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<emphasis id="7E44C1EBF117819DE9C90BFC3989FEDE" italics="true">Asceua luki</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="46101DA955AC4C28C860BD61FB78A9AC" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female habitus A holotype male B D paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) E H paratype female (RMCA _ 235130). A, B, E. dorsal view. C, F, G. ventral view D, H lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183783">Figs 14</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="AC70748F5EC581A30EC47F6196DEA9A9" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15</figureCitation>
,
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,
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<heading id="1633C908FE76428615F66E5D172DA28C" reason="title">Type material.</heading>
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:
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,
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,
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;
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, and
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leg.;
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.
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<typeStatus id="DC0FA933431261380F21CACFCC787B0B" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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: •
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; as holotype;
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; •
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;
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; further as holotype;
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; •
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;
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; further as previous;
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.
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<paragraph id="D742632A5BD8B636670F80065738BC27">
<heading id="83463DE5FF65A4AD9AA70365F3CAB957" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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Males and females of this species differ from those of
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by the pale venter of the abdomen (Fig.
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) and the triangular shape, as wide as high, of the chilum. In the male palp of
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the cymbial fold reaches the very tip of the cymbium and is strongly narrowed at the extremity (Figs
<figureCitation id="E1B0B307BD36D5AC3E4511F175A584DE" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15 B, C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A037CEE66AD1C813BD809A08E47117B9" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Asceua luki sp. nov., drawings A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, retrolateral view B idem, prolateral view C epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183785">16 B</figureCitation>
), but it does not in
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<emphasis id="5665C78CB1EED40C82FFCD54FC24AF69" italics="true">A. incensa</emphasis>
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(Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="2052E96C78F6AB1EAAB0C631E05DADD5" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Asceua incensa sp. nov., genitalia drawings A, B male holotype C female paratype (RMCA _ 234808) A palp, retrolateral view B idem, prolateral view C epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis MA = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183778">9 B</figureCitation>
). In addition, the palp of
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is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="159530CEDCF44C9BFD50D94D78E4BEA3" italics="true">A. lejeunei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but differs by some details: in
<taxonomicName id="9949D49FA933C1AE09BB3A10CBE5F231" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki">
<emphasis id="8E120D711C7B526183C8F05CDE494270" italics="true">A. luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the median prong of the tibial apophysis is provided with a prolateral triangular tooth visible in transparency (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2C80A668E49F1451F1E11B422B5B9538" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15 D, E</figureCitation>
); in
<taxonomicName id="E1B309367F74A043DCFDB529603404AD" authorityName="Jocque" authorityYear="1991" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lejeunei">
<emphasis id="CAB5896A8A5E99BE4A449D5F8E1F9BB2" italics="true">A. lejeunei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the tooth on the slightly wider median prong of the tibial apophysis is thinner and curved (Figs
<figureCitation id="73B3AE2C8331A4DAA861BBFDA3F76745" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991, male and female genitalia A C holotype male D G paratype females (RMCA _ 144436) A palp, prolateral view B idem, ventral view C idem, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E idem, another female F idem, cleared G vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape; TT = tegular tooth; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183781">12 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="9ED1C0AF86C47612283E722DFA5463AC" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991, drawings A, B holotype male C, D paratype females (RMCA _ 144436) A palp, prolateral view B idem, retrolateral view C female abdomen, dorsal view D epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CF = cymbial fold; E = embolus; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183782">13 B</figureCitation>
). Females are recognised by the structure of the epigyne similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="623E61F7F5E1D150DB2FFFA480AF3941" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palustris">
<emphasis id="BD0A55D2ABD46024F66C8BF83DF03DDB" italics="true">A. palustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: in
<taxonomicName id="EA924E5C3B5E7B2BB2D73EE37D911B9C" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki">
<emphasis id="0E42675D992EDBC8ED5FB72C623D99CF" italics="true">A. luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the scapus is longer and narrower and not strongly widened at the posterior tip, and the copulatory openings are in front of the scapus tip, whereas behind it in
<taxonomicName id="66546209DF8A82E0705B1D7A96E365C6" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palustris">
<emphasis id="BEB84B42BF7FDC94A3A3B31677E60821" italics="true">A. palustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs
<figureCitation id="E7B3DCF63B962E629389CB7A14F16FF9" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15 F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A25A51B4CC43933C2F910029F2417C2C" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Asceua luki sp. nov., drawings A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, retrolateral view B idem, prolateral view C epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183785">16 C</figureCitation>
<emphasis id="B907CA09D827B79E557F137B942D7CEF" italics="true">vs.</emphasis>
Fig.
<figureCitation id="6C3EEABCB8810A1165F5E8F276636DA3" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Asceua palustris sp. nov. A D, G, H holotype female (RMCA _ 113670). E, F, I. paratype female (RMCA _ 113489) A habitus, dorsal view B idem, ventral view C idem, lateral view D, G epigyne, ventral view E idem, cleared F vulva, dorsal view H, I abdomen, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Sc = scape. Scale bars: 1 mm (A C, H, I); 0.1 mm (D G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183786">17 D, G</figureCitation>
); the posterior copulatory ducts are large and tightly wound, in
<taxonomicName id="7E21B8EBBC1BCE5AD63AAF94BBEE65DE" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki">
<emphasis id="97183329FE8F8C96168781047E1A02B2" italics="true">A. luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are narrower, loosely wound and crossing at the start in
<taxonomicName id="86BFA42F96E8EE3658A25FDC527A332D" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palustris">
<emphasis id="DC404750263198F5BCA803F09E9AA62D" italics="true">A. palustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="71F367A652000F5F4A233655F9CE4004" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15 G, H</figureCitation>
<emphasis id="A1D028A76795D73DE6277D1ED0AE1A86" italics="true">vs.</emphasis>
Fig.
<figureCitation id="F9EE6B7C86CF01E89CD39EECC5EE3E54" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Asceua palustris sp. nov. A D, G, H holotype female (RMCA _ 113670). E, F, I. paratype female (RMCA _ 113489) A habitus, dorsal view B idem, ventral view C idem, lateral view D, G epigyne, ventral view E idem, cleared F vulva, dorsal view H, I abdomen, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Sc = scape. Scale bars: 1 mm (A C, H, I); 0.1 mm (D G)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183786">17 E, F</figureCitation>
). Females of
<taxonomicName id="1FAD911370D01213389EB648C4F0AA76" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki">
<emphasis id="1254A2A1FD51C8B256C5AF30A7E827E6" italics="true">A. luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from
<taxonomicName id="3C6F4C66FAD2BE08FEF5DC70C0B0D2EB" authorityName="Jocque" authorityYear="1991" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lejeunei">
<emphasis id="8388EE56F2B54C33D0822F08193D08F1" italics="true">A. lejeunei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the scape, which is not indented (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B40A79FFEDA8CE72004D038DFA66AF20" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Asceua luki sp. nov., drawings A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, retrolateral view B idem, prolateral view C epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183785">16 C</figureCitation>
<emphasis id="B8ABB3CED44A284C097F4A78AD18567E" italics="true">vs.</emphasis>
Fig.
<figureCitation id="ED76A61875C139AAD3D09BBDB0444577" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991, drawings A, B holotype male C, D paratype females (RMCA _ 144436) A palp, prolateral view B idem, retrolateral view C female abdomen, dorsal view D epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CF = cymbial fold; E = embolus; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183782">13 D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="60434B78B8EA5CF0BFA68F34122511B7" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure14" ID-arpha="BCB218AA-1B2C-5C9D-BFA2-42C951E3E555" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183783" startId="F14">
<paragraph id="BE802FCD3897E9267B6CA7E4BBA9EAFE">
<label id="386A6284183AF2A72686544889454E3F">Figure 14.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="15D651EE9517DC4B66D2D78ADC4CA159">
<taxonomicName id="8D011150FD4420F68C5C1743A963235F" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9435411406206529F3214A80F0809EE0" italics="true">Asceua luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E96AE90925191D5EF5E9EFAC36FE13FF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, male and female habitus
<emphasis id="3A5164AE1D9DD6519E209F4A81652319" bold="true">A</emphasis>
holotype male
<emphasis id="89F9A9067A6C738B2DBAAB1D4A9A5299" bold="true">B D</emphasis>
paratype male (
<specimenCode id="B1FFE33D22EE3FD41C4442F21E26EC39">RMCA_235130</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="A4D275A8CFCEC12455918F697CC6FD5C" bold="true">E H</emphasis>
paratype female (
<specimenCode id="0776165529462D2233121F0A171D9D2C">RMCA_235130</specimenCode>
).
<emphasis id="E191917DB41480A691938A8924258CDF" bold="true">A, B, E.</emphasis>
dorsal view.
<emphasis id="E5D720A959F7AEFDCB3A341CDE539E29" bold="true">C, F, G.</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="DC91A298D31736E174C1B7F96B604E93" bold="true">D, H</emphasis>
lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="85473361A43042C2177AA6A97DA59B3B" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" ID-arpha="31F033EC-946B-55E3-A4F6-3F1AB5D5CC2B" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784" startId="F15">
<paragraph id="71D7850660F1072A13339463BCBF1B62">
<label id="E695632FFFB035FFBBD3721F9FDC6E75">Figure 15.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0900509781CE35360F44BB6D060FE8FE">
<taxonomicName id="BEF8BCC231059EA3060535547C806977" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="3E9FB871F92E0D740F622AD3E8BE5BF0" italics="true">Asceua luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B853DD176EDEA40341745A8425331139" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, male and female genitalia
<emphasis id="5483052068377D78999282BA9D01A924" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
paratype male (
<specimenCode id="77F5054056BB8BCA054C26EFF5C421D9">RMCA_235130</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="957A6EA320176CDD31834EB9C528FAB0" bold="true">C</emphasis>
holotype male
<emphasis id="EE9828495257ABF301C5E35124CEC877" bold="true">D F</emphasis>
paratype female (
<specimenCode id="9876C6AB673589AB44E29C020E175775">RMCA_235130</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="0B15382270C13D1655286D3D716E0D0E" bold="true">A</emphasis>
palp, prolateral view
<emphasis id="76AE8119D01E9F8C0B06A92D0CD4F494" bold="true">B, C</emphasis>
idem, retrolateral view
<emphasis id="819F6AE92F68F0F95182CE7B145AA2E3" bold="true">D</emphasis>
detail of the palpal tibial apophyses
<emphasis id="90E1F736A42C1C1477CD6C86FEC832C8" bold="true">E</emphasis>
idem,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6ABI" xlink_title="scanning electron micrographs">SEM</abbrev>
view
<emphasis id="3E2FCED0E7952292BFAC78DAD41585AC" bold="true">F</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis id="11641D70D045C5854DAAB1C48DF822D0" bold="true">G</emphasis>
idem, cleared
<emphasis id="E23CF2389ABF064009DCC732BEBA50E4" bold="true">H</emphasis>
vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJBBI" xlink_title="small prolateral extension of the median prong">Ex</abbrev>
. Abbreviations:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENBBI" xlink_title="cymbial fold">CF</abbrev>
= cymbial fold;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERBBI" xlink_title="dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis">DP</abbrev>
= dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVBBI" xlink_title="small prolateral extension of the median prong">Ex</abbrev>
= small prolateral extension of the median prong;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZBBI" xlink_title="median apophysis">MA</abbrev>
= median apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4BBI" xlink_title="median prong of palpal tibial apophysis">MP</abbrev>
= median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBCBI" xlink_title="tegular tooth">TT</abbrev>
= tegular tooth;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFCBI" xlink_title="epigynal scape">Sc</abbrev>
= scape;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJCBI" xlink_title="ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis">VP</abbrev>
= ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="C33A79FFBB444F1B8ADA39E9F44A08AB" bold="true">A, B, F</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="856C649B72135C313BBC9D1EA0DB4E10" bold="true">D, E, G, H</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="16EB6EEA0F328036322820A4066124F2" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure16" ID-arpha="CBC97AF2-7408-5530-AB8B-6100ACF58746" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183785" startId="F16">
<paragraph id="C7D8D5F9C8233473602A0F85A3C07755">
<label id="74C4A2C0F755EE6CEF1818905A80DE12">Figure 16.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5B906F3F8FD0EC72CE02A39F70769FB1">
<taxonomicName id="0B9F95D971595C0852DCB574D0F42925" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luki" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="FBD284094920A51766E007EFBE4C33B9" italics="true">Asceua luki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E05561913FC47DFF60BBD8AF93571F4B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, drawings
<emphasis id="011094BC649EAA7F059AA118C111D948" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
paratype male (
<specimenCode id="8D38C8490523E5483C31B527E4210DE3">RMCA_235130</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="EAA7027BCC27068B4BDC35AC436A877C" bold="true">C</emphasis>
paratype female (
<specimenCode id="C7D9EA00FD4A41D41896989DDEBC2CF4">RMCA_235130</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="19D425DFB3D5A746BA0DC8FF41435EBF" bold="true">A</emphasis>
palp, retrolateral view
<emphasis id="AE3AADFAB7B7FF1F8CFCA6E3278EDD24" bold="true">B</emphasis>
idem, prolateral view
<emphasis id="796F0D53E77E6833D27A68AAE9570E69" bold="true">C</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETDBI" xlink_title="cymbial fold">CF</abbrev>
= cymbial fold;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXDBI" xlink_title="dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis">DP</abbrev>
= dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2DBI" xlink_title="median apophysis">MA</abbrev>
= median apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6DBI" xlink_title="median prong of palpal tibial apophysis">MP</abbrev>
= median prong of palpal tibial apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDEBI" xlink_title="epigynal scape">Sc</abbrev>
= scape;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHEBI" xlink_title="ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis">VP</abbrev>
= ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="9CE34C2AEDB9E163A864B587C58F2D50" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure17" ID-arpha="F71FDE11-E648-52FF-AC13-8D5814542826" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183786" startId="F17">
<paragraph id="90C4389CFDC5DC30A34E80FD11EF00B8">
<label id="4DB3F70123EF877F65014282DDB46194">Figure 17.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3395338A4CFCB67C17AD9B926761E2E0">
<taxonomicName id="AA07FC774F2507C013CF3BAC221C52C4" authorityName="Jocqué &amp; Henrard" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Asceua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palustris" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="70A4FDE741258F1C1F0A20B42D260703" italics="true">Asceua palustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BB519CB61915762685303691DE7B56EB" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="B3844B1DE3B2A907E7F380D5EC697329" bold="true">A D, G, H</emphasis>
holotype female (
<specimenCode id="AB72F3015B4B2C348C5D365F79ED0602">RMCA_113670</specimenCode>
).
<emphasis id="9929B7909355A6D30D1B2A6AABF8A41A" bold="true">E, F, I.</emphasis>
paratype female (
<specimenCode id="847DF8B51AC7EF3FEE93C2E0D3685C6D">RMCA_113489</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="E945414CD4DBAC45DA8660612815F318" bold="true">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
<emphasis id="C33BEBBE36C1742A86C9910CE64018E6" bold="true">B</emphasis>
idem, ventral view
<emphasis id="87C1FD7FAFFACB5F79564362F1073971" bold="true">C</emphasis>
idem, lateral view
<emphasis id="AD75938340852E8A78FC97CB82DB0E7A" bold="true">D, G</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis id="33B8239BDA5FF50EB4666B9B9E42E468" bold="true">E</emphasis>
idem, cleared
<emphasis id="086BD61F2973E2C34D0B832F828D0B66" bold="true">F</emphasis>
vulva, dorsal view
<emphasis id="A8480C9D98FFB044E7B4255260517149" bold="true">H, I</emphasis>
abdomen, dorsal view. Abbreviations:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVFBI" xlink_title="epigynal scape">Sc</abbrev>
= scape. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis id="05DA9599F4A968954392BD2ABB8793E0" bold="true">A C, H, I</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="D20FC92F98B9576FDBFAA7DE273CCCC0" bold="true">D G</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ECGBI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9031EEEA7CA19DBDF7F0C9E191DF96E7">
<heading id="F847ED67B4043579CB75222E87A47CCF" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F1B8562E3F9F3AC15F01BDCB5F102EF">The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EHGBI" type="description">
<paragraph id="BE1D79276F60E4383EDB0BA210B439CD">
<heading id="BF94B327DF283192CF3865E809869052" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F17B9F12B34069341C7D67C631E6C8F4">
<emphasis id="B4BF85090DB35A3F283710CDB7EB974D" bold="true">
Male
<typeStatus id="DD8FA6D87A12BA54C0C59EEF9AEFCCA1" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
Fig.
<figureCitation id="B3878B4DB28AFF92B5E0C3EC94D8F86C" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female habitus A holotype male B D paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) E H paratype female (RMCA _ 235130). A, B, E. dorsal view. C, F, G. ventral view D, H lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183783">14 A D</figureCitation>
. Total body length 2.68. Colour in ethanol: carapace brownish orange, with faint darker X in front of fovea, dark rings around eyes and dark clypeus; chelicerae pale brown; endites and labium medium brown with pale frontal margin; sternum yellowish brown with darker margins; legs: femora proximal third of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETGBI" xlink_title="femur">Fe</abbrev>
white, distal 2 / 3 yellow with dark prolateral stripe and extra retrolateral stripe on
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXGBI" xlink_title="femur">Fe</abbrev>
IV; remainder of legs yellow with dark ventral stripe on patellae, tibiae and metatarsi; abdomen: dorsum sepia with transparent brown scutum, two longitudinal, oval pale spots in anterior half and two transverse oval spots in the middle; sides dark as dorsum; venter pale in anterior 2 / 3; spinnerets yellow surrounded by dark area continuing from dorsum. Carapace 1.32 long, 0.99 wide, 0.92 high. Eye sizes and interdistances:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2GBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
: 0.09;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6GBI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
: 0.10;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDHBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHHBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
: 0.07;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELHBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPHBI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
: 0.02;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETHBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
: 0.10:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXHBI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
: 0.12;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2HBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6HBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
: 0.07;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDIBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHIBI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
: 0.11.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELIBI" xlink_title="median ocular quadrangle">MOQ</abbrev>
: frontal width 0.25, posterior width 0.26, length 0.28. Clypeus 0.30 high. Chilum: triangular poorly defined sclerite 0.07 wide and as high. Sternum shield-shaped, 0.64 long, 0.61 wide. Legs: all femora with one short dorsal spine in proximal half;; measurements in Table
<tableCitation id="9FD993A4695E8A91CD042BEF0FEF104B" captionStart="Table 6" captionStartId="T6" captionText="Table 6. Male leg measurements." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/FC804B49A3AF38BE8E0C2D1586D6072C" tableUuid="FC804B49A3AF38BE8E0C2D1586D6072C">6</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="FC804B49A3AF38BE8E0C2D1586D6072C" ID-Table-UUID="FC804B49A3AF38BE8E0C2D1586D6072C" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/FC804B49A3AF38BE8E0C2D1586D6072C" startId="T6" targetIsTable="true">
<paragraph id="5BFBED27E59E66746808ECBDB4F11287">
<label id="3D80F177F3C37EEE4E782DDEC230A124">Table 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3AC5E2B040D5C941400F74C8B0201177">Male leg measurements.</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F881B24EF4F7076A017B704578793474">
<table id="TID0EHHAI" rules="all">
<tbody id="3B08D0EAC174A4B01F74A22F8139B8FE">
<tr id="332FDFCB23F1B251DF5CBF0E467D671E">
<th id="4769A9FC220D18294B47929909490481" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Leg</th>
<th id="0A163F7EB00E96D559D1FE16654E4DC9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHJBI" xlink_title="femur">Fe</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="1412B8E8602C473DA250BA69B1832616" colspan="1" rowspan="1">P</th>
<th id="68835CDD02110722BC03233F81EC5F2C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESJBI" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="ED97D51706B6DB09FC1EDDB9AC116054" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1JBI" xlink_title="metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="0A9CE762453FA88BD84AA21199238EFF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">t</th>
<th id="CE755412E9C1AE3529FC0BC6F3F56033" colspan="1" rowspan="1">tot</th>
</tr>
<tr id="AE46E4DC364CF63301459E89D9CFEE0B">
<td id="460DE3F564D0485BF92A8106AEE7E276" colspan="1" rowspan="1">I</td>
<td id="88D0F83BDEA901C590F0CB8ED51F2D47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.86</td>
<td id="81CBE05AB5481E3DB60501774DF6FCBF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="A8E08CD2854B1F311BFC07D5A66C3B24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
<td id="3F120D724043FF1BD8BB29AABB5CF0B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.80</td>
<td id="F113D45CBDFCA403D349ED8DA4A0ACBB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.54</td>
<td id="76EB902580F808F632323C36B4E990AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.23</td>
</tr>
<tr id="36308189DFC5727714AF5E0218680D0A">
<td id="678E6637A4A6E99EDC00E2E4DCCA1F18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">II</td>
<td id="204510FB80BC2B52AD4DA24D9453D829" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.80</td>
<td id="988D874C286A59C48E9AB31290BF0869" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="6B927DF4AD0476652D728CCBF29E53E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.64</td>
<td id="1033C71CD4A8CCC31B5A6A5B6F426576" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
<td id="89ED512057F0213539AC2DF3DA19DF87" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td id="1543B63A351CA120B212B6EB51CF2821" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.94</td>
</tr>
<tr id="100F0CC8C59C45561919EB338B70D3C9">
<td id="05E571AF8859E77FD10E45A780C8FD05" colspan="1" rowspan="1">III</td>
<td id="2BFF21E62C7CE08D02852CCBDAAF4CA5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
<td id="2B9DC9392CD6F80551352D4DAD2D9937" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="51D35117FD9FD4D7C95ACE5DC81405AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.51</td>
<td id="40AE9A2F8012193CC276DC976B3C5F86" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.77</td>
<td id="A5198AC791BD5EA9F02423F79666571C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td id="FDF7DB4ED91E346BBC7B97DEB06F3816" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.78</td>
</tr>
<tr id="705BB227BA0C9947C9BA502902369342">
<td id="20187972AAEE6FA696EC0868DD0FC39E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">IV</td>
<td id="5E103AE295C643111DCCC85C6D60D2AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.83</td>
<td id="63EDB491FA751B8AACEC71F0F33C53FD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="B89B58D8FEC108A8697ED7849D4BA1FC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.67</td>
<td id="F13EDE6452E6E9FFACE724367BBB8479" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.96</td>
<td id="7B1E07BFEF5416335CF1DDD824723953" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.51</td>
<td id="3664F81C3974F38D5197BE011109F635" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.30</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F70B533C9A702DD597CC8E93A8C18975">
Palp (Figs
<figureCitation id="D9A479ABA6AB455124A78D7637F73356" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15 A C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="D475D3B7AAA2DAE8F8BB7FCB55E56BB5" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Asceua luki sp. nov., drawings A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, retrolateral view B idem, prolateral view C epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183785">16 A, B</figureCitation>
): large: length including
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGNBI" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
0.61 times carapace length. Tibia with three apophyses: dorsal prong (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKNBI" xlink_title="dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis">DP</abbrev>
) wide, concave in prolateral view, curved forward, with distal, spine-shaped prong pointing forward at an angle of 45 °, inserted on apophysis tip; median prong (MD) roughly square with prolateral tooth (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EONBI" xlink_title="small prolateral extension of the median prong">Ex</abbrev>
); ventral prong (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESNBI" xlink_title="ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis">VP</abbrev>
) short, straight with rounded extremity; cymbium laterally compressed with large retrolateral semicircular fold (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWNBI" xlink_title="cymbial fold">CF</abbrev>
), strongly narrowed at extremity reaching cymbial tip, with small, retrobasal button-like process (RCP) fitting
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1NBI" xlink_title="dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis">DP</abbrev>
concavity and sharp conical prolateral extension (PCP); tegulum with ventral part provided with small tooth (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5NBI" xlink_title="tegular tooth">TT</abbrev>
) anteriorly; median apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECOBI" xlink_title="median apophysis">MA</abbrev>
) rounded and concave opening towards the front; embolus long and whip shaped, its base smoothly tapered in retrolateral view, a broad triangle in ventral view.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="606242838A105B7D64CD0E7952091832">
<emphasis id="A02F3371D2E2008477255462C83D498B" bold="true">
Female
<typeStatus id="8460EC3A0B2BF3E90626FF8829368B8A" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCode id="58D2B7A67AD55FF65F3F8006EF62C994">
<collectionCode id="06358CAECFE45A1F207FC2F654A084CC" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
_235130
</specimenCode>
). Fig.
<figureCitation id="3995676E4556D77E20C66EB831A7CDE7" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female habitus A holotype male B D paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) E H paratype female (RMCA _ 235130). A, B, E. dorsal view. C, F, G. ventral view D, H lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183783">14 E H</figureCitation>
. Total body length 3.43. Colour as in male but for the absence of a scutum, pale dorsal spots larger and rounded, venter with smaller paler area behind epigastric fold. Carapace 1.73 long, 1.20 wide, 0.91 high. Eye sizes and interdistances:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOOBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
: 0.09;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESOBI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
: 0.10;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWOBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1OBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
: 0.05;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5OBI" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECPBI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
: 0.05;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGPBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
: 0.10:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKPBI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
: 0.10;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOPBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESPBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
: 0.07;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWPBI" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1PBI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
: 0.12.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5PBI" xlink_title="median ocular quadrangle">MOQ</abbrev>
: frontal width 0.23, posterior width 0.26, length 0.31. Clypeus 0.28 high. Chilum: triangular, 0.10 wide and as high; shape as in male. Sternum shield-shaped, 0.67 long, 0.58 wide. Legs: all femora with one short dorsal spine in proximal half; measurements in Table
<tableCitation id="4642417D3926715166009455CFB4BBB7" captionStart="Table 7" captionStartId="T7" captionText="Table 7. Female leg measurements." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4A618C9A27B174D4092B6B839588E361" tableUuid="4A618C9A27B174D4092B6B839588E361">7</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="4A618C9A27B174D4092B6B839588E361" ID-Table-UUID="4A618C9A27B174D4092B6B839588E361" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4A618C9A27B174D4092B6B839588E361" startId="T7" targetIsTable="true">
<paragraph id="299E4172CAD8B6944A083D19B8E92912">
<label id="C99B18F6C5F3EB0DABE9754D8CEF3E3C">Table 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F08FF3B1DF10A4E9A94B54B9E1970048">Female leg measurements.</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="0DD0067483D8C33608E616DE5696B708">
<table id="TID0EINAI" rules="all">
<tbody id="7564EF4B2ACE3DB9BA4339A7844519F4">
<tr id="2D3533E8F75EDC8D67E15740B1058C40">
<th id="A9A1E542ADFFE806C0E20FCE80F746A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Leg</th>
<th id="6DBA12CE8DA5E5FC03C802D1F8E15F18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1QBI" xlink_title="femur">Fe</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="3367437DF3CBAE5DE2B0684E179BD243" colspan="1" rowspan="1">P</th>
<th id="F1C97D3C727483C610C0BE891F495A5C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFRBI" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="16D3555E4BBCD31D1EFE335FEACE33A2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENRBI" xlink_title="metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="A89A1CD58CD90D32E23C7C52C275C3C0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">t</th>
<th id="F5597948132BA1FFD06387D84DE22F56" colspan="1" rowspan="1">tot</th>
</tr>
<tr id="B3201423224EA39EC11C5F859C2149EC">
<td id="5E37A0A567511ADFA3BE6CB12621385D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">I</td>
<td id="CA40E11DCB543694CA089212A8277408" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.83</td>
<td id="08B95B26545E5D58357A45813AAE5E45" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="BA5294717512C9C434BFD9356CA624EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.64</td>
<td id="6072E25411799DE76509C9EEFD20667B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.83</td>
<td id="3CE0C2B89EDF51E1D2DE548F4C2731AE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td id="F62D3886AF41CDEFFC60FDE9C6F8D7F8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.10</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C9F3FC2AC11C76140AAA65407399627B">
<td id="F617A5C3610AFC75351CD85DC8174F15" colspan="1" rowspan="1">II</td>
<td id="3DE756089D7DFB3471B8F4BB599EFCE8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.77</td>
<td id="4454E5E2B5CB75318F4FFC5A25D13D65" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="809AD6709510BECBB69382C0A7E3A38F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.61</td>
<td id="8A0155C26B227D6A393E8353135B10B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.77</td>
<td id="DEB52B7649AE4A8C1A78473F93AB88F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td id="646B11A3CBD910EC227D9916EA14AF15" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.94</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B9BBE7099A9953732F354F3434109903">
<td id="DD99D351A6D44127157331D7D21D9FCE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">III</td>
<td id="D3E0F8E8D82AC35534A68950680B30C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.83</td>
<td id="4D9A05E5B6490BD26A4DA77A35B07F64" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="CDAADA58D95FB4E7CC18AC6A82714C92" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.54</td>
<td id="8B15640AC49800CBE689E2C4B7F95446" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.83</td>
<td id="4E773D8021EB37F4B1849A989B1C3D4D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
<td id="004943C08E42ACAF688F7D1C859699F8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.98</td>
</tr>
<tr id="861530E26E9FCEB578B106FD2679C079">
<td id="EDF2F04951686523CB04C92069D47C70" colspan="1" rowspan="1">IV</td>
<td id="33B0AE34707798716A396E19902A4C25" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.96</td>
<td id="CFF72EE8DB3817A2BC754E6B4261AB41" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="2B84A2283B5E639800348B7CEBF7183F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
<td id="FA831791EA887C18D4252E26B7DF05F5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.06</td>
<td id="16165D4281D52CF9ADAAA05332786726" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="4BD4D746B4BB7C80CD31D18F20B5D46A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.42</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FC98C9909DCBE596FCE9C37B41D0AEAB">
Epigyne (Figs
<figureCitation id="AA1AC51CC6221C7905E961F879209D50" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Asceua luki sp. nov., male and female genitalia A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C holotype male D F paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, prolateral view B, C idem, retrolateral view D detail of the palpal tibial apophyses E idem, SEM view F epigyne, ventral view G idem, cleared H vulva, dorsal view. The arrows point to Ex. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Ex = small prolateral extension of the median prong; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; PCP = probasal cymbial process; RCP = retrobasal cymbial process; TT = tegular tooth; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, F); 0.1 mm (D, E, G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183784">15 F H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1B006CC0EC07FC520F28FAC044AFC26A" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Asceua luki sp. nov., drawings A, B paratype male (RMCA _ 235130) C paratype female (RMCA _ 235130) A palp, retrolateral view B idem, prolateral view C epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CF = cymbial fold; DP = dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis; MA = median apophysis; MP = median prong of palpal tibial apophysis; Sc = scape; VP = ventral prong of palpal tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183785">16 C</figureCitation>
): quadrangular area, as wide as long; scape (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZUBI" xlink_title="epigynal scape">Sc</abbrev>
) long, slightly narrower in anterior half, clearly widened at tip; copulatory openings in front of scape tip; ducts relatively wide, strongly wound, posterior part a short dense spire, anterior part with three densely superposed loops.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4UBI" type="variation">
<paragraph id="F53FC57C2A600402F550D3A70DF565BD">
<heading id="471AD31768787DBEE6A8309266ED5620" reason="title">Variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ED4D97DBB55C0EF65BDC7849358498B8">
Males (n = 8):
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDVBI" xlink_title="total body length">TL</abbrev>
2.162.77;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHVBI" xlink_title="carapace length">CL</abbrev>
1.281.73; white spots on dorsum sometimes narrower. Females (n = 4):
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELVBI" xlink_title="total body length">TL</abbrev>
2.923.43,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPVBI" xlink_title="carapace length">CL</abbrev>
1.211.68; white spots on dorsum wide.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ETVBI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="223DBE50A6029635DF534A94DE6A7D6E">
<heading id="A85D5AD70127496F30C08F4D674D3015" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F14C03ACE1EFC4C49D68BDAC32185695">
The species is known from the type locality in western
<collectingCountry id="9271EC580619D6B1CAA6CB98F60E99F7" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="F6F62D2499EAABD217FD5E10BCDD8FB7" captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Distribution map of Asceua species occurring in the Afrotropics." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1183793">24</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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