New Species of the Spider Genus Cheiracanthium from Continental Africa (Araneae: Eutichuridae)
Author
Lotz, L. N.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3973
2
321
336
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.7
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1175-5326
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Cheiracanthium kakamega
sp. nov.
Figs 19–21
Type
material.
Holotype
♂,
KENYA
:
Kakamega
forest,
00º13’N
,
34º54’E
,
13.IV.2002
, D. Shilabira-Smith (
MRAC
ex.
220546
).
Etymology.
The name is a noun in apposition of the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
C. kakamega
sp. nov.
can be differentiated from other Afrotropical species of
Cheiracanthium
by the very broad TA on the male palp (
Figs 20–21
).
Description.
Male
: (n = 1): TL = 6.7; CL = 3.1; CW = 2.3; OAL = 0.45; OAW = 1.0; CLL = 0.05. Chelicerae robust with long fangs; fang furrow with six teeth of unequal size, with PMT:RMT = 3:3 (
Fig. 19
). Measurements: AME–AME 0.15; AME–ALE 0.10; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.20; PME–PLE 0.20; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.45; MOQPW 0.50; CI (CL/CW) 1.35; LL:CL 6.06; STL 1.70; STW 1.30. Leg measurements: I— 4.6+1.5+5.0+5.7+2.0 = 18.8; II—3.2+1.3+3.2+4.1+1.2 = 13.0; III—2.6+1.0+2.0+3.0+0.9 = 9.5; IV— 3.6+1.3+3.2+4.5+1.2 = 13.8; Palp—1.4+0.5+0.7+1.4 = 4.0. Leg spines: I 0-1p-1p,
2v-21v-
0, 2v-
2v-1v
; II 0-1p-1p,
2v
1p-
3v-
1p, 0-
3
v1p-
1v
; III 0-1p1r-1p1r,
2v
1p1r-0-1p1r, 2v-2
v1
p1r-
3v
1p1r; IV 0-1p1r-1p1r,
2v-
1p1r-1p1r,
2v
1p1r-
5v
1p1r-
3v
1p1r. Abdomen: creamy yellow with slight heartmark. Palp (
Figs 20–21
): cymbium elongate, twice as long as tibia (excluding RTA), with a distally pointed apophysis; tibia with DTA and RTA, both ending with a single point at apex; TA broad and sclerotized; EM long, almost encircling tegulum, ending at CON apex; CON not sclerotized but distinct.
Female
: unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality in
Kenya
(
Fig. 53
).
Habitat.
Forest.