Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data
Author
Wiśniewski, Konrad
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Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22 a, 76 - 200 Słupsk, Poland.
konrad.wisniewski.araneae@gmail.com
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
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Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland.
wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-09-04
952
1
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2647/12221
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647
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Dendryphantes sasa
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
C8B7B8FB-46AF-45A7-9460-87A1ABBE1C16
Fig. 12
Diagnosis
The species can be recognized from congeners by the structure of epigyne, which has a pair of troughshaped, vertical depressions. The seminal ducts are extremely short.
Etymology
The name is a noun in apposition, derived from the
type
locality.
Material examined
Holotype
UGANDA
•
♀
;
Mt Elgon
,
Sasa
[river];
2990 m
a.s.l.
;
1°10′ N
,
34°26′ E
; dry season;
Sep. 1997
;
T. Wagner
leg.;
ZFMK 4898
.
Description
Male
Unknown.
Female
Body flattened, typical for members of the genus.
MEASUREMENTS
. Cephalothorax length 2.0, width 1.5, height 1.1. Eye field length 0.9, anterior width 1.1, posterior width 1.2. Abdomen length 3.2, width 1.8.
CARAPACE
. Oval, light brown, darkening marginally, covered with short white hairs. Eyes framed by black area, eye field with pair of blackish spots and silver patches (guanin crystals beneath translucent cuticle). Clypeus very low, dark. Chelicerae unidentati. Sternum and mouthparts pale brown.
ABDOMEN
. Ovoid, light brown, trace of darker median band in anterior half, two pairs of small dark marks posteriorly. Venter and spinnerets yellow.
LEGS
. Yellow, bearing brown hairs.
EPIGYNE
. Oval, with pair of grooves, their mesial edges strongly sclerotized (
Fig. 12A
). Copulatory ducts very short, accessory glands present, spermathecae multi-chambered, first chamber largest (
Fig. 12B
).