Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae) Author BOSSELAERS, JAN Author JOCQUÉ, RUDY text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 2000-10-19 2000 256 4 4 http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0090(2000)256%3C0004%3AHAHGOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)256<0004:HAHGOT>2.0.CO;2 0003-0090 5351417 Hortipes platnicki , new species Figures 9a , 11a ; Map 2 TYPES: Female holotype : Chenzema , elev. 1700 m , Uluguru Mountains , Tanzania , S7°10' , E37°40' (2–22 July , 1971; L. Berger , N. Leleup , and J. Debecker ) ( MRAC 141.099 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The species’ epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. Norman Platnick, who mentioned the existence of the present genus for the first time (Platnick and Baptista, 1995). DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by a piriform ST1 connected on its dorsal side to a short and wide ID, which is inflated and globular at the entrance. MALE: Unknown. FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.78; carapace 1.16 long, 0.95 wide; length of fe: I 1.03, II 1.16, III 0.89, IV 1.22. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 3–4; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 2 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow with darker yellow brown radial striae running between bases of legs and a brown longitudinal stripe at fovea. Chelicerae yellow, sternum yellowish white. Legs I and II brownish yellow, legs III and IV yellow. Abdomen peach, no pattern. Genitalia. Epigyne a hooded scape in front of a shallow depression showing the piriform ST and globular, widened ID entrance parts (fig. 9). Vulva: ID short, stout, and wide, inflated and globular at the site of the small, circular entrance hole; running in DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.