Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae)
Author
BOSSELAERS, JAN
Author
JOCQUÉ, RUDY
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2000
2000-10-19
2000
256
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Hortipes stoltzei
,
new species
Figure 14a, b
;
Map 2
TYPES: Male
holotype
caught in litter at elev.
1600 m
,
Lupanga East
,
Uluguru Mountains
,
Tanzania
(
July 10, 1981
;
M. Stoltze
and
N. Scharff
) (
ZMUC
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The species’ name is a patronym in honor of M. Stoltze, one of the collectors of the
type
specimen.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of
H. stoltzei
are easily recognized by the simple palp: the RTA is a simple forwarddirected prong tapered from base to tip which is curved down and inward.
MALE:
Measurements.
Total length 1.70; carapace 0.81 long, 0.68 wide; length of fe: I 0.62, II 0.68, III 0.49, IV 0.73.
Leg spination.
Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 5; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1.
Coloration.
Carapace pale yellow, whitish around the fovea. Chelicerae yellow, sternum yellowish white. Legs yellow. Abdomen pale yellow, no pattern.
Palp.
Tibia with simple, tapered, RTA with tip slightly curved down and inward; cymbium elongate, with shallow lateral concavity; sperm duct with wide basal part, hardly narrowed in distal part, and Sshaped turn just before embolus; MA simple, evenly curved and gradually tapered from base to tip; embolus originating on posterior part of tegulum, fairly short, whiplike,
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Map 3. Distribution of
Hortipes
species
in the Kivu region.
Hortipes amphibolus
D,
H. auriga
.,
H. aurora
•,
H. echo
O,
H. falcatus
^,
H. hastatus
,
H. horta
V
,
H. lejeunei
Δ, and
H. narcissus
v.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the
type
locality.