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,
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a. s. l.
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;
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leg.;
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, in pure ethanol; same collection data as for preceding;
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103
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,
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;
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,
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<quantity id="3C464E0B52BA102AAE4C777D03A060A6" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.7" unit="m" value="970.0">970 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
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;
<date id="AF673DF31593DA6863EBF6618E4834EA" value="2001-05-26">
<collectingDate id="9CFD149D670436AAC3F64C66A61A817C" value="2001-05-26">26 May 2001</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectorName id="46373C6E46DA7F1E6A2EB5496E7F3DD2">C. Ribera</collectorName>
leg.;
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<collectionCode id="BAA3C584DFFA599F2156D4AD010D37A8" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" name="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig" type="Museum">ZFMK</collectionCode>
</named-content>
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24700
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ED1DK" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="A6DD9A793EA0A7806F4D0A6EF7D9F4FF">
<heading id="18D25DA293A02D743717B26E5B39ABAA" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A4B9C2D924E1477E5D52B80DB886A30D">
Easily distinguished from known congeners by whitish dorsal process of male palpal tarsus (asterisk in Fig.
<figureCitation id="7DE1B8CE7A23185F17B85F1BB8C1E326" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 C</figureCitation>
; absent in congeners), by large and prominent flat ventral process of procursus (arrowed in Fig.
<figureCitation id="9979BD3877963C430676F6D80A96377F" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 C</figureCitation>
; much smaller or absent in congeners), by complex tip of procursus with distinctive dorsal spine (Fig.
<figureCitation id="133187EE18D2321B5CF3BB7DCBB54E1D" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 A C</figureCitation>
), by rounded uncus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="273EE0075C7DF28BC8CAC5197257C406" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 E, F</figureCitation>
; similar only in
<taxonomicName id="DD44235A8A46B385DDE5AF539A7BC0B2" baseAuthorityName="Huber" baseAuthorityYear="2011" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agadir">
<emphasis id="7880A57DA3666C4FB7C202022BA5A02E" italics="true">M. agadir</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), by very small appendix (larger and more complex in Moroccan congeners), by long prominent embolus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="ADEAA410B011216A1C7B6EF64BE5D4CF" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 E, F</figureCitation>
; in Moroccan congeners shorter and in prolateral view largely hidden behind uncus and appendix), by pair of dark internal structures visible at anterior margin of epigynum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="59D5A89895446A662D204D12DEF29A15" captionStart="Figure 71" captionStartId="F71" captionText="Figure 71. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud (ZFMK Ar 24689) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal knob; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure71" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141481">71 A</figureCitation>
; absent in congeners), by distinctive m-shaped dorsal arc in female internal genitalia (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8CFDC835997DAED0C467CFAEC05781AD" captionStart="Figure 71" captionStartId="F71" captionText="Figure 71. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud (ZFMK Ar 24689) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal knob; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure71" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141481">71 C</figureCitation>
), and by very narrow (short) sclerotised band posteriorly on epigynum carrying epigynal knob (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F30E73CC3581E31D35954216C39404A6" captionStart="Figure 71" captionStartId="F71" captionText="Figure 71. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud (ZFMK Ar 24689) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal knob; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure71" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141481">71 A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="A01BFA50D5873E742F3A6D2594DA63B8" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure68" ID-arpha="649EB38A-83B2-50BE-9F1E-1720B975548B" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141478" startId="F68">
<paragraph id="4517CD10A5B32B03BAC21BEBAD016E24">
<label id="A71CE5129755526DFFBE573C434C8CB9">Figure 68.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="90D881812B94DDDD943EE9BF06A2016C">
<taxonomicName id="0DCDA5D45261051A8FD73DECFDF59975" authority="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityName="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khenifra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="3533F0B6FDC166AA0647F943713D8A1A" italics="true">Micropholcus khenifra</emphasis>
Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D044DB32E22628F62BB679911CB1685F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (
<named-content id="768344BBCB38FCA5A73B53965F5EFF39" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
Ar 24688). Left palp in prolateral (
<emphasis id="C323AC52411F56007C7FC4DB512BEAAB" bold="true">A</emphasis>
), dorsal (
<emphasis id="3973FFEA2BB33C30054B991EFA6C86F6" bold="true">B</emphasis>
), and retrolateral (
<emphasis id="74110C02F323F22170AE161146F1DAD5" bold="true">C</emphasis>
) views. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="C2E72C09329AF2771C976B451DE3C7BE" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" ID-arpha="C8EA7230-4266-5D9B-964A-0A9A963D9B2A" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479" startId="F69">
<paragraph id="5DB198B2901245A2AA55316A68696C91">
<label id="DFD27763FFFE961ACCA01C65BB7891CE">Figure 69.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FAB956724222103CE2DA92311780EEA3">
<taxonomicName id="20C85A5DF3DDD8A74904EACAE45C8E43" authority="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityName="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khenifra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="71FAC600AD79A3D7389DD40DB1B6DE08" italics="true">Micropholcus khenifra</emphasis>
Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1CD021019C25C80FBD078BCC1C2FF348" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (
<named-content id="C572E0A47D98B07AD2EB9AD7ED785D89" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
Ar 24688)
<emphasis id="2CA462F9991ABD720E84332A3F80EBDE" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus
<emphasis id="1BEC852528A9E4CEEF4A9C4B214C647F" bold="true">D</emphasis>
tip of palpal trochanter apophysis
<emphasis id="82E588A9019AA1C16DF1FDECAF95A395" bold="true">E, F</emphasis>
left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (
<emphasis id="F915A63B29401F0C999F7710BBCC141F" bold="true">A C, E, F</emphasis>
); 0.05 mm (
<emphasis id="0A67682E3E8EF1D27D356DAEEF78617B" bold="true">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="1027D0348DC3FF1C2231726B4B0A0F3A" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure70" ID-arpha="3716C33E-D086-5D77-8209-03D3EAF496DB" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141480" startId="F70">
<paragraph id="D462AEDAC793F7D72D0597B92181DF5D">
<label id="4DA46B886A4739057003D93594D9FDE0">Figure 70.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F07E670348EDA98A9463295A0C02E32">
<taxonomicName id="34F7646FD2D2750F5739414B511B225C" authority="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityName="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khenifra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B6E8A1E7AFD90070B8E99B7905C1AE12" italics="true">Micropholcus khenifra</emphasis>
Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="86C322A6F6CFBF0FDAB2F93BC5F387D6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri
<emphasis id="779CE0422DAFB874BEFA241C074CCE8B" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (
<named-content id="019C061D89631C3D49AFFDA91C9C4024" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
Ar 24688)
<emphasis id="DBB4DD90205AB5999F6AF05148BE9CDF" bold="true">C</emphasis>
cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (
<named-content id="1663EAE7509283D2BDDBEA942E3EB6AF" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
Ar 24689). Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B532D30EBE7EA4A69815A9664E02FA51" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure71" ID-arpha="D873FBDD-C949-5DA3-8898-FD025145BEC4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141481" startId="F71">
<paragraph id="5054C7DF548DE80D82CC77B57A56D570">
<label id="513938883B073DBF343E356A2755DF73">Figure 71.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FEA359E4B6D2CB6B219F87EDFDD83363">
<taxonomicName id="02F33E65F2ADDAB4BD70AD2F4AD42286" authority="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityName="Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khenifra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5F366F02E72B533BF0D45E9D39F0B1FA" italics="true">Micropholcus khenifra</emphasis>
Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="55D5063DE520C9D5D50E5FFE3422335E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; female from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud (
<named-content id="384C59603AF7908867FF6081D3C97510" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
Ar 24689)
<emphasis id="0A17EBD136C95145A122A4351EEAE069" bold="true">A</emphasis>
epigynum, ventral view
<emphasis id="51A30FFE67093A8C783DA0B11581446F" bold="true">B, C</emphasis>
cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal knob; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAAEK" type="description">
<paragraph id="F5FEE4504560CCA2B72917F26ED9FCEF">
<heading id="B4B01331F1E9B5838C8C19511C6DDBB2" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="05BF2031F4DB798898D6D7EFA3465383">
<emphasis id="87553F34CE7FCF2351AA5B499E253FA8" bold="true">Male</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus id="60B243D626F15965AB1A8912E192690D" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
).
<emphasis id="703057F031B06FED71385532E2BC6707" bold="true">
<emphasis id="A76E742E1A54532F7E60E8F3FE3ECA90" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Total body length 3.9, carapace width 1.5. Distance
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMAEK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
-
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQAEK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
205 µm; diameter
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUAEK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
90 µm; distance
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYAEK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
-
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3AEK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
30 µm; distance
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EABEK" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
-
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEBEK" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
20 µm; diameter
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIBEK" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
50 µm. Leg 1: 34.5 (8.7 + 0.6 + 9.0 + 14.4 + 1.8), tibia 2: 6.4, tibia 3: 4.0, tibia 4: 5.3; tibia 1
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMBEK" xlink_title="length/diameter">L / d</abbrev>
: 75; diameters of leg femora (at half length) 0.140.15; of leg tibiae 0.12.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="00F6229377714522F745AEA34EE0C0BC">
<emphasis id="546D5ADED703B885D30F68087185E7CE" bold="true" italics="true">Colour</emphasis>
(in ethanol). Prosoma and legs mostly ochre-yellow, carapace with brown median mark, ocular area and clypeus without darker pattern, sternum with brown margins; legs with slightly darkened patellae, anterior femora ventrally only very slightly darkened, tibia-metatarsus joints not darkened; abdomen monochromous pale grey.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8EEC158FB0AE442223BBEF958D05DA28">
<emphasis id="5D76F1BF86EA2AB25448B02EB606B8A1" bold="true">
<emphasis id="B25BA341D2039BED4CF3F177C44EDC12" bold="true" italics="true">Body</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Habitus as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="DC0E164A1D05652939740DE69DD29F95" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; live specimens from Oman, Morocco, and the Philippines A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., male and female with egg-sac from Oman, Dhofar, near Qairoon Hairitti C M. shaat Huber, sp. nov., male from Oman, Dhofar, Shaat sinkhole D, E M. agadir (Huber), male and female with egg-sac from Morocco, Souss-Massa, Paradise Valley F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef El Ghar G M. khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male from Philippines, Mindanao, Blue Water Cave. Photographs BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141414">4 G</figureCitation>
. Ocular area raised (distinct in frontal view). Carapace without thoracic groove. Clypeus unmodified. Sternum wider than long (0.88 / 0.72), unmodified. Abdomen oval, approximately twice as long as wide.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="13EF3EABA849DE1AFE3E8C341B0C75B6">
<emphasis id="69DD37E4349FF71ED254CF40A6AF707A" bold="true">
<emphasis id="B667CA0E3A662B21F4449AE2335B41C5" bold="true" italics="true">Chelicerae</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
As in Fig.
<figureCitation id="5DABD476CD635EEE1E47568914FF85C3" captionStart="Figure 70" captionStartId="F70" captionText="Figure 70. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24688) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24689). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141480">70 A, B</figureCitation>
; with pair of strong distal frontal apophyses, each with two cone-shaped hairs; and two pairs of smaller proximal processes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="107111BC802DC8A45551DC02DB06C304">
<emphasis id="9AAFAE8C52AFBE34C82ADF204782A16B" bold="true">
<emphasis id="DF658EBFB0EA04E79FC2B7A89810A5DB" bold="true" italics="true">Palps</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
As in Fig.
<figureCitation id="F9DFD5D384B5F6160E0B2379B92B6DB0" captionStart="Figure 68" captionStartId="F68" captionText="Figure 68. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688). Left palp in prolateral (A), dorsal (B), and retrolateral (C) views. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure68" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141478">68</figureCitation>
; coxa unmodified; trochanter with ventral apophysis provided with terminal modified hair (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BE2C4689E9C132A9363CB28CCE3DB677" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 D</figureCitation>
); femur cylindrical, proximally with small retrolateral process and larger prolateral-ventral process; femur-patella joints shifted toward prolateral side; tibia very large relative to femur; tibia-tarsus joints not shifted to one side; tarsus with cone-shaped light dorsal process carrying tarsal organ. Procursus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7D326F5A8DEE6CFF701014B7C4B76B2D" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 A C</figureCitation>
) proximally with sclerotised prolateral ridge; proximal half with flat ventral process (arrowed in Fig.
<figureCitation id="20FE8AEC2DE3ED70BA9ED80F2F90BA7B" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 C</figureCitation>
), distally divided into dorsal and ventral parts and complex hinged structure between them (mostly on prolateral side), with pointed process originating from membranous connection between dorsal part and hinged process. Genital bulb (Fig.
<figureCitation id="EB63CCC405C5F5D25876AFFC782AFB76" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 E, F</figureCitation>
) with strong proximal sclerite; putative appendix small; putative uncus flat with retrolateral process; and long, partly sclerotised embolus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4FACC15D4855D0821A3B82E025651D13">
<emphasis id="58B6B5BC6B62EFBEB6355040AEE8BCE7" bold="true">
<emphasis id="A2779CB527B72FFECD9549CD87F64F96" bold="true" italics="true">Legs</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Without spines, without curved hairs, without sexually dimorphic short vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 9 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1; tarsus 1 with&gt; 30 pseudosegments, distally distinct.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="81F5C9921C778AA4898E2F1847C71E1F">
<emphasis id="B048A9630D827557BCE6EDBEF5410ED9" bold="true" italics="true">Variation</emphasis>
(male). Tibia
<quantity id="96B9FF09A494C0F1AD5B3B5F0A3FFEC0" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
<specimenCount id="E0F91346652166AB2FC2E328B4DE1853" count="14" type="male">14 males</specimenCount>
(incl.
<typeStatus id="739F4DEEFAAE77B85D1A210BED34F6F6" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
): 6.99.2 (mean 8.2). There was very slight variation in palpal structures among localities: in males from near Sidi
<collectingRegion id="A812A41849B02812C82E9709B6F41ED8" country="Switzerland" name="Bern">Ben</collectingRegion>
Daoud and from W of El Ksiba, the uncus was slightly rounder, the appendix slightly larger, and one small, pointed element of the dorsal part of the procursus (arrowed in Fig.
<figureCitation id="C3C68A078F6D6655946CC04F8C299DFC" captionStart="Figure 69" captionStartId="F69" captionText="Figure 69. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (ZFMK Ar 24688) A C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views; bold arrow in A points at pointed process that is absent in males from near Sidi Ben Daoud and from W of El Ksiba; asterisk in C marks distinctive whitish process of tarsus; bold arrow in C points at flat ventral process of procursus D tip of palpal trochanter apophysis E, F left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm (A C, E, F); 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141479">69 A</figureCitation>
) was absent. The number of modified hairs on the frontal cheliceral apophyses was two or three, and was sometimes asymmetrical (as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="B08F7DE9D6F54B8FD8FBE22FBB54CA37" captionStart="Figure 70" captionStartId="F70" captionText="Figure 70. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24688) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24689). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141480">70 A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="89D7392FA82492D42F100EDE98FFE24C">
<emphasis id="5021087AD846E8A24ABF7E8EA8EDA2DC" bold="true">Female.</emphasis>
In general very similar to male. Tibia
<quantity id="FE100D4405D0451D422E039F408E49E8" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
<specimenCount id="C3DEA982E65A40DB385CB6740E9BF456" count="12" type="female">12 females</specimenCount>
: 7.18.4 (mean 7.7). Epigynum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FA59539B3B06FCBFA958883567C70754" captionStart="Figure 71" captionStartId="F71" captionText="Figure 71. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud (ZFMK Ar 24689) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal knob; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure71" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141481">71 A</figureCitation>
) anterior plate mostly light, anteriorly with pair of dark internal structures variably visible in untreated specimens, posteriorly with narrow darker transversal band and median knob; posterior epigynal plate short and very indistinct. Internal genitalia (Figs
<figureCitation id="28B3964168D7A2834488E77710A11E8E" captionStart="Figure 70" captionStartId="F70" captionText="Figure 70. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24688) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24689). Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure70" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141480">70 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="08273CE08FE6C7FF3825E68EBE0AB086" captionStart="Figure 71" captionStartId="F71" captionText="Figure 71. Micropholcus khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud (ZFMK Ar 24689) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal knob; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure71" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141481">71 B, C</figureCitation>
) with pair of small oval pore plates and distinctive ventral and dorsal anterior arches and sclerites.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EOEEK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="DEA13F13A918916D2DEBB3D4B45DDA6B">
<heading id="F5ED85F289E4B934A9071980D55052CD" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EA271FEA6FE45889530328933B8BF79D">
The species name is derived from Béni Mellal-Khénifra, the region in
<collectingCountry id="C90034E123192BB9ED4418F6B2C02D43" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
where all available specimens were collected; noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ETEEK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="4556F8FEE84B010A03152490252E23EE">
<heading id="4AE8DEF5904AAF788E28D8428E597004" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E9C9713BC1081635986478665051DBA">
Known from several localities in
<collectingCountry id="6A7ED0B4B6B6BC29FA5CCFEB6156D85B" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
, all in Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1E108754CEBFF801D780FD63C0437253" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Known distribution of Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) (A) and of Old World Micropholcus in Mindanao (B), on the Arabian Peninsula (C) and in Morocco (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141423">13 D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4EEK" type="natural history">
<paragraph id="AB02B9E2EADE14E3F62E5F82EFF3B9B3">
<heading id="08D35EFD27A5F779C27E0B200C113CDE" reason="title">Natural history.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9602CAB3C59D3CB6BA4ABEAEC33987F2">
At Imi Nifri (Fig.
<figureCitation id="89CBFF8D8F1E10635BB4BD950DF8F300" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Typical habitats of Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen in the Old World A Saudi Arabia, Asir, SE of Harajah (type locality of M. harajah Huber, sp. nov.) B Saudi Arabia, Asir, S of Al Fara (type locality of M. alfara Huber, sp. nov.) C Saudi Arabia, Asir, N of Abha (type locality of M. abha Huber, sp. nov.) D Saudi Arabia, Mecca, NW of Maysaan (type locality of M. maysaan Huber, sp. nov.) E Oman, Dhofar, near Shaat sinkhole (type locality of M. shaat Huber, sp. nov.) F Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef El Ghar (type locality of M. ghar Huber, sp. nov.) G Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Imi nIfri (M. khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov.) H Philippines, Mindanao, Kabyaw Cave (M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov.). Photos BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141424">14 G</figureCitation>
) and west of Ksiba, the spiders were found in small cavities of rocks, on the undersides of very large boulders, and in small caverns at ground level. Near Sidi
<collectingRegion id="8751ACAF390901AFD3F6B547650A9B75" country="Switzerland" name="Bern">Ben</collectingRegion>
Daoud, the spiders were found in a small cave from which a brook emerged. The spiders sat flat on the rock and appeared very unwilling to leave the spot upon disturbance. At all localities,
<taxonomicName id="D189711434B37DA89CD7515D6D265344" authorityName="Huber &amp; Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khenifra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AA3A18F2E12DE0C8A73BE2CB5B6BE220" italics="true">M. khenifra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="830DFF5C384EDBD5DEDFDB6F2A137893" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
was found in close proximity with
<taxonomicName id="FD77DEC93E35669589125D8693BA6BFA" baseAuthorityName="C. Koch" baseAuthorityYear="1873" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Holocnemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reini">
<emphasis id="94F1EF62A4B9C3AF949869B23F8C829B" italics="true">Holocnemus reini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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