Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae) Author BOSSELAERS, JAN Author JOCQUÉ, RUDY text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 2000-10-19 2000 256 4 4 http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0090(2000)256%3C0004%3AHAHGOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)256<0004:HAHGOT>2.0.CO;2 0003-0090 5351417 Hortipes chrysothemis , new species Figures 24k , 26c ; Map 5 TYPES: Female holotype : lowland rain forest, elev. 500 m , Etinde , Cameroon ( March 1981 ; R. Bosmans ) ( MRAC ) . ETYMOLOGY: This small and relatively simple­structured species, of which only a single female is known, is named after Agamemnon’s daughter Chrysothemis, who led a lonely life and kept a low profile in the shadow of her brother and sisters. DIAGNOSIS: Females are easily recognized by the short, outward­looping ID and the globular ST1 touching each other. MALE: Unknown. FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.30; carapace 1.03 long, 0.78 wide; length of fe: I 0.92, II 0.95, III 0.81, IV 1.05. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 3; IV plt 1 rlt 1; ti: I, II Chelicerae, sternum and legs yellow. Abdomen pale yellow, no pattern. Genitalia. Epigyne a shallow square depression with rounded corners (fig. 24k). Vulva rather simple, ID consisting of wide and thick­walled first stretch associated with gland and connected to ST1 through duct describing wide outward loop. Spermathecae 1 globular, touching each other on symmetry axis of vulva (fig. 26c). DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.