Description of a new species of the Afrotropical spider genus Afroneutria (Araneae, Ctenidae) Author Polotow, Daniele Author Jocqué, Rudy text Zootaxa 2016 4205 4 395 400 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.8 18245113-18db-4e94-8842-b55999c47d2a 1175-5326 197209 F3AC7A9A-28D0-4A2A-9AE0-26E99CBAA7D2 Key to Afroneutria species 1. Males...............................................................................................2 - Females.............................................................................................7 2. RTA directed forward and reaching cymbium ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 5A )...................................3 - RTA not reaching cymbium, either short or directed sideward ( Fig. 9 )............................................4 3. Embolus tip with anterior prong thin and much longer than posterior one; insertion of RTA near distal margin of tibia ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 5A ); tibia with two long pro- and retrolateral spines........................... A. immortalis (Arts) - Embolus tip with short and broad prongs; insertion of RTA somewhat behind anterior margin of tibia ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 11A ); tibia with one long lateral spine........................................... A. hybrida Polotow & Jocqué 4. MA straight; embolus not bifid but with posterior indentation near tip ( Fig. 9 )....................... A. tanga new species - MA sinuous; embolus bifid at tip ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 7A ).............................................5 5. Posterior prong of embolus tip thin, curved and clearly longer than anterior prong; RTA small and narrow ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 7A ); venter of the opisthosoma without black area ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 6B )..... A. erythrochelis (Simon) - Anterior prong of embolus tip the longest or both prongs of the same size; RTA large and broad ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: figs 3A, 9A ); venter of the opisthosoma with dark area ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: figs 2B, 8B )............................6 6. Prongs of embolus tip of the same length; RTA with sharp superior and inferior tips ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 3A ); venter of the opisthosoma with small black area not surpassing the middle, with two spots ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 2B ).................................................................................... A. velox (Blackwall) - Anterior prong of embolus tip clearly longer than posterior one; RTA with sinuous, serrated distal margin ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 9A ); venter of the opisthosoma with large black area surpassing the middle, with four spots ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 8B )........................................................... A. quadrimaculata Polotow & Jocqué 7. Lateral projections sharp and strongly converging in an angle of 45° to the longitudinal axis; median sector fairly narrow, smoothly rounded towards narrow base ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 5D ); venter of the opisthosoma entirely black ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 4D )................................................................. A.immortalis (Arts) - Lateral projections blunt and less strongly converging (± 30°) to the longitudinal axis; median sector different from the described above ( Fig. 10 ; Polotow & Jocqué 2015 : figs 3D, 7C, 9D).............................................8 8. Median sector broad (L/W in the middle = 1.8); copulatory ducts ending in a close spire ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: figs 7C–D ); venter pale with a few darker spots ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 6D )............................... A. erythrochelis - Median sector narrower (L/W in the middle> 2.5); copulatory ducts not ending in close spire ( Figs 10–11 ; Polotow & Jocqué 2015 : figs 3D–E; 9D–E); venter with black area ( Fig. 4 ; Polotow & Jocqué 2015 : figs 2D, 8D)........................9 9. Median sector with strongly tapered anterior and rectangular posterior parts; copulatory ducts without forward running stretch ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 3D–E ); black area of abdominal venter not extended beyond the middle ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 2D ).................................................................................. A. velox - Median sector differently shaped; copulatory ducts with distal part running forward before connecting to the spermathecae ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: figs 9D–E ); ventral dark area of the opisthosoma venter extended beyond the middle ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 8D ).................................................................................10 10. Median sector narrow (L/W in the middle ± 3.5); copulatory ducts running forward and towards the middle before connection to the spermathecae, which are less than half their diameter apart ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: figs 9D–E ); ventral black area of the opisthosoma extended beyond the middle ( Polotow & Jocqué 2015: fig. 8D )...... A. quadrimaculata Polotow & Jocqué - Median sector wider (L/W in the middle ± 2.6); copulatory ducts running forward but not towards the middle before connection to the spermathecae, which are their diameter apart ( Figs 10–11 ); venter of the opisthosoma with black area anterior to the epigastric furrow ( Fig. 4 )............................................................... A. tanga new species