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
Toticoryx exilis
n. sp.
(
Fig. 17
)
TYPE MATERIAL
.—
Holotype
:
Pierré Richaud
, on ground in low vegetation,
27.XI.1961
, leg.
P. Aguesse
&
M. Lamotte
,.
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin for “slen- der”, and refers to the body shape of this species.
DIAGNOSIS. — This species is distinguished by the presence of an additional spherical chamber next to the copulatory opening.
DESCRIPTION
Male unknown.
Female. Measurements: carapace length 1.3, width 0.9, height 0.3. Abdomen length 1.8, width 0.9. Eye field length 0.6, anterior width 0.7, posterior width 0.8. Leg spination: I Fm d 1- 1-1, Tb v 2-2-2, Mt v 2-2; II Fm d 1-1-1, Tb v 2- 2, Mt v 2-2; III and IV Fm d 1-1-1. Very small and slender spider. Carapace flat, elongated, slightly wider posteriorly. Its coloration brown, only near eyes black. Sparse prostrate hairs on carapace, some longer bristles at anterior row of eyes. Chelicerae with two promarginal teeth and single retromarginal tooth. Labium, maxillae and sternum orange-brownish. Abdomen very elongated, russet-greyish. Venter yellowish with traces of longitudinal dark stripe medially. Few long bristles at anterior margin of abdomen. Spinnerets grey. Legs yellow. First legs slightly thicker than remaining, prolateral surfaces of their segments brownish. Leg hairs scarce, spines not numerous, on leg III and IV present only on femora. Epigyne with wide depression posteriorly (
Fig. 17A
). Internal structures rather weakly sclerotized. Initially very short seminal duct expands to spherical chamber, which is joined by long tube with spherical receptacle (
Fig. 17B, C
).