Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea
Author
Rollard, Christine
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Laboratoire de Zoologie (Arthropodes), 61 rue Buffon, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) chroll @ mnhn. fr
chroll@mnhn.fr
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
Zoological Institute, Wrocław University, Sienkiewicza 21, PL- 50335 Wrocław (Poland) tomwes @ biol. uni. wroc. pl.
text
Zoosystema
2002
24
2
283
307
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5394616
1638-9387
5394616
Langelurillus horrifer
n. sp.
(
Fig. 11
)
TYPE MATERIAL
. —
Holotype
: road to Bakoré,
Andropogon
steppe,
500 m
a.s.l.
,
8.X.1956
, leg.
M. Lamotte
,.
C D
F
FIG. 10. —
Lamottella longipes
n gen., n. sp.
, holotype;
A
, general appearance, lateral view;
B
, chelicerae and sternum;
C
, palpal organ, ventral view;
D
, palpal organ, dorsal view;
E
, palpal organ, ventrolateral view;
F
, palpal organ, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, 2 mm; B, 0.1 mm; C-F, 0.3 mm.
A B
FIG. 11. —
Langelurillus horrifer
n. sp.
, holotype;
A
, epigyne;
B
, internal structure of epigyne. Scale bars: A, 0.2 mm; B, 0.1 mm.
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin for “terrible”, and refers to the complicated structure of the epigyne of this species.
DIAGNOSIS. — The species resembles
L
.
nigritus
n. comb.
and
L
.
difficilis
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
, but may be easily distinguished by the shape of the copulatory openings and the longer seminal ducts (cf.
Fig. 11B
with figs 13E and
124 in
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000).
DESCRIPTION
Male unknown.
Female. Measurements: carapace length 2.1, width 1.7, height 1.0. Abdomen length 2.7, width 2.5. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.4. Carapace high, brown, ocular area black. Brown and grey hairs cover carapace, long brown bristles in vicinity of eyes, short dense spines on eye field anteriorly. Small yellowishfawn scales around anterior eyes. Chelicerae brown, toothless, with long hairs on promarginal protuberance. Labium and sternum orange, maxillae orange with whitish tips. Abdomen rounded, squat, brownish-beige, ventrally light. Sparse long brown hairs on abdomen, denser at its anterior edge. Spinnerets yellow. Legs light brown, their hairs brown. Epigyne oval, with elevated median part and two large depressions laterally (
Fig. 11A
). Seminal ducts spirally coiled, very long, their spirals have eight loops, receptacles composed of two chambers (
Fig. 11B
).