Revision of the spider genus Mystaria Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) and the description of a new genus from the Afrotropical region
Author
Honiball Lewis, Allet S.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
ahoniball@gmail.com
Author
Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie S.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa & ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, P / Bag X 134, Queenswood, 0121 South Africa
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-10-15
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journal article
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Leroya unicolor
(
Simon, 1895
)
comb. n.
Figs 137, 138, 140
,
145, 146
,
148
Mystaria unicolor
Simon 1895: 989–990
(descr.
♀
).
Type material:
Holotype
:
(designated by
Simon 1895
):
♀
specimen was collected from
West Africa
,
Sierra
Leone
.
Type
series from MNHN was examined.
Other material examined
.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
:
Orientale Region
,
1 ♀
,
Rwankwi
[
01°20’S
,
29°22’E
],
July 1951
,
J. Leroy
(MRAC 71632).
CÔTE D’ IVOIRE
:
Moyen-Comoé Region
,
1 sub-adult
♂
, Appouesso, F.C. Bossematie [
6°37’N
,
3°26’W
], collected by hand in rainforest,
13 February 1997
, R. Jocqué & L. Baert (MRAC 205.408).
Diagnosis.
Carapace orange to copper; abdomen pale brown (
Fig. 137
); carapace with few, short setae; body larger than
L. silva
.
Female epigyne a solid circular sclerotised area, extending to a very short straight distance, centrally to posteriorly (
Figs 138
,
145
).
FIGURES 147–148.
Recorded geographical distributions of
Leroya
gen. n.
147
L. silva
sp. n.
; 148
L. unicolor
(
Simon, 1895
)
comb. n.
Scale lines = 1800 km (147), 2000 km (148).
Re-description. Female.
Size, measurements: (
n
= 2). TL: 4.77 (3.46–5.21); CL: 1.81 (1.49–1.92); CW: 1.77 (1.38–1.91); CI: 1.03 (1.01–1.08);
CH
: 0.94 (0.71–1.02); CLL: 0.19 (0.10–0.22); MOQ-L: 0.32 (0.26–0.34).
Colour.
carapace metallic shine, orange to copper; abdomen pale brown.
Carapace
. slightly longer than wide (
Fig. 137
).
Sternum.
SL: 0.72; SW: 0.77; SI: 0.93.
Clypeus.
as in
Fig. 140
.
Eye
s. not situated on tubercles, no eye spots; eye measurements: AME–AME: 0.56; ALE-AME: 0.54; AME-AME/AME-ALE: 1.03; PME-PME: 0.68; PLE-PME: 0.61; PME-PME/PME-PLE: 1.11; ALE/AME: 0.97; PLE/PME: 0.91; MOQ-AW/MOQ-PW: 0.83; MOQ-L/ MOQ-W: 0.39; Clyp/AME-AME: 0.32.
Legs
. dense setae on all leg segments; trichobothria not very conspicuous probably present on all legs, seen on metatarsi and tarsi II-III; leg formula: II:I:III:IV; leg measurements: leg I—Fe 1.23, Pat 0.47, Tib 1.20, Mt 1.02, Ta 0.76, total 4.57; II—Fe 1.31, Pat 0.46, Tib 1.22, Mt 1.03, Ta 0.72, total 4.73; III—Fe 1.11, Pat 0.27, Tib 0.73, Mt 0.54, Ta 0.45, total 3.10; IV—Fe 1.03, Pat 0.28, Tib 0.66, Mt 0.54, Ta 0.44, total 2.95.
Abdomen.
large in comparison to carapace; covered with fine setae, small sigillae; AL: 2.96; AW: 2.97; AI: 1.00.
Epigyne
. intromittent canals and spermathecae as in
Fig. 146
.
Male.
Unknown.
Natural history.
This species was collected in rainforests. Adult females were sampled during July and a subadult male during February.
Distribution.
Sierra Leone
. New records:
Democratic Republic of Congo
(
DRC
) and
Côte d’Ivoire
(
Fig. 148
).