On the genus Pachygnatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in the Albertine Rift of Burundi, with the description of three new species
Author
Nzigidahera, Benoît
Author
Jocqué, Rudy
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2014
2014-08-13
93
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16
journal article
32665
10.5852/ejt.2014.93
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Pachygnatha procincta
Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994
Fig. 6
Material examined
BURUNDI
:
1 ♂
,
Kibira National Park
,
Rwegura
,
Mt. Musumba
,
02.86°S
29.50°E
,
site 7
,
tea plantation
,
10 Dec. 2008
,
2100 m
,
B. Nzigidahera
(
MRAC 226772
)
.
Remarks
The specimen was compared to the
holotype
from Cameroon (MRAC 202728) and to the specimens from two localities in Kenya (MRAC
111873
, MRAC
112015
), that were attributed to the same species by
Bosmans & Bosselaers (1994)
. Reexamination confirms the close resemblance between all these specimens in which the males are characterized by the shape of the paracymbium. This sclerite has a very typical comma shaped bald retrolateral area. The cheliceral dentition of the specimens is virtually identical. The Burundian specimen has a slightly different colouration in the sense that it is paler and less orange than the other specimens. The presently known distribution is shown in
Fig. 6
.