Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae)
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
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Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland. 1, Bailiffs Cottage, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME 9 0 JU, UK.
wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com
Author
Russell-Smith, Anthony
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text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-10-12
841
1
1
143
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943
journal article
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Icius bandama
sp. nov.
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A3BD4D94-2B3A-447D-BDA5-62FEE28D7309
Figs 27–28
Diagnosis
This species is related to
Icius grassei
(
Berland & Millot, 1941
)
. Both species are very similar in size, shape of body and colouration. The male can be recognized by the palpal tibial apophysis, which is pointed in
I. grassei
but wide and truncate at the tip in the newly described species, (compare
Fig. 28B
with
Wesołowska 2017
: fig. 1c). The female of both species have an epigyne with a centrally placed atrium, but the internal structures of the epigyne are different (compare
Fig. 28D
with
Wesołowska 2017
: fig. 2d).
Icius grassei
has a large pocket located at the epigastric fold (no pocket in
I. bandama
sp. nov.
).
Fig. 27.
Icius bandama
sp. nov.
A–C
. Holotype, ♂ (MNHN).
D
. Paratype, ♀ (MNHN).
A
. Habitus of male, dorsal view.
B
. Palpal organ, ventral view.
C
. Palpal organ, lateral view.
D
. Habitus of female, lateral view.
Etymology
The specific name is a noun in apposition, referring to the
type
locality.
Material examined
Holotype
IVORY COAST
•
♂
; Lamto;
26 Dec. 1975
; “buissons au soleil au bord de Bandama”;
MNHN
.
Fig. 28.
Icius bandama
sp. nov.
A–B
. Holotype, ♂ (MNHN).
C–D
. Paratype, ♀ (MNHN).
A
. Palpal organ, ventral view.
B
. Palpal organ, lateral view.
C
. Epigyne.
D
. Internal structure of epigyne.
Paratype
IVORY COAST
•
1 ♀
;
Lamto
;
11 Dec. 1975
; “savane brulée, sur branches”;
MNHN
.
Description
Male
MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.1, width 1.7, height 0.8. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.4, posterior width 1.5. Abdomen length 2.0, width 1.4. General appearance as in
Fig. 27A.
CARAPACE. Oval, very flat, reddish brown with black eye field. Colourless recumbent hairs on carapace, a few long bristles near eyes. Chelicerae long, brownish, with single retrolateral and two prolateral teeth. Mouthparts and sternum light brown.
ABDOMEN. Ovoid, greyish beige with light streak along anterior margin and two transverse bands in posterior half. Venter yellowish. Spinnerets light.
LEGS. Yellow, only first pair light brown, thicker than others. First tibia with three very short and thick spines ventro-prolaterally and two ventro-retrolaterally, metatarsus with two pairs of ventral spines. Leg hairs and spines brown.
PEDIPALPS. Yellow, copulatory organ relatively small. Tibial apophysis short and wide, truncate distally (
Figs 27C
,
28B
). Bulb ovoid, embolus short (
Figs 27B
,
28A
).
Female
MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.0, width 1.5, height 0.6. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 1.3, posterior width 1.4. Abdomen length 3.0, width 1.7. General appearance as in
Fig. 27D.
CARAPACE. Oval, very flat, reddish brown with wide white streak along lateral margins, eye field darker, black near eyes. Light grey hairs cover carapace, denser on eye field, some long brown bristles on anterior part of eye field. Anterior eyes encircled by fawn scales. Clypeus low, with white hairs. Mouthparts and sternum light brown.
ABDOMEN. Ovoid, yellowish olive, densely clothed in light hairs, a few brown bristles at anterior margin. Whitish band on anterior edge of abdomen spreading to sides. Venter light. Spinnerets yellowish.
LEGS. Yellow, only first pair brown, slightly thicker than other.
EPIGYNE. Oval with centrally located atrium (
Fig. 28C
). Internal structure simple, copulatory openings placed in small pockets, seminal ducts curved, forming loop, accessory glands long (
Fig. 28D
).
Distribution
Only known from the
type
locality, Lamto,
Ivory Coast
.