Switching identities: a revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Carteronius Simon 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae), senior synonym of Mandaneta Strand, 1932, with a new genus of the Pronophaea group Author Eb. Bonaldo Author Ramírez, Martín J. Author Om. Labarque Author Shimano, Yulie 0000-0003-2931-4719 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa do Pantanal, Campus Avançado do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Cuiabá, 78060 - 900 Mato Grosso, Brazil. shimano. yulie @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2931 - 4719 shimano.yulie@gmail.com Author Silva-Junior, Cláudio J. 0000-0003-1300-8872 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi-MPEG, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Avenida Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP: 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-Universidade Federal do Pará-Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi claudiojr. uepa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1300 - 8872 claudiojr.uepa@gmail.com Author Haddad, Charles R. 0000-0002-2317-7760 Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa haddadCR @ ufs. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2317 - 7760 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-09 5205 4 343 373 journal article 183563 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.3 606deb86-203b-4450-aaba-814fa4835e33 1175-5326 7307035 A4731737-9899-45BE-B342-E4A6F632E756 Carteronius teke Bonaldo & Bosselaers sp. nov. Figs 13C, D , 14C, D ; Map 1 Type. ♀ holotype from Kivu , Rwankwi [ 01°19’S , 29°22’E ], DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO , VI.1946 , J. Leroy leg. ( MRAC 168.643 ) . Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the Teke people, one of the three kingdoms that ruled Congo before the arrival of Europeans. FIGURE 14. Carteronius myene sp. nov. : A epigynum, ventral view; B same dorsal view; Carteronius teke sp. nov. : C epigynum, ventral view (arrow: epigynal transversal ridge); D same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory opening; CDv, ventral sector of the copulatory duct; CDd, dorsal sector of the copulatory duct; ST2, secondary spermatheca; ST1, primary spermatheca. Scale: 1 mm. Diagnosis. Females of Carteronius teke sp. nov. differ from all other species of Carteronius by the presence of completely straight epigynal transversal ridge ( Fig. 14C ). Description. Male . Unknown. Female. (MRAC 168.643) Measurements:Total length 13.45, CL 4.90, CW 4.39, AL 7.99, AW 5.24, SL 2.44, SW 2.15. Eye diameters and interdistances:AME 0.38, ALE 0.25, PLE 0.28, PME 0.25, AME-AME 0.36, AME-ALE 0.40, ALE-ALE 2.30, PME-PME 0.57, PME-PLE 0.67, PLE-PLE 2.81. Length of leg segments (sequence from femur to tarsus, and total): I 4.21+2.04+3.57+2.92+1.25=13.99; II 4.15+1.86+3.89+2.79 +1.19=13.88; III 2.83+1.43+2.52+2.20+1.04=10.02; IV 3.42+1.42+3.03+3.14+1.28=12.29. Chelicerae: promargin with three spaced teeth, median tooth largest; retromargin with two spaced teeth, subequal in size. Leg spination: femora: IV do 1-0-0; tibiae: I ve 1 p -2-2-2-2-2, II ve 0-0-2-2-2-2, III ve 0-0-1 p -0, IV ve 1 p -0-1 p -0; metatarsi: I ve 2-2-2-2, II ve 1 r -1 p -2-2, III ve 0-2-2-0, IV ve 0-2-2-0. Coloration: carapace and chelicerae dark reddish-brown. Endites, labium and sternum reddish-brown. Legs I and II reddish-brown, III and IV dark yellow. Abdomen dorsally pale gray, ventrally white with darker band converging at spinnerets ( Fig. 13C ). Epigynum: CDv long, arched, ST2 tapering, medially located, gland ducts inconspicuous, much smaller than ST1; CDd folded ventrally ( Fig. 14D ). Other material examined. None. Distribution. Only known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Map 1 ).