Ariadna tovarensis Simon 1893

• Main Authors: Giroti, André Marsola, Brescovit, Antonio Domingos
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Segestriidae; Ariadna; Ariadna tovarensis; Galapagos; Greenland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5987874; https://zenodo.org/record/5987874

Ariadna tovarensis Simon, 1893 Figures 26, 68 Ariadne tovarensis Simon, 1893 b: 448 (♀ lectotype and 2♀ lectoparatypes from Colônia ToVar [10°24'30"N; 67°17'22"W], Aragua, Venezuela, Simon leg., deposited in MNHNP-AR 14388 and MNHNP-AR 14388; 14389, respectively, designated by Beatty (1970), examined). Ariadna tovarensis— Petrunkevitch (1911: 131).— Bonnet (1955: 738).— Beatty (1970: 472).— World Spider Catalog (2018). Diagnosis. Ariadna tovarensis is similar to A. caparao n. sp. due to the elongated lobes of the anterior receptaculum, but differs by presenting the ventral lobe almost straight and shorter than the DL (Fig. 26E‒F). Description. Male. Unknown. Female (Lectotype). Carapace and chelicerae orange (Fig. 26A). Endites yellow, labium orange. Sternum yellow, with darker margins (Fig. 26B). Palps yellow, darkening gradually in distal direction. Legs yellow, with pairs I‒II darker (Fig. 26C‒D). Abdomen light grey (Fig. 26A‒B). Total length 7.4; carapace 3.04 long, 2.16 wide. Legs: robust and coated with setae; legs I‒II with ventro-prolateral and ventro-retrolateral tibial macrosetae of similar size, and metatarsal macrosetae of different sizes (Fig. 26C‒D). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Leg measurements: I, femur 2.24, patella 0.96, tibia 1.6, metatarsus 1.52, tarsus 0.6, total 6.92; II, 2.0, 0.96, 1.6, 1.4, 0.52, 6.48; III, 1.6, 0.76, 1.0, 0.92, 0.44, 4.72; IV, 1.92, 0.96, 1.44, 1.12, 0.52, 5.96. Macrosetae: I, femur D0-0-0-0- 0-2-0, P0-0-0-0-2-1-0; tibia P0-1-0-1-1/0-1-0, vp1-0-1-0-1-0-1, vr1/2-0-1-0-1-0-1, R1-0-1-0-1-0-1; metatarsus vp1-0/1-1-1-1-1-1, vr1-0-1-1-0-1-1 (Fig. 26C‒D); II, femur D0-0-0-0-0-2-0, P0-0-0-0-0/1-1-0; tibia P0-0/1-0-1-1/ 0-1-0, vp0-0-0-1/0-0-1-1, vr1-0-1-0-1-0-1, R0-0-1-0-1-0-1/0; metatarsus vp1-0-1-1-0-1-1, vr1-0-1-1-0-1-1; IV, metatarsus vr metatarsal comb with 4 macrosetae. Internal genitalia: anterior receptaculum with glandular plate located in the median region, and expanded in its proximal region (Fig. 26E‒F). Variation. Female (n=3): Total length 6.04‒7.52; carapace 2.6‒3.04 long, 1.76‒2.16 wide; femur I 1.96‒2.24. Distribution. Only known from the type locality (Fig. 68). : Published as part of Giroti, André Marsola & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2018, The taxonomy of the American Ariadna Audouin (Araneae: Synspermiata: Segestriidae), pp. 1-114 in Zootaxa 4400 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4400.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1207641 : {"references": ["Simon, E. (1893 a) Histoire naturelle das araignees. Vol. 1. Librarie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 26 pp. [pp. 257 - 488]", "Beatty, J. A. (1970) The spider genus Ariadna in the Americas (Araneae, Dysderidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 139 (8), 433 - 518.", "Petrunkevitch, A. (1911) A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 29, 1 - 791. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 23819", "Bonnet, P. (1955) Bibliographia araneorum. 2 (1). Les Artisans de L'Imprimerie Douladoure, Toulouse, 919 pp.", "World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, version 19.0. Avaliable from: http: // wsc. nmbe. ch / (accessed on 16 January 2018)"]}