A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae) Author Corronca, J. A. text Zootaxa 2002 107 1 35 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.155794 51879752-88bc-44e0-bfe6-ef6f9008a1af 1175­5326 155794 Selenops lesnei Lessert, 1936 ( Figs. 35­39 ) Selenops lesnei Lessert, 1936 . Rev. Suisse Zool., 43:265, figs. 60, 62­64. Female holotype and male paratype from Mozambique : Zambeze, Mouvia­Sare and Inhafoune, in Museé de Histoire Naturelle, Genève, not examined. S. rhodesianus Lawrence, 1940 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 32(6):560, fig. 4. Type examined. First synonymized by Corronca (1998c:80) . S. lesnei .­ Benoit, 1968 . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(11­2):136, figs. 23­25. Diagnosis. Selenops lesnei resembles S. vigilans , but the females can be distinguished by the shape of the epigynum (middle field is wider and shorter than in S. vigilans ) and by the shape of the spermathecae ( Figs. 38­39 ). The males are characterized by the shape of the tibial apophysis ( Fig. 36 ) and the falciform conductor ( Fig. 37 ). FIGURES 35­42. 35­39. Selenops lesnei Lessert , 35. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Fig 36. Male palp, ventral view. 37. Male palp, lateral view. 38. Epigynum, ventral view. 39. Vulva, dorsal view. 40­42. Selenops krugeri Lawrence , female lectotype, 40. Epigynum, ventral view. 41. Vulva, dorsal view. 42. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia=0.25mm, other drawings=1mm. Female. The female was described by Lessert (1936) and redescribed by Lawrence (1940) and Benoit (1968) . Colour pattern of opisthosoma as in Fig. 35 . Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 38­39 . Male . The male was described by Lessert (1936) and redescribed by Benoit (1968) . Palp as in Figs. 36­37 . New records. BURUNDI : Kanyania, 1500m , 2 females , XII/57 , Dames de Marie Col., MRAC 168.894. SOMALIA : Djibounti, 1 male , 1 female , 1 immature, VII/74 , P. Leriche Col., MRAC 146.270. RWANDA : Kisenyi, 2 females , VIII/53 , A. Bertrand Col., MRAC 78859. Known distribution. Eritrea , Mozambique , Zimbabwe ( Corronca 2000 ), Burundi , Somalia and Rwanda .