Chaco sanjuanina is a species of mygalomorph spiders of Argentina, named after its type locality: San Agustin, Valle Fertil, San Juan, Argentina.Goloboff, Pablo A. "A revision of the South American spiders of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Part 1, Species from Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 224." (1995). Males can be distinguished from those of its cogenerates by the more conical bulb; females differ from C. tecka in having fewer spines on the metatarsus IV, and from C. patagonica in having labial cuspules arranged in a transverse row and the more numerous maxillary ones.
Description The male has a total length of , a cephalothorax length of and width of , a cephalic region length of and width of ; an ocular quadrangle (OQ) length of and width of ; a labium length of and width of ; and a sternum length of and width of . The labium possesses seven cuspules. The serrula is non-visible. The sternal sigilla is small, oval, and shallow, while its sternum is not rebordered. Its colour is faded, a uniform yellow, its caput being darker; the abdomen has a light chevron.
The female has a total length of ; a cephalothorax length of and width of ; a cephalic region length of and width of ; a fovea width of ; an OQ length of and width of ; a labium length of and width of ; and a sternum length of and width of . Its cephalic region is strongly convex, the fovea is sinuous and straight. Its labium has eight cuspules. The sternal sigilla is small and oval; the sternum is quite convex, not rebordered. The colour is the same as in the male.
See also Spider anatomy
References
External links ADW entry