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<mods:title id="90616000160AD6EE324D071C4D93E3DF">And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="1DFB175D2062F363832E6F1A59F5C12D" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distincta" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="4447137017E9991B17EE2ACCDEB1324E" italics="true">Foordana distincta</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="180CBCEBB1F642B28E47E4E36A79836B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation id="135A1DF8328444EB42886C0F80507C2D" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. General habitus of live Foordana distincta sp. nov., female from Komani, Eastern Cape (A – C), Namaquella arida sp. nov., male from Akkerendam Nature Reserve, Northern Cape (D – F), and Rukuluk gramineus sp. nov., female from Witsand Nature Reserve, Northern Cape (G – I). A, D, G Dorsal view B, E, H Anterior view C, F Lateral view I Dorsolateral view. Photos by Ruan Booysen." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230771">Figs 1 A – C</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="4F404E0B4B10685D9DF14D2ACECCE0FE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="A26F9533C0F075F07E9DD823D1C47C46" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., female A carapace, dorsal view B same, surface texture and setae C eye region, dorsal view D chelicerae, arrows indicating promarginal teeth E mouthparts F detail of endite serrula G sternum H patellar indentation, leg IV I same, detail of lyriform organ." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230773">3</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="5B60000D997E3F98A1A7F2C60387776D" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male A tibia I, ventral view B same, detail of cusps and scopulae C metatarsus I, ventral view D same, detail of cusps and scopulae E tarsus I, ventral view F same, detail of cusps and scopulae G – I detail of cusp structure on the tibia (G), metatarsus (H) and tarsus (I), arrows indicating triad of pores at base of cusp on proximal side." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230774">4</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="69DFACE177E53BEF27B313C11388F631" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., female A tibia I, ventral view B metatarsus I, ventral view C same, detail of scopulate setae, arrows indicating ovoid pores between scopulate setae D same, detail of ovoid pores E metatarsus IV, lateral view F tarsus I, ventral view G same, lateral view, arrow indicating position of tarsal organ H tarsus IV, detail of claw tuft and claws I tarsus I, base of dorsal trichobothrium J same, detail of tarsal organ." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230775">5</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="A627CE0C77F8A258058B24343A20AAC9" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., female A spinnerets, general view B anterior lateral spinnerets C posterior median spinnerets D posterior lateral spinnerets. Abbreviations: Ac – aciniform gland spigot (s); Cy – cylindrical gland spigot (s); mAmp – minor ampullate gland spigot; MAmp – major ampullate gland spigot; Pi – piriform gland spigot (s); Ta – tartipore." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230776">6</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="34EB0789F9807B9B4ED3BCCD598F6FDC" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D – F) A palpal patella, retrolateral view, arrow indicating lyriform organ B palpal tibia and tarsus, retrolateral view C same, detail of tibia D palpal claw E palpal tarsal organ F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230777">7</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="0158D70E0883BE080C5B4A1C1E23268A" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D, E). A schematic representation of cusp arrangement on legs I and II B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230778">8</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="27E6AFDC63DDB95AFD97FA7AAC632DA4" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana flavipoda sp. nov., male (A, E) and female (B, I), F. kasouga sp. nov., male (C, F), F. distincta sp. nov., male (D) and female (G, H), and undescribed Foordana sp. from Zimbabwe, female (J). A – C habitus, dorsal view D – F palps, ventral view G, J uncleared epigynes, ventral view H, I cleared epigynes, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C), 0.5 mm (D – F), 0.25 mm (G – J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230779">9 D, G, H</figureCitation>
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<heading id="240D1EB6DFC753FF1FD59079FCE24E0D" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
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<typeStatus id="AE8527EFA27067F53B1544F4ACACD3DB" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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•
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leg.;
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.
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,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="E7A431D66AE8F19075A1152EE60771B0">Hogsback</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="A0108F6537986427462BB561248D361F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7F85D5E9921052EC9E5B8FE38A5C2374:A0108F6537986427462BB561248D361F" country="South Africa" county="Amatola Mountains" latitude="-32.56212" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="26.9154" municipality="Hogsback" name="Amatole Forestry Company" stateProvince="Eastern Cape">Amatole Forestry Company</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0EPRBG" specific-use="{"type":"Point","coordinates":[26.915400,-32.562117]}">
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="82CA439635BEED29E65B3F69EB6BB2DA" degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="33.727" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-32.56212">32°33.727'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="4105A919A0634C9E9B2B74C06F031A1D" degrees="26" direction="east" minutes="54.924" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="26.9154">26°54.924'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</named-content>
|
||
;
|
||
<elevation id="6BD434943FD2021A0E34E7D84D7D82F4" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.46" unit="m" value="1460.0">
|
||
<quantity id="EF1E49AAC31B432C64206418D8E9D735" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.46" unit="m" value="1460.0">1460 m</quantity>
|
||
a. s. l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="F5439527F1F9B1928B2086C3F135ACA6" value="2013-03-23">
|
||
<collectingDate id="A4BDE329453D6376F3B80D3403E712C4" value="2013-03-23">23 Mar. 2013</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="EFDFBA7F947FE2E352169379EAA50D2F">C. Haddad</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectingMethod id="A07E972E92511B004D1879AA1587F384">active search</collectingMethod>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectedFrom id="69C959C7C3C6DECEDA8F62B7F3B7D00A">grass tussocks and fynbos in grassland</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="D15FED8997D451C664C301D449FA6F73">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EURBG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">NCA</abbrev>
|
||
2014/321
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="CF328DECF69068D30F3DB6FC03D50A20" collectedFrom="Rhus litter" collectingDate="2007-03-09" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="C. Haddad" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.8" location="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" longLatPrecision="1230" longitude="27.65" municipality="Clocolan" specimenCode="NCA 2007 / 1334" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Free State Province" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="BA6BD6A6CF9BD9D7757CE37A66AE74E4" country="South Africa" name="Free State">Free State Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
:
|
||
<specimenCount id="15F6B94F4140DCD833A3F6871BA846AC" count="1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
|
||
<specimenCount id="259DA89729337D248761983BB384EE50" count="2" type="female">2 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="17FB56C19EA778DBC166D8BC92810DD7">Clocolan</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="14ADB93AAD67BBDB93594F4CF14A43C5" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7F85D5E9921052EC9E5B8FE38A5C2374:14ADB93AAD67BBDB93594F4CF14A43C5" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.8" longLatPrecision="1230" longitude="27.65" municipality="Clocolan" name="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" stateProvince="Free State Province">Amahelo-ho-Spitskop</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0E3RBG" specific-use="{"type":"Point","coordinates":[27.650000,-28.800000]}">
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="77E8BF5A678FDAEACBBC9C10515DF22C" degrees="28" direction="south" minutes="48" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-28.8">28°48'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="E4598E9CE388956B3D7993D8435E925A" degrees="27" direction="east" minutes="39" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="27.65">27°39'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</named-content>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="83108E241AD415DAABC8DF68B23274A3" value="2007-03-09">
|
||
<collectingDate id="AEE92615F7A50F875F58BC91FED93C98" value="2007-03-09">9 Mar. 2007</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="EEEFF7446E6E0B88C9D36CEE15325B83">C. Haddad</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectedFrom id="27478CCA5BBBCF0965AC2127B5086878">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9EEB3BB59AD4A261B54184C6F82F5818" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Rhus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5D598FE82A9DEE1A34CBD80DF90B1ABA" italics="true">Rhus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
litter
|
||
</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="14CF6E28621EC00D96CB661AB7F630C9">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EISBG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">NCA</abbrev>
|
||
2007/1334
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="338DD53EB2705407842FA40B800E5B9B" collectedFrom="dense grass" collectingDate="2007-03-08" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="C. Haddad" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.8" location="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" longLatPrecision="1230" longitude="27.65" municipality="Clocolan" specimenCode="NCA 2007 / 1336" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Free State" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<specimenCount id="8E550E62333E7C753062C888069A810A" count="2" type="female">2 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
; same collection data as for preceding;
|
||
<date id="16807E0E655E3837E0620901F92E1FA4" value="2007-03-08">
|
||
<collectingDate id="641739EC55536AEB8830204ABD99F520" value="2007-03-08">8 Mar. 2007</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectedFrom id="8F7A82E04931B685224ECBA5498DF7F5">dense grass</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="7BF9A3A93980B708723491CD21396512">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0ENSBG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">NCA</abbrev>
|
||
2007/1336
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="5420DB3BCB3D30E58BD5EA019F2E81F2" collectedFrom="grassy litter near dam" collectingDate="2007-03-08" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="C. Haddad" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.8" location="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" longLatPrecision="1230" longitude="27.65" municipality="Clocolan" specimenCode="NCA 2008 / 2897" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Free State" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<specimenCount id="711E7D0461EE8DFB9A0965B05D267232" count="1" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
; same collection data as for preceding;
|
||
<collectedFrom id="07C7C8E71D87614A57298E4CE70D5EBF">grassy litter near dam</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="41F3107042EDF733AA1D95EF60F5FF33">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0ESSBG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">NCA</abbrev>
|
||
2008/2897
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="E730A5687626A723637BF3B44B981626" collectedFrom="Eucalyptus litter" collectingDate="2007-03-08" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="C. Haddad" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.8" location="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" longLatPrecision="1230" longitude="27.65" municipality="Clocolan" specimenCode="NCA 2007 / 1335" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Free State" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<specimenCount id="978E50D3BC4EE345BA64D8FCED1E4C20" count="1" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
; same collection data as for preceding;
|
||
<collectedFrom id="EF074418049789B5E0672A5877487240">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1E52D37E7493623351125F21BD07A5B2" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C199E93CEAA3B4DA63C7A06E9333279C" italics="true">Eucalyptus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
litter
|
||
</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="65969231A0F8BD93EBA6CA82067EDAB7">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0E5SBG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">NCA</abbrev>
|
||
2007/1335
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3377D014EC53708E52C1CD192D6990BF" collectedFrom="in garden and around house" collectingDate="2010" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="A. Jones" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.80935" location="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="27.65425" municipality="Clocolan" specimenCode="NCA 2010 / 328" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Free State" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<specimenCount id="84248A9D280B65708D4045068D1908AE" count="1" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="A43285AC028D44EAABD50D345CE959D9">Clocolan</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="394CD069BC8B6D2D2F6D90C464897E13" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7F85D5E9921052EC9E5B8FE38A5C2374:394CD069BC8B6D2D2F6D90C464897E13" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.80935" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="27.65425" municipality="Clocolan" name="Amahelo-ho-Spitskop" stateProvince="Free State">Amahelo-ho-Spitskop</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0EGTBG" specific-use="{"type":"Point","coordinates":[27.654250,-28.809350]}">
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="BC3DA0F34E1358D257734EE65C04969E" degrees="28" direction="south" minutes="48.561" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-28.80935">28°48.561'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="D5B16FF7688A210A0AF5BFEDD0375CE1" degrees="27" direction="east" minutes="39.255" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="27.65425">27°39.255'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</named-content>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingDate id="57C1C33A3EDC910B8AA4CA3029EE598F">2010</collectingDate>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="68A54CD372E8DE9CB13060C8C2FA521F">A. Jones</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectedFrom id="D932C7E125EC412261C6652F699D0E56">in garden and around house</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="12766D19B2B84F84A8484EA6A29BC659">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0ELTBG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">NCA</abbrev>
|
||
2010/328
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="063A89618D656446C7D283C549770D18" collectedFrom="in grassland" collectingDate="2024-03-31" collectingMethod="hand collecting" collectionCode="NMBA" collectorName="C. Haddad" country="South Africa" elevation="1520" latitude="-29.87785" location="Farm Dereham" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="27.074266" municipality="Wepener district" specimenCode="NMBA 19614" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="Free State" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<specimenCount id="E220697A74075FA920C668AAB9D0E7F6" count="3" type="female">3 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="1B0B0318DDDBC1B7C00171F21A2E6EBA">Wepener district</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="BCED905A946A3D2D359B829E04367F10" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7F85D5E9921052EC9E5B8FE38A5C2374:BCED905A946A3D2D359B829E04367F10" country="South Africa" latitude="-29.87785" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="27.074266" municipality="Wepener district" name="Farm Dereham" stateProvince="Free State">Farm Dereham</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0ETTBG" specific-use="{"type":"Point","coordinates":[27.074267,-29.877850]}">
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="77F31578604643174EEB32E92D095D79" degrees="29" direction="south" minutes="52.671" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-29.87785">29°52.671'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C23F628D140474E149F6E7257AEA166F" degrees="27" direction="east" minutes="04.456" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="27.074266">27°04.456'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</named-content>
|
||
;
|
||
<elevation id="63BD378D295C1F90B56321D1ED1058B2" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" unit="m" value="1520.0">
|
||
<quantity id="36DE97F669D240925778CEA729D7DE56" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" unit="m" value="1520.0">1520 m</quantity>
|
||
a. s. l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="43C3BB0BD824FADE185F8C27D5F1321D" value="2024-03-31">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4BEE803FA8C3BCF3091BAA966FC4F4A5" value="2024-03-31">31 Mar. 2024</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="BF028DE56E934862FD801B379CA84702">C. Haddad</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectingMethod id="E4C0528734F12838B75A7C134C7D79A8">hand collecting</collectingMethod>
|
||
<collectedFrom id="3A46138C8B9A8D115A21B3AE7501CBA4">in grassland</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="415DE63276A867B1D153582E7C610345" collectionCode="NMBA" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/js1h-4156" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel" type="">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EYTBG" xlink_title="National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa">NMBA</abbrev>
|
||
19614
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="56A139727353F0582F24C81B3FEA85D3" collectedFrom="ground layer in grassland" collectingDate="1976-04-15" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="F. Wanless & A. Russell-Smith" country="South Africa" latitude="-29.55" location="Town Bush" longLatPrecision="1226" longitude="30.35" municipality="Pietermaritzburg" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="KwaZulu-Natal Province" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="ECAC4D02D3BB3E25C13A8B8414732B7E" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCount id="A7558C623A463637DD1F05A2E7037AFF" count="3" type="female">3 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="94BB306FE9701E9B528F6B9815A10DB3">Pietermaritzburg</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="3E60520A986C8EF4491DA29D4A3D8F2B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7F85D5E9921052EC9E5B8FE38A5C2374:3E60520A986C8EF4491DA29D4A3D8F2B" country="South Africa" latitude="-29.55" longLatPrecision="1226" longitude="30.35" municipality="Pietermaritzburg" name="Town Bush" stateProvince="KwaZulu-Natal Province">Town Bush</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0EAUBG" specific-use="{"type":"Point","coordinates":[30.350000,-29.550000]}">
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="BC7391858BDAC6BD34340C39BB98084A" degrees="29" direction="south" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-29.55">29°33'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="38BC6CDB9D7CCA5479FE75BD12A83595" degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="21" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="30.35">30°21'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</named-content>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="3C9E9E471F1CDD3DAA79234E671B1C31" value="1976-04-15">
|
||
<collectingDate id="B7A64BA4FB71390DE3B6AF3128DC2F02" value="1976-04-15">15 Apr. 1976</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="14CAD778C26D00B5D43E0F5C27BA18D5">F. Wanless</collectorName>
|
||
&
|
||
<collectorName id="47AAC39002DB8266F2414A0415BA6EC4">A. Russell-Smith</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectedFrom id="497F81B7A4FEF260756B8BDB908A4B58">ground layer in grassland</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EFUBG" xlink_title="British Museum of Natural History, London, U.K.">
|
||
<collectionCode id="DF51942482009B26FEBD999FF00A223C">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
</abbrev>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F769255F2AEB653FB7814FB297DD3AAB" collectedFrom="in fynbos" collectingDate="2021-11-25" collectingMethod="hand collecting" collectionCode="NMBA" collectorName="C. Haddad" country="South Africa" elevation="275" latitude="-34.2046" location="Houw Hoek Inn" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="19.1537" municipality="Houw Hoek" specimenCode="NMBA 18796" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Western Cape Province" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49847B4E3674AD68E1C806D699317386" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape">Western Cape Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
:
|
||
<specimenCount id="30D0670853E7AAAB227A4C45BB4BCE1D" count="1" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="F2C680DE399F3375209568BEE93FEB56">Houw Hoek</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="C1875CC327E1AA2F4EC63E4B2C5D10DB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7F85D5E9921052EC9E5B8FE38A5C2374:C1875CC327E1AA2F4EC63E4B2C5D10DB" country="South Africa" latitude="-34.2046" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="19.1537" municipality="Houw Hoek" name="Houw Hoek Inn" stateProvince="Western Cape Province">Houw Hoek Inn</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C1F9AA7E62541B0EB1CE90138A8F1904" degrees="34.2046" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-34.2046">-34.2046</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="FE01C1FFA46566877C991733A3298DEA" degrees="19.1537" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="19.1537">19.1537</geoCoordinate>
|
||
;
|
||
<elevation id="C9A3F4F13E83D2D833EDE2D09D2FB88C" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" unit="m" value="275.0">
|
||
<quantity id="5C61D23C71B02B23FFCD85D28A12C993" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" unit="m" value="275.0">275 m</quantity>
|
||
a. s. l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="BB0DC088969092823DB625592D51663F" value="2021-11-25">
|
||
<collectingDate id="89A966D44697973A0424F746DEDBE888" value="2021-11-25">25 Nov. 2021</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="36567D2195FC4C6CD60CC1FCFA1EF286">C. Haddad</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectingMethod id="5B8E8EB0D576E568E77A1FBF5C4FAB7F">hand collecting</collectingMethod>
|
||
<collectedFrom id="8E00D47389847B7DD04CEEB5684DC516">in fynbos</collectedFrom>
|
||
;
|
||
<specimenCode id="86F10EFA2674D05CF379921410C99AE4" collectionCode="NMBA" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/js1h-4156" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel" type="">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EKUBG" xlink_title="National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa">NMBA</abbrev>
|
||
18796
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPUBG" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="83423888F124EE80E9CBC4A178BD0EF5">
|
||
<heading id="B369D0814DECE092AF5EC2B19510B6E5" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3A76D59203E81CCF56FB1094547B0F15">
|
||
The male of this species shares with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="800C02F183FF775FAB7047C2BBD55471" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavipoda" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="016758CEA97057D1077E13B1B26611E7" italics="true">F. flavipoda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FFCAD6BBE61FBBFFC2C83E99699B38E1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
a simple curved embolus in ventral view (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="64FE5B2956EEB93E788D6546B598BF07" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D, E). A schematic representation of cusp arrangement on legs I and II B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230778">8 B</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="F52950094D37938946DE534677770885" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Foordana flavipoda sp. nov., male (A, B) and female (C, D). A palp, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C epigyne, ventral view D same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230780">10 A</figureCitation>
|
||
), whereas it is S-shaped with a distal loop in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B6234C0DC12D8AFE7864597F10A131F1" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasouga" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8D43844597088F4A6973E0AF389D61ED" italics="true">F. kasouga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="95D89546B1616F1CDD368610E8630F73" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="50EC62DD6399AE3AF396E26A49DD960F" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Foordana kasouga sp. nov., male A schematic representation of cusp arrangement B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; SD – sperm duct; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230781">11 B</figureCitation>
|
||
). Furthermore, it can be recognised by the generally similar size of the dorsal and ventral retrolateral tibial apophyses in lateral view (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="35847557D8DAD90B0E98EEDEEEF1072A" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D, E). A schematic representation of cusp arrangement on legs I and II B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230778">8 C</figureCitation>
|
||
), whereas the ventral is far larger than the dorsal in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="80D13C114B1BEB22E447698322778CF1" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavipoda" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B76FA8BEDAE0830648AF584B1BD2F577" italics="true">F. flavipoda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B75EBAEFAF5651CA9A8AAEA2A78CB3D1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="FC26EE4358133F49AA2F522332E6C209" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Foordana flavipoda sp. nov., male (A, B) and female (C, D). A palp, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C epigyne, ventral view D same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230780">10 B</figureCitation>
|
||
) and the dorsal is larger than the ventral in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8C7DA914425882856DAEE1AFEC91C507" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasouga" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="D391556F45E814CB98A83F117422D416" italics="true">F. kasouga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F47B9A2A41D38AE07F1C8A519CC3AC03" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="E438968FC206A31B353CA8C6AF384843" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Foordana kasouga sp. nov., male A schematic representation of cusp arrangement B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; SD – sperm duct; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bar: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230781">11 C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Females can be separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6DF8ABCE4135F8581ECE61B555FF375" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavipoda" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="9C22D898323A00355A933A1C6273095A" italics="true">F. flavipoda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="12F10ECFF0CF1D485DBD8BA3D0B88231" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and an undescribed species from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F1524A3B7745CCE5D1437D1DC4A2ED8A" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
|
||
by the absence of a median hood (compare Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="06723F40BC84F583A41BFF8EE8623513" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana flavipoda sp. nov., male (A, E) and female (B, I), F. kasouga sp. nov., male (C, F), F. distincta sp. nov., male (D) and female (G, H), and undescribed Foordana sp. from Zimbabwe, female (J). A – C habitus, dorsal view D – F palps, ventral view G, J uncleared epigynes, ventral view H, I cleared epigynes, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C), 0.5 mm (D – F), 0.25 mm (G – J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230779">9 G – J</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="C0266DA0D304BAE23F95134D6911F679" ID-DOI="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure10" ID-arpha="71AA01C9-1AC0-517B-B0B5-BAD95843A952" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230780" startId="F10">
|
||
<paragraph id="D702E3B4557CA92BABA1149362C7FD33">
|
||
<label id="DE32940D3797BBB2B9C3B6B6F79489C3">Figure 10.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="5884233E1F427583B1CF3A1E7C9E2EFB">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DD0F3DE76B37893ED2EB5D3C6B3F5571" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavipoda" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="858CBC7B782094077A2F969282B60907" italics="true">Foordana flavipoda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="297943D33D906ED41662446A6BD154AC" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, male (
|
||
<emphasis id="792AF270A038690572024464546A3982" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
|
||
) and female (
|
||
<emphasis id="385CD2C6451B561F0C02A2CF9204F061" bold="true">C, D</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="317C31205EECD0120BF63E4723577771" bold="true">A</emphasis>
|
||
palp, ventral view
|
||
<emphasis id="5052CF9A860D0037E9C758E923EEE7D9" bold="true">B</emphasis>
|
||
same, retrolateral view
|
||
<emphasis id="AE900B78FC7B37F2C79D327D1C734D16" bold="true">C</emphasis>
|
||
epigyne, ventral view
|
||
<emphasis id="6F8C3C4E708BB26CE1DD48EEAEDADD11" bold="true">D</emphasis>
|
||
same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHYBG" xlink_title="dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis">dRTA</abbrev>
|
||
– dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELYBG" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">ST I</abbrev>
|
||
– primary spermatheca;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPYBG" xlink_title="secondary spermatheca">ST II</abbrev>
|
||
– secondary spermatheca;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETYBG" xlink_title="ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis">vRTA</abbrev>
|
||
– ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="C0F2B1329840BC6CE76A6A507509687E" ID-DOI="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure11" ID-arpha="50240595-1279-56E7-B14C-72F6834ECCCD" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230781" startId="F11">
|
||
<paragraph id="825989D3BE9AC52F6083042BB4FEECBA">
|
||
<label id="823B9A71975E891219553698AFD98762">Figure 11.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D87888C8250281A09AE8611930638765">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EF5C61F9086832F1AC5001A600071304" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasouga" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="6D38938065CA3F8C8B769475B599F181" italics="true">Foordana kasouga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C98FFD1DA3C9B710F10C5EB18F690D31" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, male
|
||
<emphasis id="45B1D5BBD329D80DA1D139FB8243CABE" bold="true">A</emphasis>
|
||
schematic representation of cusp arrangement
|
||
<emphasis id="4E08F8C156A5FAF76369AD58B5FEAA0A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
|
||
palp, ventral view
|
||
<emphasis id="8DA14490687450276864E69616BDC76E" bold="true">C</emphasis>
|
||
same, retrolateral view. Abbreviations:
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVZBG" xlink_title="dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis">dRTA</abbrev>
|
||
– dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; SD – sperm duct;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZZBG" xlink_title="ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis">vRTA</abbrev>
|
||
– ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bar: 0.25 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EC1BG" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="0E229F346F4FC87DB4EF1BB4CFB69176">
|
||
<heading id="A76F10134868902A85CC019D3083A33E" reason="title">Description.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CBD37B721CA3B170CC79C845545CBCAB">
|
||
Male (
|
||
<typeStatus id="276651601ED4C93BD907B5BAD9FE66A1" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, Amahelo-ho-Spitskop,
|
||
<specimenCode id="C25659403F6A9870D2B64F21C18C8489">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EI1BG" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">
|
||
<collectionCode id="1F3F999B41351D9D595C76AA2D6D6A6D">NCA</collectionCode>
|
||
</abbrev>
|
||
2010/349
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
): Measurements:
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN1BG" xlink_title="carapace length">CL</abbrev>
|
||
2.36,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER1BG" xlink_title="carapace width">CW</abbrev>
|
||
2.03,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV1BG" xlink_title="abdomen length">AL</abbrev>
|
||
2.77,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ1BG" xlink_title="abdomen width">AW</abbrev>
|
||
1.87,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E41BG" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
|
||
5.15,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB2BG" xlink_title="fovea length">FL</abbrev>
|
||
0.14,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF2BG" xlink_title="sternum length">SL</abbrev>
|
||
1.33,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ2BG" xlink_title="sternum width">SW</abbrev>
|
||
1.15,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN2BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER2BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
0.07,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV2BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ2BG" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
0.04,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E42BG" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB3BG" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
0.41,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF3BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ3BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
0.11,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN3BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER3BG" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
0.19,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV3BG" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ3BG" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
0.68,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E43BG" xlink_title="median ocular quadrangle">MOQ</abbrev>
|
||
:
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB4BG" xlink_title="abdomen width">AW</abbrev>
|
||
0.35,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF4BG" xlink_title="posterior width">PW</abbrev>
|
||
0.36, L 0.40. Length of leg segments: I 2.05 + 0.95 + 1.61 + 1.22 + 0.81 = 6.64; II 1.80 + 0.88 + 1.35 + 1.12 + 0.76 = 5.91; III 1.32 + 0.63 + 0.88 + 1.07 + 0.43 = 4.33; IV 1.92 + 0.85 + 1.60 + 1.78 + 0.63 = 6.78. Carapace deep red-brown, with four pairs of mediolateral mottled markings, corresponding to palps and first three pairs of legs (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="E8CEA5DB4C426BE2CC49BD1E5F702BA1" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2 A</figureCitation>
|
||
); surface finely wrinkled, appearing asetose but with very short sparse setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="02F4147AA4794F84B2B6776CF0EEC8EF" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., female A carapace, dorsal view B same, surface texture and setae C eye region, dorsal view D chelicerae, arrows indicating promarginal teeth E mouthparts F detail of endite serrula G sternum H patellar indentation, leg IV I same, detail of lyriform organ." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230773">3 B</figureCitation>
|
||
); fovea short, distinct, at ⅔
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER4BG" xlink_title="carapace length">CL</abbrev>
|
||
.
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV4BG" xlink_title="anterior eye row">AER</abbrev>
|
||
slightly procurved, almost straight; clypeus height equal to
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ4BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E44BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
very slightly larger than
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB5BG" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF5BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
separated by distance equal ½ their diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ5BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
separated from
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN5BG" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
by distance equal to slightly less than ⅓
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER5BG" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV5BG" xlink_title="posterior eye row">PER</abbrev>
|
||
slightly recurved,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ5BG" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
slightly larger than
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E45BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB6BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
separated by distance equal to slightly more than ⅘ their diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF6BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
separated from
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ6BG" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
by distance equal to 1 ½
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN6BG" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
diameter. Chelicerae, endites and labium dark orange-brown; anterior surface of cheliceral paturon covered with fairly dense long, fine setae mesally, sparse laterally; promargin with three slightly separated teeth, median tooth largest; retromargin with three adjacent teeth on common base, decreasing in size distally; endites slightly paler. Sternum dark orange, with faint black mottled patches laterally, border dark orange-brown; surface smooth, with scattered erect setae. Abdomen elongate-oval, creamy-grey dorsally, with narrow yellow-brown dorsal scutum, leaving narrow sliver between scutum and black lateral markings (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="7E1B1F03E097169458F87221AF62F7DE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2 A</figureCitation>
|
||
); dorsum with continuous black line from anterior to posterior, with pair of narrow lines in posterior half of abdomen, joined by six faint transverse chevron markings; sides black (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="2CE714E76994B320B8F33C325F755BE8" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2 B</figureCitation>
|
||
); venter creamy-grey, with pair of black mediolateral lines from epigastric fold to spinnerets (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="929B8E1D794824938BDB126E8E9E4394" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2 C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Legs I to IV dark yellow-orange, I darker than others; ventral cusps present on tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi I and II (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="92DC920C904048E3C70D0169BFAAEC37" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D, E). A schematic representation of cusp arrangement on legs I and II B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230778">8 A</figureCitation>
|
||
). Palp (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="DEDBB94BF1800F7699E1DE4A542E286D" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D – F) A palpal patella, retrolateral view, arrow indicating lyriform organ B palpal tibia and tarsus, retrolateral view C same, detail of tibia D palpal claw E palpal tarsal organ F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230777">7 A, B</figureCitation>
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,
|
||
<figureCitation id="8E9DC6D8B914833B46C3562596A63259" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D, E). A schematic representation of cusp arrangement on legs I and II B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230778">8 B, C</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="A27165480F43D4834084BF152875135F" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana flavipoda sp. nov., male (A, E) and female (B, I), F. kasouga sp. nov., male (C, F), F. distincta sp. nov., male (D) and female (G, H), and undescribed Foordana sp. from Zimbabwe, female (J). A – C habitus, dorsal view D – F palps, ventral view G, J uncleared epigynes, ventral view H, I cleared epigynes, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C), 0.5 mm (D – F), 0.25 mm (G – J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230779">9 D</figureCitation>
|
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) dark red-brown; tegulum oval, with embolus originating mesally, initially with broad base directed prolaterally, bending sharply before gradually curving to tip, directed at 2 o’clock;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOAAI" xlink_title="ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis">vRTA</abbrev>
|
||
slender, subtriangular, with rounded tip pointed inwards in ventral view;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESAAI" xlink_title="dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis">dRTA</abbrev>
|
||
slightly smaller with sharp tip, triangular in lateral view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="256CA96F068F7845ECA7412D721CE884">
|
||
Female (
|
||
<typeStatus id="D62C12B4A31FB62CF98F3FCC1AB16393" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
, Amahelo-ho-Spitskop,
|
||
<specimenCode id="BFD20919F94404CBD729BF44CCA3D725">
|
||
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EYAAI" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida, ARC–Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa">
|
||
<collectionCode id="2A7F41FB8359C9CD4E4D117BE430B3C9">NCA</collectionCode>
|
||
</abbrev>
|
||
2010/349
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
): Measurements:
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4AAI" xlink_title="carapace length">CL</abbrev>
|
||
2.48,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBBAI" xlink_title="carapace width">CW</abbrev>
|
||
2.05,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFBAI" xlink_title="abdomen length">AL</abbrev>
|
||
3.58,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJBAI" xlink_title="abdomen width">AW</abbrev>
|
||
2.35,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENBAI" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
|
||
5.60,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERBAI" xlink_title="fovea length">FL</abbrev>
|
||
0.24,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVBAI" xlink_title="sternum length">SL</abbrev>
|
||
1.32,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZBAI" xlink_title="sternum width">SW</abbrev>
|
||
1.05,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4BAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBCAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
0.06,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFCAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJCAI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
0.03,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENCAI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERCAI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
0.37,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVCAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZCAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
0.13,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4CAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBDAI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
0.14,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFDAI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
-
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJDAI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
0.65,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENDAI" xlink_title="median ocular quadrangle">MOQ</abbrev>
|
||
:
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERDAI" xlink_title="abdomen width">AW</abbrev>
|
||
0.31,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVDAI" xlink_title="posterior width">PW</abbrev>
|
||
0.40, L 0.35. Length of leg segments: I 2.12 + 1.02 + 1.52 + 1.20 + 0.86 = 6.72; II 1.90 + 0.92 + 1.35 + 1.02 + 0.80 = 5.99; III 1.47 + 0.77 + 1.00 + 1.12 + 0.55 = 4.91; IV 2.25 + 0.98 + 1.80 + 1.95 + 0.70 = 7.68. Carapace deep orange-brown, with three paired mediolateral mottled grey markings and mottled patch in front of fovea (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="F65F45B8A4A5273247F2878F54654B3F" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2 F</figureCitation>
|
||
);
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4DAI" xlink_title="anterior eye row">AER</abbrev>
|
||
slightly procurved, almost straight; clypeus height equal to
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBEAI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFEAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
slightly larger than
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJEAI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENEAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
separated by distance approximately ⅖ their diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EREAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
separated from
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVEAI" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
|
||
by distance equal to ⅕
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZEAI" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
|
||
diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4EAI" xlink_title="posterior eye row">PER</abbrev>
|
||
slightly recurved,
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBFAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
and
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFFAI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
subequal;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJFAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
separated by distance equal to their diameter;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENFAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
separated from
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERFAI" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye(s)">PLE</abbrev>
|
||
by distance equal to
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVFAI" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
|
||
diameter. Chelicerae, endites and labium orange-brown; cheliceral promargin with three slightly separated teeth, median tooth largest; retromargin with three adjacent teeth on common base, decreasing in size distally. Sternum deep yellow-brown, borders darker, with mottled lateral markings near coxal bases; surface finely wrinkled, covered with scattered short, fine setae. Abdomen without scutum, dorsal, lateral and ventral markings as for male (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="EEF3BE49C3A86073E1205636A6576519" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – E) and female (F – J). A, F habitus, dorsal view B, G same, lateral view C, H same, ventral view D, I leg I, prolateral view E, J metatarsus and tarsus IV. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C, F – H); 0.5 mm (D, E, I, J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230772">2 F – H</figureCitation>
|
||
). Legs I to IV creamy-yellow, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi I and II yellow-brown. Epigyne (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="8570E4B9F2D2B7D48AAACE1088803461" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D – F) A palpal patella, retrolateral view, arrow indicating lyriform organ B palpal tibia and tarsus, retrolateral view C same, detail of tibia D palpal claw E palpal tarsal organ F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230777">7 F</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="1295DA1D239C9D6298CD9E879492F68E" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Foordana distincta sp. nov., male (A – C) and female (D, E). A schematic representation of cusp arrangement on legs I and II B palp, ventral view C same, retrolateral view D epigyne, ventral view E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD – connecting duct; Cd – copulatory duct; CO – copulatory opening; dRTA – dorsal retrolateral tibial apophysis; EM – embolus; FD – fertilization duct; SD – sperm duct; ST I – primary spermatheca; ST II – secondary spermatheca; vRTA – ventral retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230778">8 D, E</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="5329A05D1D780D9D1B24B53EA6A1DB60" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Digital microscope photographs of somatic morphology of Foordana flavipoda sp. nov., male (A, E) and female (B, I), F. kasouga sp. nov., male (C, F), F. distincta sp. nov., male (D) and female (G, H), and undescribed Foordana sp. from Zimbabwe, female (J). A – C habitus, dorsal view D – F palps, ventral view G, J uncleared epigynes, ventral view H, I cleared epigynes, ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A – C), 0.5 mm (D – F), 0.25 mm (G – J)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230779">9 G, H</figureCitation>
|
||
) with broad, sharply curved atria mesally, with copulatory openings entering short lateral copulatory ducts before entering large teardrop-shaped anterior
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJGAI" xlink_title="secondary spermatheca">ST II</abbrev>
|
||
, each with oval lateral accessory gland; connecting ducts exiting
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENGAI" xlink_title="secondary spermatheca">ST II</abbrev>
|
||
posteromesally, curving laterally, making a twist before entering bilobed posterolateral
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERGAI" xlink_title="primary spermatheca">ST I</abbrev>
|
||
, with short channel leading to fertilization ducts.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EVGAI" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="779CF31E90026966C9959126DB4FDB25">
|
||
<heading id="59BFD3765A23E7A1A3F97EFD9D83C250" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="A82FF02B587F652998607B1774F6D2FC">The species name is the Latin for “ distinct, clear ”, referring to the well-defined abdominal markings of this species.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1GAI" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="A2CDB7B6B51E037DE89EA2B30A9F9A90">
|
||
<heading id="CD1190C6E5EC336ADD6AC3D1B48FB9B3" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BA0B7D2EC140DC7FAE0C5BCBA7B1374F">
|
||
Widespread across the southern half of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="167796705B402FC52A4796DA7A51C905" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="940F3B14A131DA102198AD0FBE45287A" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Distribution of Foordana distincta sp. nov. (black circles), F. flavipoda sp. nov. (white circles), F. kasouga (black triangles), Foordana sp. Zimbabwe (white triangle), Mushimane tswibilinki sp. nov. (black square), Namaquella arida sp. nov. (white square), N. samanthae sp. nov. (black star), Rukuluk gramineus sp. nov. (white star) and Rukuluk sp. Tembe (white pentagon) in southern Africa." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230782">12</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="4AEB540D8FA4866EC2526AB30DB56284" ID-DOI="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299.figure12" ID-arpha="9E147917-34AC-5BF2-B5CB-E3E7739D5C42" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1230782" startId="F12">
|
||
<paragraph id="050B47BEB0C893C8FA4F6A40B8BD5C4A">
|
||
<label id="14493092E8774837BF2F69E40346B916">Figure 12.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="ECD4A89C150AEE6D8574C48EA20A2F30">
|
||
Distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="161ECE6728F97428C2D5710AAF32D898" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="distincta" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="4F1BF8F33A9648B687E729C2D0DFCEF6" italics="true">Foordana distincta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="459EAE0386649A040D16E0A8F277DA32" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(black circles),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C2EDDD39AE6F05DC3CB59B9522ADA103" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavipoda" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="F8407AD7D5D34DD08201136A67DD1926" italics="true">F. flavipoda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="61CD334C41F4CDFDFD5CCE85DAF90950" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(white circles),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C38B2A58A364B5B08F15B4B7EF71A4D" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasouga">
|
||
<emphasis id="61EE7DB9E264191D120C050FE89A1A12" italics="true">F. kasouga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(black triangles),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55E9BA414F20CCFE6FB887B880007DFF" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Foordana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="7DCCE8CE7DB410BFA25929CA2FCAD620" italics="true">Foordana</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Zimbabwe (white triangle),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="92285FFB5B2A224FBEF52AC0FB20BA83" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Mushimane" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tswibilinki" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="5BB2118C543CDDA0BEFBE187846D1EB2" italics="true">Mushimane tswibilinki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C1D7FD34A58EF009851E3E2E2F507097" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(black square),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="266AA741A1D73EB97B85220DC2BC4EE3" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Namaquella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arida" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="4AF70F7CC0358D40588B4BC408DBDC88" italics="true">Namaquella arida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="15B70296E7E0EBCEBA34097E8461FF8D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(white square),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="33E16557A5E57478922E7FE6326257DF" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Namaquella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="samanthae" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="03790B80DB2E9EFF4B1E49FEF3FDB619" italics="true">N. samanthae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B45C25D82B137C55E9FEEEF2123A185D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(black star),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F1B5416514E9749BA964C6ADFCEC8DF4" authorityName="Haddad" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Rukuluk" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gramineus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="34012419DB8836F207137A692CB1ACA3" italics="true">Rukuluk gramineus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BA4E1B0766F76A63F09F4D9F9FF81DA3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(white star) and
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<taxonomicName id="EA52487FB174664D15B7D261D32C4CAE" class="Arachnida" family="Trachelidae" genus="Rukuluk" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
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<emphasis id="B16C0C682526860803E4AF0CA919A9EA" italics="true">Rukuluk</emphasis>
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sp.
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</taxonomicName>
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Tembe (white pentagon) in southern Africa.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |