A revision of the African wolf spider genus Amblyothele Simon
Author
Russell-Smith, Tony
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Author
Jocqué, Rudy
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Royal Museum for Central Africa, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium & -
Author
Alderweireldt, Mark
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Royal Museum for Central Africa, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium & -
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ZooKeys
2009
2009-07-29
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10.3897/zookeys.16.233
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Amblyothele
atlantica
sp. n.
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780C74D1-D5E6-4B49-9012-FE5BF54DE3D5
Fig. 14
,
Map 2
Diagnosis
.
The appearance of the epigyne is characteristic and unique within the genus with looped ducts extending anteriorly and a triangular posterior projection. The very dark charcoal grey colouration is also distinctive.
Etymology
.
Named after the
type
locality.
Type
material.
Holotype
. Female.
CAMEROON
:
Atlantic Mountains
,
08°31’N
012°36’E
,
30.IV.2007
, litter at the base of rocks, sieving.
R. Jocqué
,
K. Loosveldt
,
L. Baert
,
M. Alderweireldt
leg. (
MRAC 221300
).
Description
. Female.
Total length
4.17 mm
.
Carapace
: Length
1.75 mm
, width
1.08 mm
. Dark charcoal grey with a paler yellowish median stripe extending from behind eyes, wide anteriorly and abruptly narrowing posteriorly. With black striae ra-
Figures 14-15. 1 4
Amblyothele atlantica
sp. n.
epigyne of
holotype
, ventral view
1 5
A. ecologica
sp. n.
epigyne of
holotype
, ventral view. Scale:
0.1 mm
.
diating from the relatively long fovea.
Eyes
. Anterior row straight. AME 2x diameter of ALE and separated by 0.75 × their own diameter and by 0.2 × their diameter from the ALEs. Middle eyes 1.4 × diameter of AMEs and separated by 0.7 × their own diameter. PLE 0.7 × diameter of PME, separated by 2.8 × their own diameter. All eyes with black surrounds and eye region with sparse scattering of shining white spatulate setae.
Chelicerae
. Pale greyish cream with darker black longitudinal bands, With a sparse clothing of long black setae. Cheliceral dentition not seen.
Maxillae and labium
. Maxillae 1.87 × length of labium, broadened and truncate at distal end. Pale cream suffused with grey. Labium trapezoidal, 1.86 × wider than long, coloured as maxillae.
Legs
: Long and slender. Ratio of length to breadth of tibia IV 11.7 Leg IV 1.32 × length of leg I. Dark charcoal grey dorsally, paler ventrally. Ventral spines of leg I; metatarsus 2+2+(2), tibia 2+2+2. Tarsal claws short, with 5 teeth.
Abdomen.
Dorsally dark charcoal grey with a median pale band extending one third its length. Ventrally pale grey with a pair of narrow white longitudinal stripes extending back from the epigastric fold. With sparse tuft of curved black setae anteriorly.
Spinnerets.
Long and thin. Posterior lateral spinnerets 1.5 × length of others. Dark charcoal grey.
Epigyne
.
Fig. 14
. Very distinctive in ventral view with a pair of looped ducts extending anteriorly from the epigynal plate and curving towards each other. Epigynal plate with a triangular posterior projection.
Male
unknown.
Distribution
.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Map 2
).