New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea) Author Saaristo, Michael I. text Phelsuma 2002 10 1 32 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.824148 79d22dc4-916c-4f10-a085-4b796c63dd68 1026-5023 824148 Odontodrassus aphanes (Thorell, 1897) ( Figs. 25-27 ) Drassus aphanes Thorell, 1897a: 218 (Df) . Scotophaeus javanus Kulczyn’ski, 1911 b: 470, pl. 21, f. 21,24 (Df). Drassodes ciusi Berland, 1924a : 192 , f. 54-56 (Dm). Drassodes ciusi, Berland 1929a : 393 , f. 3-4 (Df). Odontodrassus javanus, Platnick 1981 :332, f. 1-4 (Tf from Zelotes per Roewer, Sm). Kamura, 1990 : 32, f. 1-2 0). Odontodrassus aphanes, Deeleman-Reinhold 2001 : 530 , f.915-921 (Tf from Drassodes, Sm ). Material examined: Bird , 1m , 06.04.2001 , J. Gerlach leg. ( MZT AA 2.183 ) . Diagnosis: This is a smallish (TL=5-5.8), light coloured species; carapace pale orange, abdomen dorsaily mouse-grey with a small, triangular dark coloured apical scutum covered with long, curved and thickened hairs, venter creamy white. Male palp with enlarged embolar base bearing a long, whip-like embolus running along the retrolateral edge of large, flat conductor. Female epigynum with a wide median ridge covering two long, parallel median ducts with laterally directed anterior ends. Description: The species has been well described by Platnick (1981: Odontodrassus javanus ) and Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) . Distribution: The species seems to be widely distributed in the tropics, probably partly due to human introductions ( Platnick 1981 , Deeleman-Reinhold 2001 ). This is the first record of the species from Seychelles and so far found only from Bird.