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
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Zootaxa
2013
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277
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3750.3.7
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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.