A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae)
Author
Corronca, J. A.
text
Zootaxa
2002
107
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.155794
51879752-88bc-44e0-bfe6-ef6f9008a1af
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155794
Selenops tenebrosus
Lawrence, 1940
(
Figs. 6971
)
Selenops tenebrosus
Lawrence, 1940
. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):563, fig. 7. Female
syntypes
from
South Africa
, Gravelotte, N.E. of Transvaal, in TM N°2228, examined. Female
lectotype
(the bigger) and
2 female
paralectotypes
(here designated).
Diagnosis.
The females of this species have a small circular depression medially and the lateral lobes of the epigynum are separated (
Fig. 69
), and not fused as in
S. brachycephalus
(
Fig. 12
). The complexity of the spermathecae is characteristic for this species (
Fig. 70
).
Female.
The female was described by
Lawrence (1940)
. Colour pattern of opisthosoma is shown in
Fig. 71
and the epigynum and spermathecae in
Figs. 6970
.
Newrecord.
ZIMBABWE
:FortVictoria(
1066m
),
1female
,
29/VI/72
,E.RossCol.,CAS.
Known distribution.
South Africa
(
Corronca 2000
) and
Zimbabwe
.