Eremochelis rossi
Muma 1986
Eremochelis rossi Muma, 1986: 11, 12, figs 28-29; Muma, 1987: 12, figs
28, 29; Vázquez Rojas, 1995: 31; Vázquez Rojas, 1996e: 76; Brookhart and
Brookhart, 2006: 318
.
HOLOTYPE:
Mexico.
Estado de Mexico: Popocatepetl, 11,000 ft elevation on north slope. 22
November 1946 (E. S. Ross), 1 male.
Deposited in the collection of the California Academy
of Sciences..
Original
description
Muma, 1986: 11,
12, figs. 28, 29:
male
holotype:
Total length, 13.0 mm.
LENGTH WIDTH
Chelicerae 2.0 mm.
0.9 mm.
Propeltidium 1.6
1.9
Palpi
12.0
CL/CW=3.22
1st legs
8.0
PL/PW=1.19
4th legs 13.0
A/CP=7.33
Coloration in alcohol very similar to that of E. cochisae Muma except
this species has the purplish markings much less dense and paler; eye
tubercle dark; propeltidium with an incomplete submarginal band; the
purplish markings on the abdominal tergites tend to form 3 stripes, and
the malleoli are not distinctly margined..
Structure similar to other
species of the group. The spine-like palpal setae are slender and
not countable. Chelicerae as in figure 28; ctenidia as in figure
29. Palpal metatarsus longer than tarsus by a ratio of 3 to 1;
there is no palpal scopula..
