs 1–2 Type material. Holotype ♀ (ZSI / WGRC /I. R.INV.26757) from INDIA: Meghalaya: Baladinggre, West Garo Hills (25°30’28.0”N 90°17’55.5”E; 1056 m a.s.l.), from ground, by hand, 13.IV.2022, leg. G. Kadam. Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, referring to the harvest festival known as ‘the 100 drums festival’ among the Garo community of Meghalaya. This festival is held in honour of Saljong, the Sun-God of fertility, marking the end of a period of toil, and indicating the beginning of the winter season. Diagnosis. The female of S . wangala sp. nov. is most similar to those of S. benjamini Zonstein & Marusik, 2023, the only known Indian congener, as both have well developed median, unpaired scutum, and long connective stalks of grape-shaped glands with single loop, but it can be distinguished by closely spaced dot-like scuta ( vs . widely spaced), presence of stripe-like lateral scuta ( vs . absent), and medially placed and closely spaced anterior globular parts of receptacles ( vs . basolaterally placed and widely spaced) (cf. Figs 1F–H, 2A–B and Zonstein & Marusik, 2023: figs 17, 21). Description. Female (holotype). Habitus and somatic structures as in Fig. 1A–E. Carapace, clypeus, sternum, mouthparts and legs scarlet red, with orange shades on legs II–IV and spinnerets; opisthosoma creamy white. Cheliceral furrow with 8–10 peg teeth; promargin lacks true tooth, retromargin with two (Fig. 1E, arrows). Opisthosoma ovate (Fig. 1A, C); epigastric scutum nearly circular (Fig. 1B); venter with seven thin scuta lying near epigastric scutum, one pair of lateral, one pair of stripe-like and one pair of dot-like lateral, and one patch-like median, unpaired and posteriorly with pair of dot-like scuta on both sides of tracheal spiracle (Fig. 1B). Body length 7.36. Carapace 2.66 long, 2.09 wide. Opisthosoma 4.69 long, 3.08 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.07, AME 0.13, PLE 0.08, PME 0.08; AME–ALE 0.14, AME–AME 0.12, AME–PME ... |