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
subsessa
sp. n.
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9B3F05EE-83E5-4424-B812-5CB82DE80EE9
Figs 11
,
26
,
36
,
38
Material
examined.
Holotype
. Female.
BURUNDI
:
Parc National de la Kibira
,
Mont Musumba,
S 02°52’
E 029°30’
,
25.V.2008
, 2352 m,
pitfalls
, Nzigidahera Benoît (
MRAC 226242
).
Diagnosis
.
Females of
Zelotibia subsessa
are recognized by the epigyne with a very small anterior scape and the wide frontal depression showing copulatory openings connected by a groove.
Etymology
.
The specific name
subsessa
is derived from the Latin “
subsessus
” (from
subsidere
) meaning depressed and refers to the large frontal depression of the epigyne.
Description
. Female
holotype
(
Fig. 11
): Total length 5.60, Carapace 2.00 long, 1.60 wide.
Carapace
brownish orange suffused with brown striae radiating from fovea.
Eyes
AME area dark, anterior row recurved, posterior row straight. AME: 0.08; ALE: 0.08; PME: 0.08; PLE: 0.1; AME-AME: 0.03; AME-ALE: 0.02; PME-PME: 0.05; PME-PLE: 0.05.
Chelicerae
brownish orange, both margins with three teeth, thos of retromargin larger.
Sternum
pale brownish orange, darker brown and with long setae.
Labium
coloured pale brownish orange.
Legs
coloured brownish orange. Metatarsi III and IV with ventral preening comb at tip.
Abdomen
Dorsum greyish yellow, with long bristles at anterior end; venter pale yellow.
Spinnerets
pale yellowish.
Epigyne
(
Figs 26
,
36
) with very small anterior scape, large transverse depression provided with copulatory openings, far apart, connected by groove. Copulatory ducts short, broad, sinuous, leading into globular spermathecae, adjacent over ½ their length.
Legs spination
|
Legs
|
F
|
P
|
T
|
Mt
|
I |
d2 rl1 |
- |
- |
V2 |
II |
d2 rl1 |
- |
V2 |
V2-1 |
III |
d2 pl1rl1 |
pl1 |
d2Pl2 rl2 v1-2-2 |
d2-2 pl3 rl3 v2 |
IV |
d2 pl1 |
- |
d2Pl2 rl2 v1-2-2 |
d2-2 pl3 rl3 v2-2 |
Male
unknown.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality Mt Musumba in the Kibira National Park,
Burundi
(
Fig. 38
).