@article {8547, title = {Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Rualena Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 and description of Hoffmannilena, a new genus from Mexico (Araneae: Agelenidae).}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4084}, year = {2016}, pages = {1-49}, abstract = {

The genus Rualena Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 (Araneae: Agelenidae) is revised and a new genus, Hoffmannilena, is described. Four new species are described for Rualena: R. cedros sp. nov. (♂ ♀), R. parritas sp. nov. (♂ ♀), R. thomas sp. nov. (♂ ♀), and R. ubicki sp. nov. (♀). The males of R. alleni Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 and R. avila Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 and the female of R. rua (Chamberlin 1919) are described for the first time. Rualena goleta Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 is a junior synonym of R. surana Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942. Rualena cavata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) and R. pasquinii Brignoli 1974 are considered incertae sedis. Two species are transferred from Rualena to Novalena Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942: N. shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009) comb. nov. and N. simplex (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov. For Hoffmannilena gen. nov., five new species are described: H. apoala sp. nov. (♀), H. cumbre sp. nov. (♂ ♀), H. huajuapan sp. nov. (♀), H. mitla sp. nov. (♀), and H. tizayuca sp. nov. (♂ ♀). Three species are transferred from Novalena to Hoffmannilena gen. nov.: H. lobata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., H. marginata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov., and H. variabilis (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902) comb. nov. Novalena cuspidata (F.O. Pickard-Cam- bridge 1902) is a junior synonym of H. marginata.

}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4084.1.1}, author = {Maya-Morales, Julieta and Jim{\'e}nez, Maria L.} } @article {8546, title = {Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4262}, year = {2017}, pages = {1-88}, abstract = {

The Western Hemisphere genus Novalena Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 (Araneae: Agelenidae) is revised. The genus now includes a total of 53 species, of which 40 are new species from USA, Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica: N. ajusco sp. nov. (♀), N. alamo sp. nov. (♂), N. alvarezi sp. nov. (♀), N. atzimbo sp. nov. (♀), N. bosencheve sp. nov. (♂), N. chamberlini sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. cieneguilla sp. nov. (♀), N. cintalapa sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. clara sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. comaltepec sp. nov. (♀), N. creel sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. dentata sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. divisadero sp. nov. (♀), N. durango sp. nov. (♀), N. franckei sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. garnica sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. gibarrai sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. irazu sp. nov. (♀), N. iviei sp. nov. (♂), N. ixtlan sp. nov. (♂), N. jiquilpan sp. nov. (♀), N. leonensis sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. mexiquensis sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. oaxaca sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. paricutin sp. nov. (♀), N. perote sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. plata sp. nov. (♀), N. poncei sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. popoca sp. nov. (♀), N. prieta sp. nov. (♀), N. puebla sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. punta sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. rothi sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. saltoensis sp. nov. (♀), N. sinaloa sp. nov. (♀), N. tacana sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. triunfo sp. nov. (♀), N. valdezi sp. nov. (♂ ♀), N. victoria sp. nov. (♀), and N. volcanes sp. nov. (♀). Nine are previously described species: N. annamae (Gertsch \& Davis 1940), N. attenuata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902), N. bipartita (Kraus 1955), N. calavera Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942, N. costata (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902), N. laticava (Kraus 1955), N. orizaba (Banks 1898), N. shlomitae (García-Villafuerte 2009), and N. simplex (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902). Four new synonyms are proposed: N. pina Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 = N. intermedia (Chamberlin \& Gertsch 1930); N. idahoana (Gertsch 1934) and N. wawona Chamberlin \& Ivie 1942 = N. lutzi (Gertsch 1933); N. tolucana (Gertsch \& Davis 1940) = N. approximata (Gertsch \& Ivie 1936). One species is transferred from Melpomene back to Novalena: N. bipunctata Roth 1967 stat. rev. One species is transferred to Hoffmannilena Maya-Morales \& Jiménez 2016: H. nova (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896) comb. nov.

}, keywords = {Ageleninae, Mexico, new species, Novalena, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4262.1.1}, author = {Maya-Morales, Julieta and Jim{\'e}nez, Maria L.} }