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
171
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2647/12221
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647
2118-9773
13752285
00BEAF45-3564-4079-BB79-504FF82966C6
Icius entebbensis
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
1D8CE990-3B8A-49F6-A8FB-C35D5767D0C3
Fig. 35
Diagnosis
The male has a palpal organ similar to that in
Icius steeleae
Logunov, 2004
but it is easily distinguished by the tibial apophysis that is twice as short as in the other species.
Etymology
The name is derived from the
type
locality.
Material examined
Holotype
UGANDA
•
♂
;
Entebbe
;
Apr. 2001
;
FSCA
.
Description
Male
General appearance as in
Fig. 35A.
MEASUREMENTS
. Cephalothorax length 2.2, width 1.5, height 0.6. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.2, posterior width 1.3. Abdomen length 2.4, width 1.4.
CARAPACE
. Oval, flat, dark brown with black pitted eye field. Translucent hairs covering carapace, longer at anterior margin, anterior eyes encircled by dark hairs. Mouthparts and sternum dark brown, chelicera long, with single tooth on retromargin and two teeth on promargin, fang long.
ABDOMEN
. Ovoid, greyish fawn with traces of lighter pattern, clothed in brown hairs. Venter beige, spinnerets grey.
LEGS
. First pair longest, dark brown with slightly lighter metatarsus and tarsus. Other legs yellow.
PALP
. Brownish, its femur slightly swollen (
Fig. 35H
). Palpal organ as in
Fig. 35B–G
, embolus short, tibial apophysis wide with hooked tip, cymbium with small tutaculum corresponding to apophysis.
Female
Unknown.