Studies in the Liocranidae (Araneae): revision of Andromma Simon, 1893 Author Bosselaers, Jan D6AD7414-3540-4F06-8631-8873450AA90C Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. dochterland@telenet.be Author Jocqué, Rudy CF15016C-8CD1-4C9D-9021-44CA7DC7A5D5 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. jocque@africamuseum.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-12-09 850 1 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.850.1997 journal article 207924 10.5852/ejt.2022.850.1997 49c26e4e-77d4-4c8e-9257-b1b034d8d5f9 2118-9773 7427642 E8AD897F-2076-4850-9520-BB79B1EAFFEA Andromma anacardium sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BF36FF98-2229-48EA-ACC5-F72889C641FD Figs 9 , 38 Diagnosis The female of Andromma anacardium sp. nov. is characterized by the wide sternum and by the epigyne with copulatory openings surrounded by a dark semicircle. Etymology The species name, a noun in apposition, refers to the tree Anacardium occidentale L. as the dark pattern of the epigyne ( Fig. 9C ) resembles two nuts of the cashew tree. Type material Holotype ETHIOPIA • ♀ ; Awash National Park , compound of RAS Hotel ; 8°59′ N , 40°10′ E ; 1000 m a.s.l. ; 13 May 1986 ; A. Russell-Smith leg.; at light; BE_RMCA_ARA .Ara 90890 . Fig. 9. Andromma anacardium sp. nov. , ♀, holotype (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara 90890). A . Habitus, dorsal view. B . Same, ventral view. C–D . Epigyne, ventral view. E–F . Epigyne, cleared, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD=copulatory duct; CO= copulatory opening; FD = fertilisation duct; Sss =sickle shaped sclerites; ST =spermatheca. Scale bars: A–B =1 mm; C–D=0.2 mm; E–F =0.1 mm. Description Female ( holotype , Fig. 9 ) MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.34. Carapace length 1.42, width 1.14, height 0.57. COLOUR ( Fig. 9A–B ). Carapace yellowish orange, with dark AME region, paler spot in front of reddish fovea; chelicerae orange; endites yellowish orange, paler along median and anterior margins; labium orange, paler in distal half; sternum pale yellow with brownish margins; legs orange; coxa, trochanter and patella paler; abdomen including spinnerets pale cream. PROSOMA. Fovea pronounced, length 0.12, anterior end 0.62 from PME. MOQ length 0.20, anterior width 0.23, posterior width 0.21, AER straight from above, width 0.30, PER procurved from above, width 0.41. All eyes circular, very small except AME; AME 0.08, ALE 0.03, PLE 0.03, PME 0.02; AME–AME: 0.07, AME–ALE: 0.02, ALE–PLE: 0.07, PME–PME: 0.18. Clypeus vertical, 0.08 without setae. Chilum absent. Sternum 0.71 long, 0.84 wide. LEGS. Without spines. LEG I MEASUREMENTS. Fe: 1.15, P: 0.48, T: 0.96, Mt: 0.96, t: 0.64; total: 4.19. LEG FORMULA. 4123. PALP. Female palpal tarsus almost straight, with sparse scopula. EPIGYNE ( Fig. 9C–F ). Roughly rectangular area, wider than long, with widely separated semicircular copulatory openings; copulatory ducts wide, with simple part running forward and part with internal spikes running backward, ending in small, oval, closely set spermathecae; fertilisation ducts short, pointing backward. Sickle-shaped sclerites directed outward. Male Unknown. Distribution Known only from the type locality in Ethiopia ( Fig. 38 ).