On new species of Microdiores (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Central and East Africa Author Nzigidahera, Benoît Institut National pour l'Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature INECN / Burundi ,, Burundi Author Jocqué, Rudy Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium text ZooKeys 2010 2010-06-09 48 48 11 19 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.48.411 0b7119cd-4a70-4008-bf13-ff36bb857874 1313–2970 576669 44EB4402-B033-4039-9277-9D944C534CE3 Microdiores rwegura sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4EC10832-C34E-4D48-BFB0-387841A7CDC0 Figures 2A, B Material examined. Holotype male. BURUNDI : Zone of “Parc National de la Kibira, Forêt de Rwegura”, 02.89891°S , 029.50405°E , site 1, tea plantation adjacent to NP, 30.X.2004 , 1970m, pitfalls , B. Nzigidahera ( MRAC 227565 ). Paratypes : BURUNDI : 1♁: 30.I.2004 , same data as holotype ( INECN ); 1♁: 30.IX.2004 same data as holotype ( INECN ); 1♁: 02.89565°S , 029.50345°E , site 2, 30.I.2004 , forest with Polyscias fulva and Macaranga neomildbraediana , 2120 m ( INECN ); 1♁: 02.88562°S , 029.50221°E , site 3, 14. VI .2005 , forest of Polyscias fulva and Hagenia abyssinica , 2160 m ( MRAC 227566). Diagnosis . The male of this species is recognized by the shape of the embolus which is long and curved, with a very slender distal part supported by a complex MA which is clearly different from those in M. violaceus and M. aurantioviolaceus ; in these species the end of the embolus is supported by the short triangular prong at the tip of the MA. The latter two species also differ in their violet carapace. Etymology . The specific name “ rwegura ” is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Description . Male ( holotype ). Total length 2.00, carapace 0.90 long and 0.72 wide. Carapace orange. Eyes, AME very large, round; anterior eye row straight, posterior row procurved; AME: 0.10; ALE: 0.06; PME: 0.04; PLE: 0.04; AME-AME: 0.02; AME-ALE: 0.00; PME-PME: 0.06; PME-PLE: 0.02. Chelicerae orange. Sternum yel- Figure 2A, B. Microdiores rwegura sp. n. A Male palp, ventral view B Male palp, retrolateral view. (Scale bars: 0.1mm ) lowish orange with dark orange margins; some setae along margin. Labium yellowish orange. Legs yellowish orange; with some short hairs, spineless. Abdomen pale yellowish orange dorsally and ventrally. Spinnerets pale yellowish orange. Palp (fig. 2A, B), cymbium with distal spine and sub-distal row of five modified setae; tibial apophysis short, sharp, pointing downward; embolus originating on posterior part of tegulum; its base pointing backward, thence running forward to tip of cymbium from where it is supported by longitudinal prong of complex MA. Leg measurements: Leg F P T Mt t Total I 0.70 0.24 0.60 0.70 0.54 2.78 II 0.60 0.24 0.44 0.50 0.48 2.26 III 0.60 0.22 0.42 0.54 0.40 2.18 IV 0.80 0.22 0.60 0.80 0.50 2.92 Female Unknown Variation . Carapace colour may vary from bright orange to yellowish orange Distribution . Known only from the type locality.