A revision of the African wolf spider genus Amblyothele Simon Author Russell-Smith, Tony ,, Author Jocqué, Rudy urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author: Royal Museum for Central Africa, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium & - Author Alderweireldt, Mark urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author: Royal Museum for Central Africa, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium & - text ZooKeys 2009 2009-07-29 16 16 149 180 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.16.233 7838bb10-6ff5-4333-823c-cb5debdb973c 1313–2970 576480 AC717D1B-B74E-4C1D-86D8-0F3030C3C4F9 Key to the species of Amblyothele 1 Males .......................................................................................................... 2 – Females....................................................................................................... 7 2 Palpal tibia with dense ventral cluster of short setae in basal half (2a , b )...... 3 – Palpal tibia without dense cluster of short setae (2c) ................................... 4 3 Distal prong of MA long and slender, protruding beyond cymbium in ventral view; indentation between distal and proximal prong narrow, rectangular (3a) .......................................................................................... A. albocincta – Distal prong of MA fairly broad and curved, not protruding beyond cymbium in ventral view; indentation between distal and proximal prong round- ed (3b) ................................................................................. A. latedissipata 4 MA with one prong only; TA with back pointing tooth (4a) ..... A. hamatula – MA with two prongs; TA simple (4b) ......................................................... 5 5 Palpal tibia long (L/W> 3)(5a) ; distal prong of MA strongly tapered and pointed (5b) ................................................................................. A. longipes – Palpal tibia short (L/W <2.5) (5c); distal prong of MA rounded (5d) ......... 6 6 Distal prong of MA short, hardly longer than proximal one, straight (6a); TA fairly long and spiniform (6b) .................................................... A. kivumba – Distal prong of MA longer than proximal one, curved (6c) ; TA fairly broad (6d) ............................................................................................... A. togona 7 Posterior margin of epigyne convex and provided with central band covered with short setae up to anterior margin (7a , 7b) ........................................... 8 – Posterior margin of epigyne indented and without central haired band (7c )... 9 8 Posterior lip of semicircular, setae on central band dense (7a) .... A. atlantica – Posterior less strongly curved, setae on central band sparse (7b) .... A. ecologica 9 Lateral parts of posterior margin rounded (9a) ; copulatory ducts long and s-shaped (9b) ....................................................................... A. latedissipata – Lateral parts of posterior margin more or less strongly pointed (9c); ducts shorter (9c) ............................................................................................... 10 10 Copulatory ducts straight, shorter than diameter of spermathecae (9d) ........ ...................................................................................................... A. togona – Copulatory ducts curved or s-shaped, longer than diameter of spermathecae (10a) ......................................................................................................... 11 11 Posterior margin of epigyne deeply notched (9a); copulatory ducts s-shaped (10a)........................................................................................ A. albocincta – Posterior margin of epigyne shallowly notched (11a) ; copulatory ducts curved (11b) ........................................................................................... A. longipes