A review of three Tusitala (Araneae: Salticidae) species from southern Africa, with a new synonymy and description of a new species from Botswana Author Azarkina, Galina N. Author Foord, Stefan H. text African Invertebrates 2015 2015-08-12 56 2 285 308 http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0204 journal article 10.5733/afin.056.0204 2305-2562 7670672 Genus Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902 Type species: Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 , by original designation. Diagnosis: Males of Tusitala species have long setae on the promargin of the chelicerae that form a distinct dome ( Fig. 1 , arrowed). Females have long spirally coiled insemination ducts and receptacles composed of two parts – a spherical part, clearly visible through the epigynal tegument ( Fig. 5 , arrowed) and a vermiform section, only visible in the spermathecae ( Fig. 4 , arrowed). Short description: Small- to medium-sized spiders, total length 4–7 mm , with sexual dimorphism. Males have long first legs, large chelicerae with promarginal process(es) near the fang base – small in T. barbata ( Fig. 2 , arrowed), T. discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 (see PrÓszyŃski 1987: fig. 115), T. hirsuta and T. yemenica (see WesoŁowska & van Harten 2007: fig. 201), and long in T. ansieae sp. n. ( Fig. 3 , arrowed) and T. lyrata (see WesoŁowska & Tomasiewicz 2003 : figs 5–12); T. lutzi Lessert, 1927 has a long process on the exterior rim of the chelicera ( WesoŁowska 2012 : fig. 57). Both sexes, but males in particular, vary considerably in size ( Figs 43–45 ). The length of the male palpal femora and chelicerae varies in T. barbata and T. hirsuta , from short to very long ( Figs 48–50 ), while the structure of the copulatory organs are invariant ( Figs 79–81 ). The structure of the epigyne in T. barbata and T. hirsuta varies considerably ( Figs 37–42 , 61–67 ). Figs 1–5. Tusitala spp. : (1) male carapace, fronto-lateral view; (2) male chelicera, apical view; (3) ditto; (4) spermathecae; (5) epigyne. Composition: Tusitala includes the following ten species: T. ansieae sp. n. ( ♂ ♀ ); T. barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 ( ♂ ♀ ); T. discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 ( ♂ ); T. guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 ( ♀ ); T. hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902 ( ♂ ♀ ); T. lutzi Lessert, 1927 ( ♂ ♀ ); T. lyrata ( Simon, 1903 ) ( ♂ ♀ ); T. proxima WesoŁowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 ( ♀ ); T. unica WesoŁowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 ( ♀ ); T. yemenica WesoŁowska & van Harten, 1994 ( ♂ ♀ ). Distribution: Continental Afrotropical Region and Yemen ( Fig. 13 ).