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
1
171
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2647/12221
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647
2118-9773
13752285
00BEAF45-3564-4079-BB79-504FF82966C6
Thyene blaisei
(Simon, 1902)
Fig. 92
Brancus blaisei
Simon, 1902a: 400
.
Brancus blaisei
–
Berland & Millot 1941: 332
, fig. 34a. —
Prószyński 1987
: fig. on p. 8.
Thyene blaisei
–
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2022: 121
.
Material examined
UGANDA
•
1 ♂
;
Ruwenzori
,
Bundibugyo
;
1050 m
a.s.l.
; 1952;
O. Evans
leg.;
NHM
.
Redescription
Male
General appearance as in
Fig. 92A.
MEASUREMENTS
. Cephalothorax length 2.5, width 2.0, height 1.1. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.6. Abdomen length 2.7, width 1.6.
CARAPACE
. Flattened, roundish, widest halfway along its length, reddish brown, darker posteriorly, black near eyes. Long bristles at eyes, some brown hairs on carapace slopes. Chelicera big, unidentate. Sternum and mouthparts brown, tips of endites lighter.
ABDOMEN
. Oval, narrower than carapace, olive greyish, along the center whitish silver scales form a brightly shining strip, laterally from it orange brownish streaks. Venter brownish grey, darker medially, spinnerets light brown.
LEGS
. Brown with yellow tarsi. Two anterior pairs of legs longer and thicker than others.
Leg
hairs and spines brown.
PALPS
. Brown. Palpal organ as in
Fig. 92B–E
. Tibial apophysis thin and straight (
Fig. 92E
), bulb rounded with small appendix at embolus base, embolus long, two and a half times encircling bulb (
Fig. 92C
).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Hitherto known only from
Gabon
, this is the first record from
Uganda
.