Chaco sanjuanina


Chaco sanjuanina is a species of mygalomorph spiders of Argentina, named after its type locality: San Agustin, Valle Fertil, San Juan, Argentina. 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 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.