Studies in the Liocranidae (Araneae): revision of Andromma Simon, 1893 Author Bosselaers, Jan D6AD7414-3540-4F06-8631-8873450AA90C Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. dochterland@telenet.be Author Jocqué, Rudy CF15016C-8CD1-4C9D-9021-44CA7DC7A5D5 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. jocque@africamuseum.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-12-09 850 1 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.850.1997 journal article 207924 10.5852/ejt.2022.850.1997 49c26e4e-77d4-4c8e-9257-b1b034d8d5f9 2118-9773 7427642 E8AD897F-2076-4850-9520-BB79B1EAFFEA Andromma didrepanum sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4C3E4B13-3B5A-4761-97DE-0FFA981B49E6 Figs 20 , 38 Diagnosis Males of Andromma didrepanum sp. nov. are characterized by the shape of the VTA and RTA both provided with a sickle-shaped prong and by the embolus with bifid tip, originating on the prolateral side of tegulum. Etymology The species name is a noun in apposition from the Greek ‘δρέπανον’, meaning ‘sickle’, because the VTA and RTA feature sickle-shaped appendages, a large one (VTA) and a small one (RTA) ( Fig. 20E–F ). Type material Holotype D.R. CONGO • ♂ ; Tshopo Province , Kisangani , Masako Forest Reserve ; 0°36′ N , 25°13′ E ; 25 Mar. 2003 ; J.L. Juakaly leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA .Ara 216034 . Description Male ( holotype , Fig. 20 ) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.83. Carapace length 1.56, width 1.49; height 0.64. COLOUR ( Fig. 20A–B ). Cephalothorax including legs and chelicerae entirely yellowish orange; carapace with radiating striae; sternum yellowish orange with brown rim and small brown precoxal triangles; abdomen cream, dorsum with faint broad band with slightly darker margins in anterior half. PROSOMA. AME circular, other eyes oval; AER slightly recurved from above, width 0.31, PER procurved from above, width 0.36. AME 0.10, ALE 0.05, PLE 0.05, PME 0.05; AME–AME: 0.03, AME–ALE: touching, ALE–PLE: touching, PME–PME 0.13. Clypeus vertical, 0.12, with four long setae. Chilum absent. Sternum 0.92 long, same width. Chelicerae: anterior margin with two teeth, a third tiny one in between the two, somewhat closer to retromargin. LEG SPINATION. All femora with one dorsal spine, F I pl 1; other spines tiny and incospicuous: T I v 2-2-2, Mt I v 2-2; T II v 2-2-2, Mt II v 2-2. LEG I MEASUREMENTS. Fe: 1.42, P: 0.47, T: 1.27, Mt: 1.24, t: 0.86; total: 5.26. MALE PALP ( Fig. 20C–F ). VTA sickle-shaped in ventral view, mushroom-shaped in retrolateral view. RTA pointed in ventral view, ending in a small, sickle-shaped tip; consisting of two sharp, roughly triangular processes in retrolateral view. Sperm duct surfacing as a crescent in retrolateral half of bulbus, rather short, prolateral, ending in a bifid, ventrally curved tip accompanied by a thin, flag-like conductor. Female Unknown. Fig. 20. Andromma didrepanum sp. nov. , ♂, holotype (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara 216034). A . Habitus, dorsal view. B . Same, ventral view. C–D . Left palp, retrolateral view. E–F . Same, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B= 1 mm; C–F =0.2 mm. Distribution Known only from the type locality in Tshopo Province, D.R. Congo ( Fig. 38 ).