Andoharano simoni sp. nov., female from Madagascar, Toliara, Eloetse (CAS 9014032), cephalothorax. A. Dorsal. Inset showing feathery seta. B. Eye region, dorsal. C. Lateral. D. Ventral. Inset showing sternum sigillum. E. Anterior. F. Anterior, detail of labrum and left serrula. Abbreviations: L ¼ labrum, S ¼ serrula.

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... Pickard-Cambridge. This might suggest that Andoharano has affinities with the New World fauna, with puzzling biogeographic implications. Lehtinen, 1967: 214. Type species by original designation Filistata decaryi Fage, 1945 Diagnosis. This genus can be easily distinguished from all Old World filistatids by the presence of true feathery setae ( Fig. 2A). Both males and females usually present an hourglass-shaped brown band extending from the eye region to the posterior end of the carapace ( Fig. 12; absent in some species). Males can be further distinguished by the small cymbium with a straight anterior margin and bearing a retrolateral forelock of long setae that run along with the ...

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... Abdomen with well-defined chevron-like pattern, usually with around six markings; ventral side lightly colored, with bands alongside spinnerets. Prosoma: carapace longer than wide, thoracic fovea absent. Clypeus slightly notched in males. Eyes united in a low tubercle, anterior median eye subequal to the anterior lateral eye. Eye apodemes absent (Fig. 2B). Feathery setae present (Figs. 3C, 4F), white setae absent. Sternum slightly longer than wide; sigilla difficult to observe but detectable under SEM, a single posterior pair (Fig. 2D). Cheliceral gland slightly raised (Figs. 3B, 4D). Female palp tarsal macrosetae absent. Leg formula 1423. Femora, metatarsi, and tarsi macrosetae absent. ...

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... fovea absent. Clypeus slightly notched in males. Eyes united in a low tubercle, anterior median eye subequal to the anterior lateral eye. Eye apodemes absent (Fig. 2B). Feathery setae present (Figs. 3C, 4F), white setae absent. Sternum slightly longer than wide; sigilla difficult to observe but detectable under SEM, a single posterior pair (Fig. 2D). Cheliceral gland slightly raised (Figs. 3B, 4D). Female palp tarsal macrosetae absent. Leg formula 1423. Femora, metatarsi, and tarsi macrosetae absent. Tibiae macrosetae usually absent, but present in the tibiae I of males of some species. Male tarsi entire. Trichobothria with ringlike socket present in tibiae and metatarsi, in the ...

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... Relationships and Monophyly. Most Malagasy species of the genus have a rather uniform morphology and are similar to A. decaryi, the generotype. At least two character states are shared by these species (and not by other filistatid genera): the presence of incrassate setae in the venter of the male palpal tibia ( Fig. 27) and the dropshaped outer spermathecae with pores restricted to its apical portion (Fig. 11). However, two species deviate from this general pattern and lack these two character states: A. ramirezi (from southern Mada- gascar) and A. ansieae (from Namibia). Andoharano ramirezi shares some putative synapomorphies with the remaining ...

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... Males of A. simoni are very similar to those of A. decaryi by the sinuous embolus, curved ventro-retrolaterally, but differ by the relatively shortened bulb (Fig. 19). Female genitalia are also similar to those of A. simoni but differ by having more slender outer spermathecae (Fig. 20). Both sexes have a more contrasting color pattern and are slightly short-legged compared with A. decaryi (Figs. 17, 18) m.p, 1 ma.p. Palp: cymbium convex, small, ventrally reduced, with a retrolateral forelock of setae; bulb piriform, subconical; sperm duct with two coils, the distal one forming a retrolateral bend; fundus ventrally ...

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... paratype from Lac Tsimanampetsotsa, near Eloetse, Toliara, Madagascar of the females lacks the contrasting coloration of typical specimens (Fig. 18G), but its genitalia does not differ significantly from other specimens (Fig. ...

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... The male are easily distinguished by the embolus, hook-shaped and curved dorso-retrolaterally (Figs. 9, 22). Palp: cymbium convex, small, ventrally reduced, with a retrolateral forelock of setae; bulb piriform, subconical; sperm duct with two coils, the distal one forming a retrolateral bend; fundus ventrally pointed; prolateral excavation absent; paraembolic lamina absent; embolus hook-shaped, curved dorso-retrolaterally. State of the ...

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... Andoharano grandidieri males resemble those of A. lehtineni by the nearly trapezoidal bulb in lateral view, with a dorsally convex outline, but the femur and tibia are relatively longer (Fig. 24) (palpal tibia length/height: 2.92). Females differ by the subtriangular inner spermathecae, which surpass the globose outer spermathecae in length (Fig. 25). Calamistrum with three rows with 11-12-6 (inner to outer row). Interpulmonary fold sub-squarish, with straight anterior margin; spermathecae with free membranous bases; inner ...

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... Andoharano grandidieri males resemble those of A. lehtineni by the nearly trapezoidal bulb in lateral view, with a dorsally convex outline, but the femur and tibia are relatively longer (Fig. 24) (palpal tibia length/height: 2.92). Females differ by the subtriangular inner spermathecae, which surpass the globose outer spermathecae in length (Fig. 25). Calamistrum with three rows with 11-12-6 (inner to outer row). Interpulmonary fold sub-squarish, with straight anterior margin; spermathecae with free membranous bases; inner spermathecae short, subtriangular, with glandular pores restricted to the apical portion; outer spermathecae globose, laterally directed, with pores restricted ...

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... Both sexes can be distinguished from other species by having brown patches near the book lung openings (Fig. 26C). Males of A. lehtineni resemble those of A. grandidieri by the nearly trapezoidal bulb, with a dorsally convex outline, but the palpal femur and tibia are relatively shorter, the latter one bearing a strongly incrassate ventrodistal seta (Fig. 27) (palpal tibia length/height: 2.05). Females differ from other species by the oblique ...

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... sexes can be distinguished from other species by having brown patches near the book lung openings (Fig. 26C). Males of A. lehtineni resemble those of A. grandidieri by the nearly trapezoidal bulb, with a dorsally convex outline, but the palpal femur and tibia are relatively shorter, the latter one bearing a strongly incrassate ventrodistal seta (Fig. 27) (palpal tibia length/height: 2.05). Females differ from other species by the oblique pore-bearing areas of the inner spermathecae (Fig. ...

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... those of A. grandidieri by the nearly trapezoidal bulb, with a dorsally convex outline, but the palpal femur and tibia are relatively shorter, the latter one bearing a strongly incrassate ventrodistal seta (Fig. 27) (palpal tibia length/height: 2.05). Females differ from other species by the oblique pore-bearing areas of the inner spermathecae (Fig. ...

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... 4.5). Females also resemble those of A. griswoldi by the inner spermathecae not tapering toward apex, with glandular pores restricted to a small flattened area in the apical portion, but the inner spermathecae are relatively longer and the outer spermathecae are oval rather than globose (Fig. 34). Both sexes are paler and relatively longlegged (Fig. 32) with 15-12-11 (inner to outer row). Interpulmonary fold sub-squarish, with straight anterior margin; spermathecae with free membranous bases; inner spermathecae digitiform, not tapering toward apex, with glandular pores restricted to a small flattened area in the apical portion; outer spermathecae globose, with an annulated stalk, with ...