Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae)
Author
SURESH P. BENJAMIN
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
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journal article
31532
10.5281/zenodo.1049440
c8abda63-6fc9-4569-8e0a-1dca46e0a8eb
1175-5326
1049440
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Borboropactus nyerere
sp. nov.
Figs 6
A, B, 19A–E, 22A–F, 23A–F, 24A–F, 25A–F, 26A–D
Type
material:
Holotype
:
male,
TANZANIA
:
Iringa District:
Uzungwa Scarp Forest reserve,
11 km
SE Masisiwe, Kihanga Strm.
8°22’5.7’’S
35°58’41.6’’ E
,
1800 m
17–27 May 1997
, Understory, ZMJC-SI Exp. 1997 (
USNM
).
Paratypes
:
six females, same data as
holotype
.
Etymology.
Named in honor of Julius K.
Nyerere
(
1922–1999
) the first President of
Tanzania
. Used as a noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
Separated by the square-shaped MA, obovate C and stout ET (
Figs 22
A –E).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
):
Total length: 5.6; prosoma length: 1.6, width: 2.4. Leg I: femur 2.8, patella 1.1, tibia 2.2, metatarsus 1.5, tarsus 0.8. Prosoma, yellow-brown, laterals darker (
Fig 6
B). Opisthosoma lighter with white patches and dark markings as in
Fig 6
B. AER recurved, PER almost straight, ALE = PLE> AME = PME. Opisthosoma triangular, broadening towards the back. Palps as in
Figs 19
A–B, 22A–F.
Female
paratype
:
Total length: 5.2; prosoma length: 2.5, width: 2.3. Leg I: femur 2.8, patella 1.2, tibia 2.4, metatarsus 1.2, tarsus 0.8. Similar to male, but lighter colored (
Fig 6
A). Opisthosoma with white patches and dark markings as in
Fig 6
A. Epigynum and vulva as in
Figs 19
C–E, 23A–F.
Distribution:
Known only from its
type
locality.