Four new species of Selenops (Araneae, Selenopidae) and comments on the distribution of Afrotropical species
Author
Corronca, José Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2005
2005-06-03
1003
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33
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1003.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1003.1.2
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Selenops tonteldoos
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1–2
,
Fig. 9
Map 1)
Type.
Female
holotype
from
South Africa
,
Dullstroom District
,
Tonteldoos
(
25º19´S
29º58´E
),
22/VII/1994
,
Mr. Papenfuss Col.
, deposited in NCA 95/132
.
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the
type
locality.
FIGURES 1–4. 1–2
.
Selenops tonteldoos
sp. n.
, female holotype, epigynum, Fig. 1. ventral view, Fig. 2. dorsal view.
3–4
.
Selenops jocquei
sp. n.
, epigynum, Fig. 3. ventral view, Fig. 4. dorsal view. Abbreviations: cd=copulatory duct, ep=epigynal pockets, fd=fertilization duct, go=genital opening, ll=lateral lobes, mf=middle field, s=spermathecae. Scale bars=0.20mm
Diagnosis.
S. tonteldoos
shares a similar opisthosoma colour pattern with
S. feron
Corronca
(
Corronca 2002:15
, Fig. 24), but the general form of the epigynum with the middle field not reaching the posterior margin (
Fig. 1
), the genital openings posterior to the median portion of the epigynum and the globular spermathecae (
Fig. 2
) differ this species with
S. feron
. The fertilization ducts of
S. tooltedoos
are shorter and not coiled as in
S. feron
and the copulatory ducts are narrower than in
S. feron
.
S. tonteldoos
has tufts of white hairs on the posterior portion of the opisthosoma which are absent in
S. feron
.
Female (
holotype
).
Total length 14.30. Prosoma 5.10 long, 6.14 wide. Opisthosoma 9.15 long, 7.59 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.21, ALE 0.16, PME 0.26, PLE 0.53, AME–AME 0.33, AME–ALE 0.63, AME–PME 0.19, PME–PME 1.10, PME– PLE 0.70, PLE–PLE 2.63, ALE–ALE 2.17. Leg formula 2431. Leg measurements: I Fe 5.38, Pat+Tib 6.16, Mt 3.39, Ta 1.39, total 16.32; II 7.34, 8.32, 4.47, 1.54, total 21.67; III 7.55, 8.00, 4.47, 1.38, total 21.40; IV 7.70, 7.75, 4.62, 1.38, total 21.45. Leg spination: Fe I–IV pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.0.1; Tib I–II v2.2.2, III–IV v2.2.0; Mt I–IV v2.2. Prosoma brownreddish; chelicerae dark brownreddish and legs dark brown with dorsal portion of the femora light brown, terminal portion of all tibiae and metatarsi with whitish hairs. Opisthosoma pale yellow with a central, longitudinal dark band with lateral branches and lateral dark spots; terminal portion of the opisthosoma with tufts of white hairs. Venter of the opisthosoma yellowish. Epigynum and spermathecae as in
Figs 1–2
.
Male:
Unknown.
Known distribution:
Known only from the
type
locality.