An of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine Rift
Author
Nzigidahera, Benoît
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Institut National pour l’Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature, Bujumbura & -
Author
Jocqué, Rudy
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Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
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ZooKeys
2009
2009-07-03
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.13.145
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Zelotibia
johntony
sp. n.
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Figs 5
,
20
,
30
,
39
Material
examined.
Holotype
.
Female
.
Congo DR
,
Bikara
,
18 km
South
of Lubero-
Goma
,
XII.1976
,
2100 m
,
Lejeune, M.
(
MRAC 159813
).
Paratypes
:
CONGO DR
:
1 ♀
:
Kivu
,
Mont Lubwe
,
South-East of Butembo
,
13.IV.1971
,
2400 m
,
Lejeune, M.
(
MRAC 138902
)
;
1 ♀
:
Musyenene area
,
Kyondo
,
6.IV.1976
,
2200 m
,
Lejeune, M.
(
MRAC 160091
)
.
Diagnosis
.
Females of
Zelotibia johntony
are recognized by the epigyne with short, triangular pointed scape. It closely resembles that of
Zelotibia paucipapillata
but the openings leading to the copulatory ducts are much wider and the spermathecae much shorter in the former.
Etymology
.
The specific name “
johntony
”
is a combination of the first names of John Murphy and Tony Russell-Smith who described the genus.
Description
. Female
holotype
(
Fig. 5
): Total length 4.40,
Carapace
2.00 long, 1.52 wide.
Carapace
yellow, with yellow striae radiating from fovea. Fovea short red line.
Eyes
AME area dark; anterior row straight, posterior row recurved. AME: 0.07; ALE: 0.08; PME: 0.08; PLE: 0.1; AME-AME: 0.02; AME-ALE: 0.02; PME-PME: 0.07; PME-PLE: 0.03.
Chelicerae
yellow; both margins with three teeth.
Sternum
yellow, darker along margin; with brown hairs.
Labium
yellow; longer than broad.
Legs
yellow. Metatarsi III and IV with ventral preening comb at tip.
Abdomen
Dorsum pale grey, with long bristles at anterior end; venter pale yellow.
Spinnerets
pale.
Epigyne
‘
Figs 20
,
30
) with short, pointed, triangular scape (
Fig. 4
) at base with wide atria lodging copulatory openings, situated far to the side. Copulatory ducts short, broad. Spermathecae short, oval, adjacent over ¾ of their length.
|
Legs spination
|
|
Legs
|
F
|
P
|
T
|
Mt
|
| I |
d2pl1 |
- |
v1 |
v2-2 |
| II |
d2pl1rl1 |
- |
v1 |
v2-2 |
| III |
d2pl1 rl1 |
pl1 |
d1 pl2 rl2 v1-2-2 |
d2-2 rl3pl3 v2 |
| IV |
d2pl1 rl1 |
- |
d2 pl2rl2 v1-2-2 |
d2-2pl3rl3v2-2 |
Male
unknown.
Distribution.
Known from
Kivu
in
Congo DR
(
Fig. 39
).