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ducts describe a posterior-lateral loop, followed by a dorsal loop, and then by a posterior-median 
loop which coils more than four times before inserting on the round or oval spennathecae mesally 
(Figs. ID, 6E, 7E; fig. 1 IF Miller et al. 2009), the lateral wings are well developed, round, swollen 
with dorso-median gland ductiles (Figs. ID, 6E-F, 7E-F; fig. 11 F Miller et al. 2009; fig. 7 Wun¬ 
derlich 2011), and the central pit is on the anterior third of the epigynum above the spermathecae 
(Figs. ID, 6D, 7D; fig. HE Miller et al. 2009). 
Species. — Tagalogonia banahaw sp. nov. and Tagalogonia isarog sp. nov. 
Description. — Males total length between 1.43-1,47, females 1.75. Prosoma dark. Ocular 
area dark. Eyes nearly subequal, AME separated by about Vz a diameter, PME separated by about 
!/2 a diameter (Figs. 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-C). Sternum smooth and fiat, olive-green circled by a dark 
line (Figs. 2C, 3C, 4C), Legs long, femora and patella olive-green, tibiae dark orange, metatarsi 
and tarsi tan; metatarsi shorter than tibiae (except legs III); tibiae III-IV with three to four rows of 
trichobothria that are longer than tibiae diameter; leg fonnula: 1243 (Figs. 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-C). 
Opisthosoma ovoid, dark, with posterior tubercle, sparsely clothed with long, strong setae. Spin¬ 
nerets light (Figs. 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-C). Palp cymbium long, slender with a ventral groove where 
the conductor fits. Conductor well-developed, disk shaped, transparent, which retro laterally covers 
the embolus and its apophysis, and delimits laterally and posteriorly the apical hematodocha (Figs. 
1 A, 2D-F, 4D-F). Median apophysis reduced, square (Figs. lA, 2D-F, 4D-F). Epigynum sub-rec- 
tangidar, flat, with well-developed transverse ridges, a deep central pit and a posterior transverse 
groove (Fig 3C, E). Vulva with soft lateral wings, not swollen, without gland ductiles; copulatory 
ducts very long, thin, describing a lateral loop, followed by a posterior-median loop, and then by 
an anterior-median loop inserted anterio-ventrally to the spermathecae (Figs. IB, 3D-F). 
Tagalogonia banahaw Labarque and Griswold, sp. nov. 
Figures IB, 2A-F, 3A-F 
Type Material.— Holotype: S from Philippines, Luzon Island, Quezon Province, peak of 
Mt. Banahaw de Lueban, 6.4 km WSW Lueban, 14.0761, 121.51365, 19-22.May.2011, elev. 1852 
m, general colleeting at night in forest, H. Wood, M. Yngente, N. ChousouPolydouri, C. Griswold, 
V. Knutson cols., preparation codes FML-01169-01170, (CASENT9047549), deposited in UPLB. 
Paratype: (J, same data as the type, (CASENT9048608) deposited in CAS; $, same data as the 
type, miniwinkler extraction of concentrated leaf litter in forest, (CASENT9047546), deposited in 
CAS; 65 and one immature, same data as the holotype, searehing cryptie habitats in forest, C. Gris¬ 
wold col., preparation codes FML-01168, FML-01182-01183 [?], (CASENT 9047558), 2$ 
deposited in UPLB, remainder in CAS. 
Etymology,— The specific name is a noun in apposition for the volcano where the species 
was found: Mount Banahaw de Lueban, The volcano’s name might have been derived from “Ban- 
aw” which means pool of water in Bisaya language. 
Diagnosis. — Males of T. banahaw sp. nov. can be distinguished from those of T. isarog sp. 
nov. by having two strong macrosetae at the tip of the cymbium (Fig. 2D), and by the hematodocha 
exposed beneath the conductor posteriorly (Fig. 2F), whereas T isarog sp. nov. lack those macrose¬ 
tae, and the conductor covers the hematodocha completely (Fig. 4F). Females of T. banahaw sp. 
nov. can be distinguished by the copulatory ducts describing a lateral loop, followed by a posteri¬ 
or-median loop, and finally by an anterior-median loop which inserts ventrally in the spermathecae 
(Figs. IB, 3D), by the reniform spermathecae (Figs. 1B, 3D-F), and by the epigynum with a deep 
transverse central groove in the middle line under the spennathecae, which are visible through the 
integument (Fig. 3D-E). 
