Switching identities: a revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Carteronius Simon 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae), senior synonym of Mandaneta Strand, 1932, with a new genus of the Pronophaea group Author Eb. Bonaldo Author Ramírez, Martín J. Author Om. Labarque Author Shimano, Yulie 0000-0003-2931-4719 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa do Pantanal, Campus Avançado do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Cuiabá, 78060 - 900 Mato Grosso, Brazil. shimano. yulie @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2931 - 4719 shimano.yulie@gmail.com Author Silva-Junior, Cláudio J. 0000-0003-1300-8872 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi-MPEG, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia, Avenida Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP: 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-Universidade Federal do Pará-Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi claudiojr. uepa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1300 - 8872 claudiojr.uepa@gmail.com Author Haddad, Charles R. 0000-0002-2317-7760 Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa haddadCR @ ufs. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2317 - 7760 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-09 5205 4 343 373 journal article 183563 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.3 606deb86-203b-4450-aaba-814fa4835e33 1175-5326 7307035 A4731737-9899-45BE-B342-E4A6F632E756 Carteronius myene Bonaldo & Labarque sp. nov. Figs 13A, B ; 14A, B ; Map 1 Type . ♀ holotype from Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou , Département de Ndougou , Province de Ogooué Maritime ( 02°35’S , 10°14’E ), GABON , III–IV.2003 , O.S.G. Olivier & M. Burger leg. (forêt marecaguese) ( MRAC 220.827 ) . Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the Myene people, which settled fishing communities along the coast of Gabon . Diagnosis. Females of Carteronius myene sp. nov. resemble those of C. gentilis comb. nov. by the slightly curved epigynal transversal ridge ( Figs 14A , 19C ), but can be recognized by the posterior sector relatively larger; spermathecae barely visible by transparency in anterior sector ( Fig. 14A ). Description. Male . unknown. Female. (MRAC 220.827). Measurements: Total length 11.29, CL 5.29, CW 4.85, AL 6.33, AW 4.59, SL 2.64, SW 2.30. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.42, ALE 0.34, PLE 0.29, PME 0.32, AME-AME 0.32, AME-ALE 0.37, ALE-ALE 2.32, PME-PME 0.39, PME-PLE 0.62, PLE-PLE 2.71. Length of leg segments: I 4.68+2.28+4.48+3.46+1.34=16.24; II 4.96+2.29+4.27+3.58+1.41=16.58; III 3.59+1.71+2.83+2. 81+1.00=11.29; IV 4.03+1.69+3.43+3.44+1.15=13.74. Chelicerae: promargin with three spaced teeth, median tooth largest; retromargin with two spaced teeth, proximal tooth largest; Leg spination: femora: II do 0-1-0, III do 0-1-0 ve 0-1-0, IV do 1-0-0; tibiae: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2, II ve 2-2-2-2-2, III ve 2-2, IV ve 1-0-1; metatarsi: I ve 2-2-2-2, II ve 1 p -1 p -0-1 r -2, III pl 0-0-0-1 rl 0-0-0-1 ve 2-2-1, IV pl 2-0-1-0 ve 0-1-0 -0. Coloration: Carapace and chelicerae dark reddish-brown. Endites, labium and sternum dark reddish-brown. Legs reddish-brown, with femora I and II darker. Abdomen dark gray, with several small white spots, two pairs of small white spots in middle dorsally, and three faint chevrons posteriorly. Venter gray, with irregular white spots forming two transversal lines ( Fig. 13A ). Epigynum: CDv long, gently arched, ST2 tapering, anteriorly located, gland ducts present, approximately same size as ST1; CDd folded ventrally ( Fig. 14B ). FIGURE 13. Carteronius myene sp. nov. , female: A abdomen, dorsal view; B carapace, dorsal view. Carteronius teke sp. nov. , female: C abdomen, dorsal view; D carapace, dorsal view. Scale: 1 mm. Other material examined. None. Distribution. Only known from Gabon ( Map 1 ).