Redescriptions Of Little Known Jumping Spider Genera (Araneae: Salticidae) From West Africa
Author
Szűts, T.
Author
Scharff, N.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2005
51
4
357
378
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12586019
2064-2474
12586019
Alfenus calamistratus
SIMON
, 1902
(
Figs 1A, C
,
2
A-F, 3A-D)
Alfenus calamistratus
SIMON
, 1902
a
: 411
. –
SIMON
1903
a
: 739
.
Diagnosis – Tibial apophysis of the palp short and robust (
Fig. 3D
). The tegulum is also characteristic, with a prolateral outgrowth (
Fig. 2D, F
).
Description – Male: Carapace brown, with many white, brownish-orange hairs (
Figs 2
A-B). Ocular area bordered by brown hairs and with two large ‘horns’ consisting of orange and orange-brown setae (
Figs 3
A-B). ‘Horns’ situated between PME, their inner side with white basal hairs. In dorsal view, ocular area with a white triangle, lateral sides of carapace covered with white hairs. Eyes with black rings, covered with differently coloured hairs. AME surrounded by orange and white, PME’s and PLE’s surrounded by brown hairs (
Figs 2
A-B, 3A-B). Clypeus with brown hairs and a few white ones at the center. Chelicerae robust, dark brown, with many hairs. Gnathocoxae, labium and sternum brown. Leg segments brownish-yellow. Femora with dark spots on yellowish background. Leg I–II with blackish tibia, metatarsi black distally, other leg segments light brown. Leg III–IV paler with dark spots. Abdomen oval, hairy with an unclear pattern on a brownish background.
Fig. 1.
Habitus of
Alfenus
. A=
Alfenus calamistratus
; B=
A. chrysophaeus
; C=
A. calamistratus
. Scale = 1.0 mm
Measurements – Male: total length 9.25. Carapace 4.25 long, 3.25 wide, 1.21 high at PLE. AEW 2.75, PEW 2.25, OCA 1.35 long. Abdomen 4.25 long 2.55 wide.
Palp (
Figs 3
C-D) – All palpal segments covered with thick, white, retrolateral brushes of hairs. Tibia with a strong short black retrolateral apophysis. Tegulum strongly sclerotized, sperm ducts not visible. Embolus moderately long, thin, and whip-like.
Female: unknown.
Distribution –
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
Material examined – Type material:
Alfenus calamistratus
SIMON
, 1902
,
holotype
(examined), male from
Congo
. Handwritten labels in tube: “22084
Alfenus calamistratus
E. S.,
Congo
(Blaise)”; “22084” (
MNHN 22084
)
.
Other material:
1 male
from
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Méya
,
HSZE
Nr 39:
29.X. 1963
, leg.
J. Balogh
&
A. Zicsi
, “singled in apartment, on walls, around house, in plam [
sic!
]-roof” [probably palm-roof] (
HNHM
SALT395
)
.