Makdiops shiva
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Selenopidae
Genus: Makdiops
Name
Makdiops shiva Crews & Harvey, 2011 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype female (CAS 9031584): Bhimashankar, Maharashtra, India, 19°04'N, 73°32'E, 1–5.II.1990, V. and B. Roth.
Other material examined:
India: Maharashtra same data as holotype, 1♀ (CAS).
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the Hindu god Shiva, as the type locality is the location of one of the 12 traditional Jyotirlingas of Shiva. The name is to be treated as a noun in apposition.
Diagnosis
This species can be differentiated from all others by having 4 pairs of ventral tibial spines on legs I and II, and by the epigynal pockets reaching the sinuous margin where copulatory openings are located (Fig. 89). Males unknown.
Description
Holotype:Color: carapace red-brown, darker marks laterally and mediolaterally; sternum yellow brown, darker around border; chelicerae red-brown with darker infuscations medially and laterally; maxillae pale yellow-brown, lightening distally; labium pale brown, lightening distally; abdomen dorsally grey-brown with darker flecks medially and laterally, festoon present but inconspicuous; ventrally pale yellow-brown; legs yellow brown with darker annulations, legs darkening distally. Cephalothorax: setae long and thin; carapace flattened; 0.89 times longer than broad; fovea longitudinal, broad, somewhat shallow. Eyes:AER nearly straight; PER slightly recurved; PME larger than AME, PLE largest, ALE smallest; eye group width 1.99; eye diameters, AME 0.17, ALE 0.13, PME 0.23, PLE 0.27; interdistances AME-ALE 0.48, PME-PLE 0.42, ALE-PLE 0.29, AME-PME 0.1; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.19, PME-PME 0.75; clypeus 0.1 high. Mouthparts: chelicerae with a few stout setae medially and anteriorly; lateral boss present, smooth; promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labium distally rounded. Sternum:0.98 times longer than broad, posteriorly indented. Pedipalp:claw present with c. 6 teeth. Legs:leg I only slightly shorter than legs II, III and IV; leg formula 2341; scopulae absent on all legs; tarsus I–IV with strong claw tufts; pr claw with c. 10 teeth, rl claw with none; spination: leg I, Fm pr 1–1–0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2–2; Ti and Mt I and II with strong spines; leg II, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti 2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2–2; leg III, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti 1–0–0; Mt 2–0; leg IV, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 1–0; Mt 1–0. Abdomen:terminal setal tufts absent. Epigyne:lateral lobes coming together posteriorly, rectangular to slightly sinusoidal median area formed by lobes, epigynal pockets present; internally wide ducts lead to ovoid spermathecae, fertilization ducts located medially, posterodorsal fold absent (Figs 89–90). Dimensions: Total length 8.12. Cephalothorax length 3.44, width 3.85. Sternum length 1.97, width 2.01. Abdomen length 4.68, width 3.70. Pedipalp: Fm 0.96, Pt 0.65, Ti 0.71, Ta 1.11, (total) 3.43. Leg I: Fm 3.22, Pt 1.62, Ti 2.86, Mt 2.64, Ta 1.07, (total) 11.41. Leg II: Fm 4.07, Pt 1.29, Ti 3.66, Mt 2.64, Ta 1.15, (total) 12.81. Leg III: Fm 3.85, Pt 1.56, Ti 3.23, Ta 1.15, (total) 12.72. Leg IV: Fm 4.07, Pt 1.34, Ti 2.96, Mt 2.89, Ta 1.10, (total) 12.36.
Natural history
No data.
Distribution
The type locality only (Map 3).
Original Description
- Crews, S; Harvey, M; 2011: The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys, 99: 1-104. doi
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