Linyphiid spiders collected by V. Mahnert in Kenya, with the description of a new genus and two new species (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Tanasevitch, Andrei V. text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2020 127 2 349 360 journal article 119271 10.35929/RSZ.0024 6efaf7ca-370f-4679-aacb-d77c4232059a 0035-418 5743834 Pelecopsis subflava Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 Figs 32-35 , 45-48 Material examined: MHNG ; male [sample KENYA- 74/06]; KENYA , Lake Naivasha , 10 km from Fisherman’s Camp , under bark and stones ; 5.XI.1974 ; leg. V. Mahnert . Re-description: Male . Total length 1.28 ( Fig. 32 ). Carapace 0.75 long, 0.60 wide, brown, with a grey margin. Cephalic part of carapace slightly elevated ( Figs 33-35 ). Chelicerae 0.28 long, unmodified. Legs pale brown to brown. Leg I 1.66 long (0.45 + 0.18 + 0.38 + 0.35 + 0.30), IV 1.91 long (0.53 + 0.20 + 0.48 + 0.40 + 0.30). Chaetotaxy unclear: 0.0.0.0, or spines lost. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. TmI 0.54. Palp ( Figs 45-48 ): tibia with a dorsal, elephant-trunkshaped process; paracymbium narrow, long, forming a loop; tegulum with a knob ventrally; median membrane developed as a swollen, shapeless mass; embolic division large; radix fusiform, its tailpiece relatively long, slightly expanded in the middle; embolus flat, long, helical. Abdomen ( Fig. 32 ) 1.00 long, 0.65 wide, dark grey, sparsely covered with long hairs. Taxonomic remarks: This specimen slightly differs from the types described by Russell-Smith & Jocqué (1986) by its smaller size (1.28 versus 1.64), as well as by the curved tailpiece and its tapering proximal end. Distribution: Known only from Nairobi and Lake Naivasha, Kenya ( Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 and present paper).