Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae)
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
E362DE8A-ECB7-4C6E-B373-9E1821D214F7
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland. 1, Bailiffs Cottage, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME 9 0 JU, UK.
wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com
Author
Russell-Smith, Anthony
7A5811C2-4F5B-4AC6-BE44-1C0A92929CA7
mrussellsmith@btinternet.com
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-10-12
841
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943
journal article
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Myrmarachne eidmanni
Roewer, 1942
Fig. 38A–G
Myrmarachne eidmanni
Roewer, 1942: 252
, pl. 19 fig. 8.
Myrmarachne punctata
Wanless & Clark, 1975: 290
, figs 29–35.
Myrmarachne eidmanni
–
Wanless 1978b: 39
, fig. 17a–h.
Diagnosis
The female may be distinguished by the form of epigyne with strongly sclerotized lateral borderlines of the epigynal ‘window’ which is relatively low, bell-shaped, and framed by a wide flange (
Fig. 38G
).
Material examined
IVORY COAST
•
3 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
; Lamto;
24 Dec. 1975
; “buissons au soleil au bord de Bandama”;
MNHN
.
Description
Male
See
Wanless (1978b)
. General appearance of male shown in
Fig. 38A–B
.
Female
MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.0–3.1, height 1.0. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.4–1.5, posterior width 1.6–1.7. Abdomen length 2.8–3.6, width 1.6–1.8. Body slender. Shape of body as in male. General appearance as in
Fig. 38C–D.
CARAPACE. Pitted, with deep constriction and distinct thoracic hump (
Fig. 38D
). Colouration blackish brown with metallic sheen, white hairs in constrictions, sparse faint white hairs on thoracic part. Sternum and mouthparts light brown.
ABDOMEN. Light brown, with clearly visible anterior scutum, clothed in thin brownish hairs, venter greyish brown. Spinnerets dark.
LEGS. Slender, legs I and II yellowish with darker femora, black line along prolateral surface of femur, patella and tibia II. Legs III and IV brown with yellow distal segments. Coxae III brown, others yellow.
EPIGYNE. Very small, with short and wide triangular ‘window’, lateral edges of the ‘window’ are sclerotized flanges (
Fig. 38E–G
). Internal structure in
Fig. 38F–G
, seminal ducts long, coiled.
Remarks
The first description of the female is provided here.
Distribution
Recorded from
Ivory Coast
,
Ghana
,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko) and
Congo
.