Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae)
Author
BOSSELAERS, JAN
Author
JOCQUÉ, RUDY
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2000
2000-10-19
2000
256
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http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0090(2000)256%3C0004%3AHAHGOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2
journal article
10.1206/0003-0090(2000)256<0004:HAHGOT>2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
5351417
Hortipes klumpkeae
,
new species
Figures 12k
,
13b
;
Map 2
TYPES: Female
holotype
and
1♀
paratype
:
in pitfall trap
at elev.
1900 m
,
Lupanga West
,
Uluguru Mountains
,
Tanzania
(
1 July 1981
;
M. Stoltze
and
N. Scharff
) (
ZMUC
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The species’ name is a patronym in honor of Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942), astronomer known for her work on Saturn’s rings and for her contributions to the Carte du Ciel program.
DIAGNOSIS: Females are closest to those of
H. leno
but can be distinguished from them by the inwardrunning stretch of the ID, which is angular instead of continuously curved.
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE:
Measurements.
Total length 2.11; carapace 1.00 long, 0.81 wide; length of fe: I 0.89, II 0.95, III 0.70, IV 1.00.
Leg spination.
Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1.
Coloration.
Carapace orange yellow, lighter at the fovea. Chelicerae pale yellow, sternum, and legs yellow. Abdomen peach, no pattern. Vulva very simple, ID making sharp outward bend, followed by inwardrun
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the
type
locality.