Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae)
Author
BOSSELAERS, JAN
Author
JOCQUÉ, RUDY
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2000
2000-10-19
2000
256
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10.1206/0003-0090(2000)256<0004:HAHGOT>2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
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Hortipes auriga
,
new species
Figure 27a, b
;
Map 3
TYPES:
Male
holotype
:
Nyungwe Forest
, elev.
2100 m
,
Congo
S02°30'
,
E29°15'
(
March 1951
;
N. Leleup
) (
MRAC 092.537
)
.
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HORTIPES
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Fig. 24. a–c.
Hortipes lejeunei
,
new species
.
a, b.
Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views.
c.
Epigyne. d–f.
Hortipes narcissus
,
new species
.
d, e.
Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views.
f.
Epigyne. g–i.
Hortipes machaeropolion
,
new species
.
g, h.
Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views.
i.
Epigyne.
j.
Hortipes puylaerti
,
new species
, epigyne.
k.
Hortipes chrysothemis
,
new species
, epigyne. Scale lines: 0.25 mm.
Fig. 25. a, b.
Hortipes narcissus
,
new species
.
a.
Vulva, ventral view. Arrow indicates gland associated with widened portion of ID.
b.
Vulva, schematic representation. Scale line: 0.1 mm.
large for the genus, bear a very long, whiplike embolus.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of
H. auriga
are recognized by the semicircular course of the MA in dorsolateral view in combination with the peculiar shape of the RTA.
MALE:
Measurements.
Total length 2.73; carapace 1.22 long, 0.97 wide; length of fe: I 0.95, II 1.00, III 0.81, IV 1.16.
Leg spination.
Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 0 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 0–1 vt 1 rlt 0–1.
Coloration.
Carapace yellow, lighter at the fovea. Chelicerae yellow. Sternum and legs pale yellow. Abdomen yellowish white, with flat, bladeshaped central, anterior extension, pointing forward; cymbium fairly elongate and narrow as seen from above, with deep retrolateral concavity without series of long curved setae; sperm duct with wide basal part and not much narrower distal part with shallow turn just in front of embolus; MA solid, gradually tapered from thick base to sharp tip, semicircular in dorsolateral view, with two almost orthogonal bends in ventrolateral view; MA with a gutter along most of its length, giving the structure the appearance of an inrolled grass leaf, with one of the rims of the gutter sticking
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Fig. 26. a, b.
Hortipes lejeunei
,
new species
.
a.
Vulva, ventral view.
b.
Vulva, schematic representation.
c.
Hortipes chrysothemis
,
new species
, vulva, ventral view.
d.
Hortipes angariopsis
,
new species
, vulva, ventral view.
e.
Hortipes puylaerti
,
new species
, vulva, ventral view.
f.
Hortipes machaeropolion
,
new species
, vulva, ventral view. Arrow indicates ID entrance. Scale line: 0.1 mm.
and thin, whiplike, looped over 540° (fig. 27a, b).
FEMALE: Unknown.