Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae)
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
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Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland. 1, Bailiffs Cottage, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME 9 0 JU, UK.
wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com
Author
Russell-Smith, Anthony
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mrussellsmith@btinternet.com
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-10-12
841
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943
journal article
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Menemerus niangbo
sp. nov.
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Fig. 35
Diagnosis
The female has a somewhat similar epigyne to that in
Menemerus carlini
(
Peckham & Peckham, 1903
)
, both species have very large atria forming deep ‘bowls’.
Menemerus niangbo
sp. nov.
differs in having a double epigynal pocket (single in
M. carlini
) and bean-shaped spermathecae (spherical in the second species).
Fig. 35.
Menemerus niangbo
sp. nov.
, holotype, ♀ (MNHN).
A
. Habitus, dorsal view.
B
. Epigyne.
C
. Internal structure of epigyne.
Etymology
The specific name is a noun in apposition, deriving from the name of the
type
locality.
Material examined
Holotype
IVORY COAST
•
♀
;
Mt Niangbo
;
8°49′ N
,
5°10′ W
;
15–16 Oct. 1975
; “sommet, ‘alpages’, dans l’herbes”;
MNHN
.
Description
Male
Unknown.
Female
MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.6, width 1.7, height 1.0. Eye field length 1.8, anterior width 1.3, posterior width 1.4. Abdomen length 2.9, width 2.2. General appearance as in
Fig. 35A.
CARAPACE. Pear-shaped, flat, widest at coxae III, brown with blackish eye field, black line along margins. Whole carapace covered with dense brown hairs, long bristles near anterior eyes, some white hairs on slopes. Chelicerae and sternum brown, labium and endites with whitish tips.
ABDOMEN. Dark grey with poorly contrasted lighter spots (
Fig. 35A
), venter yellowish with broad grey streak. Dorsum of abdomen clothed in dense brown hairs. Spinnerets grey.
LEGS. Brownish grey with lighter rings, leg hairs brown.
EPIGYNE. With two oval depressions and wide double pocket at epigastric fold (
Fig. 35B
). Internal structure as in
Fig. 35C
, long accessory glands connected to seminal ducts, spermathecae bean-shaped.
Distribution
Only known from the
type
locality, Mt Niangbo,
Ivory Coast
.