Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae) Author BOSSELAERS, JAN Author JOCQUÉ, RUDY text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 2000-10-19 2000 256 4 4 http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0090(2000)256%3C0004%3AHAHGOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)256<0004:HAHGOT>2.0.CO;2 0003-0090 5351417 Hortipes echo , new species Figures 12l, m , 16a ; Map 3 TYPES: Female holotype and female paratype collected in humus layer forest, elev. 1700 m , Mt. Kabobo , Haut Kiymbi , Katanga , Congo S05°07' , E29°03' ( October 1958 ; N. Leleup ) ( MRAC 112.826 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The present species, of which only females are known, was collected together with H. narcissus . For that reason it is named after the nymph Echo, who fell in love with Narcissus but was rejected. DIAGNOSIS: Females are close to those of H. aurora but can be distinguished from the latter species through the larger reniform cavities and a more complex vulva, with the ID turning 540° followed by a twisted loop FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.86; carapace 1.22 long, 1.00 wide; length of fe: I 0.97, II 1.03, III 0.81, IV 1.16. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow brown, chelicerae and sternum yellow. Legs yellow brown. Abdomen pinkish yellow, no pattern. Genitalia. Vulva: ID coiled over 540°, followed by an almost straight stretch running in posterior direction and a twisted loop situated posterior to ST1. First coil widened into reniform cavity about 2 Χ as large as ST1 (figs. 12l,m; 16a). VARIABILITY: The transparency of the vulva as well as the exact shape of the posterior ID loops (fig. 12l, m) are variable. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.