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
Genus
Toticoryx
n. gen.
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Toticoryx exilis
n. gen., n. sp.
ETYMOLOGY. — The generic name is a arbitrary combination of letters. Gender masculine.
DIAGNOSIS AND AFFINITIES. — Very small and flat spi- der, body slender, its length
c
.
3 mm
. Habitus of this genus resembles
Pseudicius
Simon, 1885
, but the internal structure of the epigyne is unique; seminal ducts extremely short, pass into a big spherical reservoirs, the latter connected with spherical receptacles by intermediate canals. The structure of the female genitalia resembles that of the unrelated genus
Simaetha
Thorell, 1881
, distributed in the Oriental and Australian Regions (see
Zabka 1994
). Relationships of
Toticoryx
n. gen.
are unclear and demand examination of the male.