Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data
Author
Wiśniewski, Konrad
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Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22 a, 76 - 200 Słupsk, Poland.
konrad.wisniewski.araneae@gmail.com
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
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Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland.
wanda.h.wesolowska@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-09-04
952
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2647/12221
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647
2118-9773
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Vicirionessa ignota
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
5D002862-7447-4820-B168-717BA9B06968
Fig. 102
Diagnosis
The female can be distinguished from its congeners by the form of the epigyne, especially by the middle part of the copulatory ducts, which are highly sclerotized and run mesially.
Etymology
The specific name is Latin, meaning ‘unknown’ and referring to the fact that the species has remained undiscovered for so long.
Fig. 102.
Vicirionessa ignota
sp. nov.
A, C
. Holotype, ♀ (ZFMK 2959).
B, D–G
. Paratype, ♀ (ZFMK 3034).
A–B
. General appearance.
C–E
. Epigyne.
F
. Dissected epigyne, dorsal view.
G
. Internal structure of epigyne.
Material examined
Holotype
UGANDA
•
♀
;
Masindi distr.
,
Budongo Forest
;
1°45′ N
,
31°25′ E
; dry season;
15–21 Jan. 1997
;
T. Wagner
leg.;
ZFMK 2959
.
Paratypes
UGANDA
•
1 ♀
; same collection data as for holotype;
ZFMK 2937
•
2 ♀♀
; same collection data as for holotype;
ZFMK 2890
•
1 ♀
; same locality as for holotype;
21–30 Jul. 1995
;
ZFMK 3034
.
Description
Male
Unknown.
Female
General appearance as in
Fig. 102A.
MEASUREMENTS
. Cephalothorax length 3.0–3.3, width 2.3–2.6, height 1.5. Eye field length 1.8–2.0, anterior width 2.1–2.3, posterior width 1.9–2.1. Abdomen length 3.1–4.0, width 2.1–2.3.
CARAPACE
. Moderately high, pear-shaped, widest posteriorly. Anterior median eyes relatively large, their diameter more than twice diameter of anterior laterals. Distance between anterior lateral eyes slightly greater than between posterior laterals. Carapace light brown, eyes with black ring, a pair of black tearshaped spots laterally from fovea. White hairs laterally from eye field, also encircling anterior eyes, long thin transparent bristles on eye field.
ABDOMEN
. Ovoid, slightly elongated, yellowish white, in some specimens with silver patches formed by translucent guanin crystals (
Fig. 102B
), venter light. Spinnerets whitish.
LEGS
. Light brown, long, especially femora and metatarsi.
Leg
hairs thin, long, colourless, spines brown.
EPIGYNE
. With large anterior depression (
Fig. 102C–E
). Inlet part of copulatory ducts very broad, distal part narrow, strongly sclerotized, spermathecae two-chambered (
Fig. 102F–G
).