Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae) Author Wesołowska, Wanda E362DE8A-ECB7-4C6E-B373-9E1821D214F7 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 7A5811C2-4F5B-4AC6-BE44-1C0A92929CA7 mrussellsmith@btinternet.com 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 168931 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 43f3cb30-26dc-4590-ae7c-a71dbf8b44be 2118-9773 7195354 A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E Pulcherula magna gen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D861CAE4-B058-4972-9227-406FE2CD76D1 Figs 56–57 Diagnosis This species has a characteristic reddish fawn colouration. The male is distinguished by the unique form of the pedipalp with a very large anterior process of a complex shape and a strongly sclerotized retrolateral side of the bulb ( Fig. 57B ). Etymology The specific name is Latin, meaning ‘large’, and refers to the palpal size. Material examined Holotype IVORY COAST • ♂ ; Man , Mt Tonkoui ; 7°27′ N , 7°38′ W ; 900–1000 m a.s.l. ; 4 Mar. 1975 ; “litière”; MNHN . Description Male MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.3, width 1.0, height 0.9. Eye field length 0.6, anterior and posterior width 0.9. Abdomen length 1.1, width 0.9. General appearance as in Fig. 56A–B . Very tiny spider with relatively large palps. Fig. 57. Pulcherula magna gen. et sp. nov. , holotype, ♂ (MNHN). A . Palpal organ, prolateral view. B . Palpal organ, ventral view. C . Palpal organ, ventroretrolateral view. D . Palpal organ, retrolateral view. E . Embolic division. CARAPACE. High, with slope starting around middle of thoracic part, posteriorly carapace slope steep ( Fig. 56B ). Carapace clothed in dense reddish fawn hairs, thin whitish streak along edges, eyes surrounding by black area, anteriors encircled by fawn scales, long bristles at first row of eyes. Clypeus high, black with white hairs. Chelicerae dark yellow, long, with single tooth on retromargin and two teeth on promargin, fang short. Endites, labium and sternum light brown. ABDOMEN. Oval, black and shining, with two transverse thin white streaks, anterior third clothed in dense orange reddish hairs, among them some long brown bristles ( Fig. 56A ). Venter yellowish. Spinnerets black. LEGS. With femora and patellae brown, tibiae yellowish with brown rings at both ends, distal segments yellow. First leg with two spines on femur dorsally, tibia with four pairs of ventral spines (distal pair shorter), metatarsus with two pairs ventrally. PEDIPALPS. Relatively large ( Fig. 56B ), densely covered with white hairs, their structure in Figs 56C–F , 57 . Cymbium with a narrow apical part, curved towards the bulb ( Fig. 56C ). With a single pointed tibial apophysis. Bulb large, strongly sclerotized retrolaterally ( Fig. 56E ), with a large peculiar outgrowth on the distal part ( Fig. 56C, E ) enveloping embolus ( Fig. 57B ). Female Unknown. Distribution Only known from the type locality, Mt Tonkoui, Ivory Coast .