New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea) Author Saaristo, Michael I. text Phelsuma 2002 10 1 32 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.824148 79d22dc4-916c-4f10-a085-4b796c63dd68 1026-5023 824148 Metalepthyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 ( Figs. 31-32 ) Metalepthyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 : 109, f. 33A-D (Df). Material examined: Assumption , 1m 1f , 12.- 14.8.1984 , USSR. Zool. Exped . leg. ( ZMMU ) ; Poivre , cocos (F-22), 2mm 3ff , 7.8.1984 , USSR. Zool. Exped . leg. ( MZT AA 2.214 and ZMMU ) . Diagnosis: The male of M. praecipuus is easily recognised by two parallel, slightly curved apophyses on the lateral side of the palp and the female by the voluminous, spavin-like epigyne which is connected to the abdomen by a wide, weakly chitinized stalk. Description: Male (female well described by Locket 1968 ): Small, dark, long legged species (TL = 1.36, CL = 0.60, CW = 0.43). Carapace light brownish; abdomen uniform dark grey; legs pale yellowish. No tibial apophysis on male palp; cymbium and bulbus somewhat elongated; two parallel, slightly curved apophyses on lateral side of palp. Distribution: Previously known only from Angola ( Locket, 1968 ). The first record from Seychelles are from Assumption and Poivre.