On three monotypic nursery web spider genera from Madagascar with first description of the male of Tallonia picta Simon, 1889 and redescription of the type-species of Paracladycnis Blandin, 1979 and Thalassiopsis Roewer, 1955 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae) Author Cruz Da Silva, Estevam L. Author Sierwald, Petra text Zootaxa 2013 3750 3 277 288 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.3.7 bc9eedd8-b7c9-4b7f-9b4a-71ac9e094ba0 1175-5326 247980 34710705-6F09-4489-B206-C2CA969D77DE Paracladycnis vis Blandin, 1979 Figs 27 ?34 Paracladycnis vis Blandin 1979: 370 , figs 8, 11, 19, 37, female holotype from Tananarive, Madagascar (MNHN 26227) (examined). Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis. Description. Female ( Holotype , Tananarive, Madagascar , MNHN 26227). Total length 15.29. Carapace 6.51 long, 5.71 wide, light brown with a wide median dark brown band ( Fig. 27 ). Clypeus dark brown with two pairs of dark brown macrosetae on central area ( Fig. 28 ), 0.62 high. Anterior eye row slightly recurved in frontal view ( Fig. 28 ), 1.28 wide; posterior recurved in dorsal view ( Fig. 27 ), 1.86 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.21, ALE 0.22, PME 0.25, PLE 0.26; AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.30, OQA 0.60, OQP 0.92, OQH 0.60. Chelicerae dark brown with white bristles ( Fig. 28 ). Sternum light brown with a yellowish median band, bristly; 2.73 long, 2.57 wide. Labium yellow, 0.91 long, 1.16 wide. Legs light brown, relative length: II-I-III-IV, I—femur 9.70/ patella-tibia 12.63/ metatarsus 8.91/ tarsus 4.52/ total 35.76; II—10.50/ 12.23/ 9.30/ 4.25/ 36.28; III—9.30/ 9.97/ 7.71/ 3.59/ 30.57; IV—10.24/ 10.64/ 9.84/ 4.12/ 34.84. Superior tarsal claw with 12 teeth). Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4 ; II-4 ; III-3 ; IV-3. Abdomen 8.64 long, light brown with a dark brown band delimited by a line of white bristles ( Fig. 27 ); with three pairs of dorsal sigillae. Venter light brown, with scattered setae. Epigynum with large scape at the middle field and with prominent lateral lobes ( Fig. 29 , 30 ). Stalk of the spermathecae long ( Fig. 31 ). Base of the spermathecae enlarged ( Fig. 31 ). Head of the spermathecae slender and with conspicuous pores ( Fig. 32 ). Other material examined. MADAGASCAR , Toliara : Resérve Spéciele d'Ambohijanahary, Fôret d'Ankazotsihitafototra [1524'S, 4944'E], elevation 1050 m , 1 ♀, 13–17.I.2003 , B.L. Fisher & C.E. Griswold (CAS 9017230); Fianarantsoa : Parc National d'Isalo, Sahanafa river [2218'S, 4517'E], elevation 500 m , 5 ♀, 10– 13.II.2003 , B.L. Fisher & C.E. Griswold (CAS 9017315). Distribution. Madagascar (Fianarantsoa, Maroantsetra, Tananarive, and Toliara) ( Fig. 34 ). Note. The measurements of P. vis were made from the female holotype , but the SEM images were made from fresh individuals recently collected and deposited in CAS collection.