A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
0000-0002-4411-1058
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland helena. wesolowska @ uwr. edu. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4411 - 1058
helena.wesolowska@uwr.edu.pl
Author
Szűts, Tamás
0000-0001-8954-0641
Department of Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Rottenbiller u. 50, Budapest, 1077, Hungary szuts. tamas @ univet. hu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8954 - 0641
szuts.tamas@univet.hu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-13
5052
1
1
41
journal article
4035
10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1
88310031-a45c-46f3-b273-2216c818ac22
1175-5326
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Pochyta konilokho
sp. n.
Figs 50–56
Type material.
Holotype
,
male:
GUINEA
:
Nimba Mts
,
Gbié
,
Konilokho forest
,
7°41’N
8°18’W
, primary forest, canopy with several trees in connection, fogging,
476 m
a.s.l.
,
16.III.2012
, leg.
A. Hernard
, C.
Allard, P
.
Bimou, M
. Sidibé (
MRAC 239
583).
Diagnosis.
Only males are known. The palpal organ of this species is similar to that in
P. major
, but differs by the shape of the tibial apophysis, which is broad and short in retrolateral view, whereas narrower with an additional bump below in
P. major
(compare
Figs 51
,
53
with
Figs 79
,
81
).
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition derived from the
type
locality.
Description.
Male.
Measurements. Cephalothorax: length 2.1, width 1.7, height 1.1. Eye field: length 1.1, anterior width 1.6, posterior width 1.5. Abdomen: length 1.8, width 1.0. General appearance as in
Fig. 50
. Carapace high, its posterior slope gentle, beginning just behind eye field. Eye field yellowish, thoracic part yellowish, with two brown streaks forming V, eyes with black rings. Anterior eyes large, with long dark bristles near them, short black hairs on carapace slopes. Fovea sulciform. Clypeus low, clothed in long dark bristles protruding forward. Chelicerae with two small teeth on promargin and single larger tooth on retromargin. Mouthparts light brown, sternum yellowish. Abdomen elongate, narrow, dorsum yellowish medially, sides dark brown. Long dark bristles on abdominal dorsal surface, very dense on dark sides. Venter pale yellowish, spinnerets light. Legs whitish-yellow, bearing brown hairs. Femora of all legs long. Patella of first leg with prolateral spine, tibia with four pairs of long spines ventrally, metatarsus with three pairs, with two shorter spines on pro- and retrolateral surfaces of both segments (
Fig. 52
). Pedipalps yellow. Tibial apophysis short, wide (
Fig. 55
), bulb oval, embolus bent (
Figs 53, 54
).
Female
unknown.
Distribution.
Type
locality only.