Revision of the grass huntsman spider genus Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 1914 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in the Afrotropical Region Author Moradmand, Majid text African Invertebrates 2015 2015-08-12 56 2 425 425 http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0213 journal article 10.5733/afin.056.0213 2305-2562 7914200 Pseudomicrommata mary sp. n. Figs 23–32 Etymology: This species is dedicated to my wife Maryam (nickname: Mary), for all her love and support; noun in apposition. Diagnosis: Males distinguished easily from other congeners by the EA narrow proximally, widened medially and pointed distally in ventral view (embolus tip is not as bifid as in P. longipes ) ( Figs 23, 25 ); in females, epigyne with PMP longer than AMP ( Figs 28 , 31 ) and vulva clearly with additional GPO on sTL (besides those on fTL) ( Figs 29, 30 , 32 ), currently unique amongst the known species. Figs 23–27. Pseudomicrommata mary sp. n. , male holotype, Mt Nimba, Guinea (SMF): (23–25) left palp, (23) ventral view, (24) retrolateral view and (25) tip of embolus, embolic apophysis and conductor, ventral view; (26) eye arrangement; (27) left chelicera, ventral view. Figs 28–30. Pseudomicrommata mary sp. n. , female paratype, Mt Nimba, Guinea (MRAC): (28) epigyne, ventral view; (29) vulva, dorsal view; (30) left vulva, anterio-dorso-lateral view. Description: Male (ranges: n =11, single measurements: holotype ). Measurements ( holotype largest): Medium sized; total length 10.9–12.9, prosoma length 4.5–4.8, prosoma width 4.2–4.7, anterior width of prosoma 2.0–2.2, opisthosoma length 5.4–6.1, opisthosoma width 2.5–3.2. Eye diameters:AME 0.22, ALE 0.38, PME 0.34, PLE 0.33; eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.38, PME–PLE 0.34, AME–PME 0.64, ALE–PLE 0.28, clypeus height at AME 0.24, clypeus height at ALE 0.31. Chelicerae : With 2 anterior and 4 posterior teeth (first two larger with two additional smaller ones) ( Fig. 27 ). Figs 31–32. Pseudomicrommata mary sp. n. , female paratype, Adiope Doumé, Ivory Coast (MRAC): (31) epigyne, ventral view; (32) vulva, dorsal view. Legs : Leg formula: IV II I III. Palp 6.1 [1.8, 0.7, 1.0, 2.6], I 17.8 [5.1, 2.4, 4.3, 4.4, 1.6], II 19.1 [5.6, 2.4, 4.7, 4.7, 1.7], III 16.9 [5.2, 2.1, 4.1, 3.9, 1.6], IV 19.3 [5.8, 1.9, 4.7, 5.2, 1.7]. Spination : Palp 131, 101, 2121/2111; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321/322; Patella I–IV 000/101; Tibia I–IV 2126 /2226; Metatarsus I–III 2024 , IV 3036. Palp : As in diagnosis, with cymbium nearly three times longer than tibia, dRTA distally pointed, vRTA distally hump-like, subtegulum not visible ( Figs 23, 24 ); EA membranous and hyaline proximally, hard and sclerotized distally ( Fig. 25 ). Female (ranges: n=8, single measurements: SD 1105). Measurements : Medium sized; total length 11.8–15.9, prosoma length 4.5–5.1, prosoma width 3.7–4.2, anterior width of prosoma 2.1–2.4, opisthosoma length 7.3–10.8, opisthosoma width 3.1–5.7. Eye diameters:AME 0.25, ALE 0.38, PME 0.36, PLE 0.34; eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.18, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.37, PME–PLE 0.32, AME–PME 0.68, ALE–PLE 0.32, clypeus AME 0.16, clypeus ALE 0.22. Chelicerae : As in males. Legs : Leg formula: IV II I III. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp 5.3 [1.4, 0.9, 1.1, 1.9], I 15.0 [4.4, 2.1, 3.5, 3.6, 1.4], II 16.1 [4.9, 2.2, 3.8, 3.7, 1.5], III 14.2 [4.5, 1.8, 3.3, 3.2, 1.4], IV 16.2 [5.0, 1.8, 3.8, 4.1, 1.5]. Spination : Palp 131, 001/101, 2121, 1113; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321/322; Patella I–IV 000/101; Tibia I–IV 1016 /2026; Metatarsus I–III 0004/2024, IV 3036. Epigyne/vulva :As in diagnosis, with EF nearly as wide as long; AMP bending posteriorly ( Fig. 28 ), sTL extending beyond fTL in lateral view ( Figs 29 , 32 ) (for more details see the genus redescription). Holotype ♂ : GUINEA : Prefecture de Lola : Mount Nimba , SE Gbakole, Plateau de Zouguépo , 07°43'N , 08°24'W , 500 m , 26.i.1952 , leg. M. Lamotte , Nº 19 ( SMF ). Paratypes : Same data as holotype, 2♀ ( SMF ) ; Same data as holotype but 15.iii.1957 , Nº 50, 4♂ 4♀ ( SMF ) ; Same data as holotype but 21.i.1957 , Nº 18, 2♂ ( SMF ) ; Mount Nimba , Ga forest , 746 m , 6.ii.2012 , leg. A. Henrard , C. Allard , P. Bimou & M. Sidibé , sieving soil litter, primary forest, 1♀ ( MRAC 238760 , SD 1105) ; Mount Nimba , Kpéléyi Savannah , 572 m , 7.iii.2012 , leg. A. Henrard , C.Allard , P. Bimou & M. Sidibé , pitfall traps , 1♂ ( MRAC 238965 ) . IVORY COAST : Adiope Doumé ( Orstom ), 15–20.viii.1968 , leg. J.J. van Mol , 1♀ ( MRAC 134636 , MM) ; N of Korhogo , Bandama River , iii.1980 , leg. J. Everts , edge riverine forest, 2♂ ( MRAC 172141-2 ) ; Bouaflé , 22.i.1981 , leg. J. Everts , pitfall traps , 1♂ ( MRAC 174220 ) . Remarks: The type specimens were collected in 1952 and 1957 by mammologist Prof Dr M. Lamotte during his investigation in Mount Nimba of Guinea . A large number of spiders were donated to SMF in 1960 and kept in the collection. Mount Nimba is one of the main biodiversity hotspots in western Africa with a high level of endemicity ( Lamotte & Roy 2003 ). It seems that P. mary sp. n. is the first of this rich collection to be described as a new species. Known geographical distribution: Recorded from Mount Nimba and surrounding areas in Guinea and Ivory Coast ( Fig. 40 ).