Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae)
Author
BOSSELAERS, JAN
Author
JOCQUÉ, RUDY
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2000
2000-10-19
2000
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journal article
10.1206/0003-0090(2000)256<0004:HAHGOT>2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
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Hortipes griswoldi
,
new species
Figure 17 e, f
;
Map 4
TYPES:
Male
holotype
: sifting leaf litter in indigenous forest, elev.
1100 m
, Ceylon
Forest
W of Sabie
,
Mpumalanga region
,
East Transvaal
,
South Africa
S25°05'
,
E30°42'
(
4 December 1996
;
C. Griswold
) (
CAS
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The species is named in hon or of Dr. Charles Griswold, who collected the
type
specimen.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of
H. griswoldi
are recognized by the RTA with two sharp, diverging prongs pointing up, the external one being much wider than the internal one.
MALE:
Measurements.
Total length 1.76; carapace 0.84 long, 0.68 wide; length of fe: I 0.62, II 0.65, III 0.54, IV 0.78.
Leg spination.
Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 5; mt: III plt 0 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 0 vt 1 rlt 0.
Coloration.
Carapace orange, chelicerae and sternum orange yellow. Legs orange. Abdomen apricot, no pattern.
Palp.
RTA ventral swelling, its retrolateral side provided with two sharp, diverging prongs pointing up, the external one with broad side exposed, internal one transverse, broad side facing forward; cymbium fairly elongate, without retrolateral concavity or series of long curved setae; sperm duct fairly narrow over entire course, slightly more narrowed toward embolus, with sharp turn before entering subcircular swelling at base of embolus; MA originating in center of tegulum, with fairly narrow, short, slightly curved base, sharply curved forward, then backward, ending in evenly curved part pointing forward; embolus originating on triangular extension on posterior part of tegulum, whiplike, looped over slightly less than 360° (fig. 17e, f).
FEMALE: Unknown.
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