Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae Author Huber, Bernhard A. text Zootaxa 2013 3713 1 1 160 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3713.1.1 935605ac-a0e6-4963-8264-b4b0ccb8568b 1175-5326 284803 C5F0BC11-92C0-4B30-9DB3-200882AC8950 Smeringopina kikongo new species Figs. 158–162 , 172, 183 , 287–292 Type . ♂ holotype from Congo D.R., Bas Congo Province, Luki Forest Reserve ( 5°37.3’S , 13°05.9’E ), central zone, by hand, 26.–27.ix.2007 (W. Hubau), in MRAC (222155 part). Other material examined. CONGO D.R.: Bas Congo : Luki Forest Reserve, fogging in primary forest, 10.xi.2006 and 27.ix.2007 (D. de Bakker, J.P. Michiels), 2♀ (2 vials) in MRAC (219853 part, 224313 part); same locality, hand catch in secondary rainforest, 2.xi.2006 (D. de Bakker, J.P. Michiels), 1♀ in MRAC (219933); same locality, sieving along trail in primary rainforest, 20./ 28.ix.2007 (D. de Bakker, J.P. Michiels), 2♀ (2 vials) in MRAC (223052, 223409); same locality, beating, 25.ix.–2.x.2007 (D. de Bakker, J.P. Michiels), 4♀ 2 juvs. (5 vials) in MRAC (223096 part, 223605 part, 223623, 223806 part, 223842 part); same locality, pitfall trap in primary rainforest, 3.–14.xi.2006 (D. de Bakker, J.P. Michiels), 1 juv. in MRAC (219921). Etymology. The name is derived from Kikongo , the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people living in the tropical forests of the western Congo D.R. and neighboring countries; noun in apposition. Diagnosis. Easily distinguished from congeners by distinctive frontal apophyses on male chelicerae (directed sideways; Fig. 289 ), and by anterior epigynal plate with long anterior prolongation ending in distinct ridge ( Figs. 172 , 291 ). Male ( holotype ). Total body length 4.0, carapace width 1.2. Leg 1: 38.5 (9.0 + 0.4 + 9.1 + 18.5 + 1.5), tibia 2: 5.5, tibia 3: 3.7, tibia 4: 5.6; tibia 1 L/d: 89. Distance PME-PME 150 µm, diameter PME 115 µm, distance PME- ALE 45 µm, distance AME-AME 25 µm, diameter AME 105 µm. Carapace ochre-yellow with brown mark posteriorly and brown lateral margins; ocular area posteriorly brown, clypeus with brown pattern, sternum dark brown; legs light brown, with dark rings on femora (subdistally), tibiae (proximally, subdistally and additional ring in-between), and metatarsus (proximally); abdomen ochre-gray with dark pattern dorsally, laterally, and ventrally, ventral dark bands with lateral constriction. Habitus as in Figs. 158–159 , ocular area slightly elevated, secondary eyes with indistinct ‘pseudo-lenses’; clypeus with sclerotized apophysis (pointed in lateral view) between AME and rim; deep thoracic pit and pair of shallow furrows diverging behind pit. Chelicerae as in Fig. 289 , with lateral apophyses in very distal position, with distinctive frontal apophyses directed sideways and pair of rows of small apophyses/ridges medially, without modified hairs. Palps as in Figs. 160–162 ; coxa with retrolateral process; trochanter with strong ventral apophysis serrated ventrally; femur with large retrolateral apophysis directed toward ventrally and accompanied by proximal sclerotized hump, with sclerotized projection at prolateral trochanterfemur joint, with weakly sclerotized ventral projection distally; prolateral femur-patella joint strongly shifted toward ventrally; tarsus with some longer and slightly stronger hairs dorsally; procursus as in Figs. 287–288 , with complex membranous and sclerotized structures ventrally, without hinge; bulb with simple weakly sclerotized process ( Fig. 290 ; sperm duct opening apparently at basis of this process). Legs without spines and curved hairs, with few vertical hairs (many hairs missing); retrolateral and prolateral trichobothria on tibia 1 not seen; pseudosegments barely visible. Female. In general similar to male; clypeus unmodified. Tibia 1 in 7 females : 7.3–9.0 (mean 8.3). Epigynum anterior plate with long anterior prolongation ending in distinct ridge, with pair of round internal structures visible through cuticle ( Figs. 172 , 291 ); posterior plate laterally with overhanging folds; internal genitalia as in Figs. 183 and 292 . Distribution. Known from type locality only ( Fig. 114 ).