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<figureCitation box="[597,725,716,743]" captionStart-0="Figs 52–55" captionStart-1="Figs 56–60" captionStart-2="Figs 61–63" captionStart-3="Figs 64–69" captionStartId-0="16.[151,190,1578,1600]" captionStartId-1="17.[181,220,1359,1381]" captionStartId-2="18.[144,183,910,932]" captionStartId-3="19.[181,220,1270,1292]" captionTargetBox-0="[189,1079,242,1572]" captionTargetBox-1="[189,1134,223,1349]" captionTargetBox-2="[194,1069,221,896]" captionTargetBox-3="[189,1134,204,1250]" captionTargetId-0="figure-8@16.[151,1096,242,1578]" captionTargetId-1="figure-74@17.[189,1134,204,1414]" captionTargetId-2="figure-213@18.[151,1096,204,915]" captionTargetId-3="figure-124@19.[189,1134,204,1250]" captionTargetPageId-0="16" captionTargetPageId-1="17" captionTargetPageId-2="18" captionTargetPageId-3="19" captionText-0="Figs 52–55. Ranops dippenaarae sp. n. male (MRAC 215713) and female (MRAC 215719), Mkomazi: (52) male habitus, dorsal view; (53) idem, ventral view; (54) female habitus, dorsal view; (55) idem, ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." captionText-1="Figs 56–60. Ranops dippenaarae sp. n. male (MRAC 215713) and female (MRAC 215719), Mkomazi: (56) male palp, retrolateral view; (57) idem, ventral view; (58) epigyne, ventral view; (59) epigyne, cleared, dOrsal view; (60) idem, ventral view. Scale bars: (56, 57) = 200 μm, (58–60) = 100 μm." captionText-2="Figs 61–63. Ranops dippenaarae sp. n. male and female (MRAC 215520), Mkomazi: (61) male palp, ventral view; (62) idem, retrOlateral view; (63) epigYne, ventral view. Scale bars: (61, 62) = 200μm, (63) = 100 μm." captionText-3="Figs 64–69. Ranops dippenaarae sp.n.male (64, 65) and female (66–69) (MRAC 215520),Mkomazi:(64) male palp, retrolateral view; (65) idem, ventral, slightly retrolateral view; (66) epigyne, digested, dOrsal view; (67) female, femOral Organ amidst flattened incised setae On leg 2; (68) flattened setae pOinting fOrwards, in frOnt Of fOvea; (69) flattened incised setae On tip Of tibia 4. Scale bars: (64–66) = 100 μm, (67) = 20 μm, (68, 69) = 50 μm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914288" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914290" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914292" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914294" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7914288/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7914290/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/7914292/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/7914294/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">Figs 52–68</figureCitation>
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<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">EtYmOlOgY: The specific name is in hOnOur Of Dr Ansie Dippenaar-SchOeman, whO has made outstanding contributions to the study of African spiders.</paragraph>
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Diagnosis: This species resembles 
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<emphasis box="[567,735,831,856]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">Ranops caprivi</emphasis>
Jocqué, 
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in the form of the RTA but differs in that the tip is nOt bifid. The tegular apOphYsis alsO resembles that Of 
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but is more sickle-shaped, while the tegulum lacks a sinuous dentate ridge as seen in the latter species. The female epigyne viewed ventrally is similar to that of 
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but the central plate has a circular pit, absent in the latter species.
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<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[181,321,999,1025]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">Description:</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[181,247,1040,1066]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">Male.</emphasis>
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Total length: 2.25. Carapace: length 1.25, width 0.85. Colour (
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): Carapace chestnut brown, chelicerae and sternum pale yellowish brown. Legs: coxae yellow, femora chestnut brown suffused with black, other segments pale yellowish brown. Abdomen deep purple to black with 3–4 cream chevrons dorsally. Spinnerets pale cream dorsally. Palpal patella and femur chestnut brown, cymbium blackish brown. Eyes: a) 1.00 (0.07); b) 
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0.85; c) 
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0.80; d) 
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0.75; e) 1.00; f) 0.70; g) 2.33; h) 0.30.
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<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[181,401,1282,1308]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">Leg measurements:</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[378,1094,1320,1347]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">F P T Mt t Total</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[245,1090,1358,1385]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">I 1.00 0.15 0.82 1.05 0.65 3.67</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[240,1090,1397,1424]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">II 1.17 0.25 0.92 1.25 0.70 4.29</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[236,1090,1435,1462]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">III 1.27 0.25 1.20 1.55 0.77 5.04</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[235,1090,1473,1500]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">IV 1.62 0.35 1.20 1.80 0.95 5.92</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,675,1677]" box="[181,1000,1514,1540]" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">Legs: NO distinct spines, all segments clOthed in flattened indented setae.</paragraph>
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Male palp (
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, 
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, 
<figureCitation box="[536,615,1554,1581]" captionStart="Figs 64–69" captionStartId="19.[181,220,1270,1292]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,204,1250]" captionTargetId="figure-124@19.[189,1134,204,1250]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figs 64–69. Ranops dippenaarae sp.n.male (64, 65) and female (66–69) (MRAC 215520),Mkomazi:(64) male palp, retrolateral view; (65) idem, ventral, slightly retrolateral view; (66) epigyne, digested, dOrsal view; (67) female, femOral Organ amidst flattened incised setae On leg 2; (68) flattened setae pOinting fOrwards, in frOnt Of fOvea; (69) flattened incised setae On tip Of tibia 4. Scale bars: (64–66) = 100 μm, (67) = 20 μm, (68, 69) = 50 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914294" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914294/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="470">64, 65</figureCitation>
): In lateral view, tibia with down-curved lateral apOphYsis tapering tO a fine tip, nOt bifid. In ventral view, tegulum lacks a sinuOus dentate ridge, tegular apophysis sharply recurved, sickle-shaped. Embolus arises basally, fOllOwing bOrder Of cYmbium and smOOthlY tapered tO tip, which is nOt reflexed.
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Figs 52–55. 
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male (MRAC 215713) and female (MRAC 215719), Mkomazi: (52) male habitus, dorsal view; (53) idem, ventral view; (54) female habitus, dorsal view; (55) idem, ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
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Figs 56–60. 
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male (MRAC 215713) and female (MRAC 215719), Mkomazi: (56) male palp, retrolateral view; (57) idem, ventral view; (58) epigyne, ventral view; (59) epigyne, cleared, dOrsal view; (60) idem, ventral view. Scale bars: (56, 57) = 200 μm, (58–60) = 100 μm.
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<emphasis box="[181,273,1479,1505]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="472">Female.</emphasis>
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Total length: 2.87. Carapace: length 1.25, width 0.87. Colour (
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): Carapace, chelicerae and sternum as in male. Abdomen somewhat darker than in male and dorsal chevrons larger, occupying most of dorsal surface. Legs as in male, palps pale chestnut suffused with grey. Eyes: a) 1.00 (0.07); b) 
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0.50; c) 
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0.35; d) 
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0.75; e) 1.00; f) 0.80; g) 3.00; h) 0.50.
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Figs 61–63. 
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<emphasis box="[263,455,910,932]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">Ranops dippenaarae</emphasis>
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male and female (MRAC 215520), Mkomazi: (61) male palp, ventral view; (62) idem, retrOlateral view; (63) epigYne, ventral view. Scale bars: (61, 62) = 200 μm, (63) = 100 μm.
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<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" box="[144,363,1038,1064]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">Leg measurements:</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" box="[340,1056,1079,1105]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">F P T Mt t Total</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" box="[207,1052,1119,1146]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">I 0.90 0.15 0.60 0.92 0.41 2.98</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" box="[202,1052,1160,1187]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">II 1.02 0.21 0.71 1.00 0.61 3.55</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" box="[198,1052,1201,1228]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">III 1.20 0.25 0.95 1.12 0.68 4.20</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">IV 1.50 0.25 1.00 1.50 0.82 5.07 Legs: Spination as in male.</paragraph>
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Female epigyne (
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, 
<figureCitation box="[480,510,1322,1348]" captionStart="Figs 61–63" captionStartId="18.[144,183,910,932]" captionTargetBox="[194,1069,221,896]" captionTargetId="figure-213@18.[151,1096,204,915]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figs 61–63. Ranops dippenaarae sp. n. male and female (MRAC 215520), Mkomazi: (61) male palp, ventral view; (62) idem, retrOlateral view; (63) epigYne, ventral view. Scale bars: (61, 62) = 200μm, (63) = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914292" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914292/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">63</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation box="[522,554,1322,1348]" captionStart="Figs 64–69" captionStartId="19.[181,220,1270,1292]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,204,1250]" captionTargetId="figure-124@19.[189,1134,204,1250]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figs 64–69. Ranops dippenaarae sp.n.male (64, 65) and female (66–69) (MRAC 215520),Mkomazi:(64) male palp, retrolateral view; (65) idem, ventral, slightly retrolateral view; (66) epigyne, digested, dOrsal view; (67) female, femOral Organ amidst flattened incised setae On leg 2; (68) flattened setae pOinting fOrwards, in frOnt Of fOvea; (69) flattened incised setae On tip Of tibia 4. Scale bars: (64–66) = 100 μm, (67) = 20 μm, (68, 69) = 50 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914294" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914294/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">66</figureCitation>
): In ventral view with elongate central plate with curved margins and central circular pit 
<emphasis box="[604,638,1354,1379]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">ca.</emphasis>
0.5× width of plate. Epigyne in methyl salicylate as in 
<figureCitation box="[315,449,1385,1412]" captionStart="Figs 56–60" captionStartId="17.[181,220,1359,1381]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,223,1349]" captionTargetId="figure-74@17.[189,1134,204,1414]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figs 56–60. Ranops dippenaarae sp. n. male (MRAC 215713) and female (MRAC 215719), Mkomazi: (56) male palp, retrolateral view; (57) idem, ventral view; (58) epigyne, ventral view; (59) epigyne, cleared, dOrsal view; (60) idem, ventral view. Scale bars: (56, 57) = 200 μm, (58–60) = 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914290" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914290/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">Figs 59, 60</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">
<typeStatus box="[144,228,1421,1443]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">HOlOtYpe</typeStatus>
<specimenCount box="[235,255,1422,1443]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
: 
<taxonomicName authority=": MkOmazi Game Reserve" authorityName="MkOmazi Game Reserve" box="[265,623,1421,1443]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Tanzania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">TANZANIA: MkOmazi Game Reserve</taxonomicName>
, between NdeYa &amp; Mbula, pitfall traps in 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Senegalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="senegal">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">Senegalia senegal</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
woodland, 
<date box="[319,452,1445,1467]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1994-11-21" valueMax="1994-11-23" valueMin="1994-11-21">21–23.xi.1994</date>
(MRAC 215719).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" box="[144,688,1477,1499]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">
<materialsCitation box="[144,684,1477,1499]" collectingDate="1994-11-21" collectingDateMax="1994-11-23" collectingDateMin="1994-11-21" collectionCode="MRAC" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" specimenCode="MRAC 244006" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<typeStatus box="[144,223,1478,1499]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">ParatYpe</typeStatus>
<specimenCount box="[229,248,1478,1499]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
: same lOcalitY, 
<date box="[388,520,1477,1499]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1994-11-21" valueMax="1994-11-23" valueMin="1994-11-21">
<collectingDate box="[388,520,1477,1499]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1994-11-21" valueMax="1994-11-23" valueMin="1994-11-21">21–23.xi.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode box="[532,678,1477,1499]" collectionCode="MRAC" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z14b-bb31" name="Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="Museum">MRAC 244006</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[144,1104,1038,1675]" lastBlockId="19.[181,1142,1429,1676]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="474" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">
Other material examined: 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1993-08-19" collectingDateMax="1996-03-26" collectingDateMin="1993-08-19" collectionCode="R" collectorName="MkOmazi" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="474" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" specimenCount="258" specimenCount-female="55" specimenCount-male="203">
<taxonomicName authority=": Mkomazi G. R., Ibaya" authorityName="Mkomazi G. R., Ibaya" box="[377,700,1509,1531]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Tanzania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">TANZANIA: Mkomazi G.R., Ibaya</taxonomicName>
, seasonally inundated grassland, 
<collectingMethod box="[995,1100,1509,1531]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[144,292,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1993-08-19" valueMax="1993-08-20" valueMin="1993-08-19">
<collectingDate box="[144,292,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1993-08-19" valueMax="1993-08-20" valueMin="1993-08-19">19–20.viii.1993</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[302,332,1533,1554]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[438,545,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[555,691,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1994-11-14" valueMax="1994-11-28" valueMin="1994-11-14">
<collectingDate box="[555,691,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1994-11-14" valueMax="1994-11-28" valueMin="1994-11-14">14–28.xi.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[701,729,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">5♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[735,765,1533,1554]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[872,978,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[988,1100,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-04-04" valueMax="1995-04-09" valueMin="1995-04-04">
<collectingDate box="[988,1100,1533,1555]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-04-04" valueMax="1995-04-09" valueMin="1995-04-04">4–9.iv.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[144,183,1557,1578]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">13♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[188,218,1558,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">7♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[322,427,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[436,551,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-05-05" valueMax="1995-05-10" valueMin="1995-05-05">
<collectingDate box="[436,551,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-05-05" valueMax="1995-05-10" valueMin="1995-05-05">5–10.v.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[560,599,1557,1578]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">23♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[605,635,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">6♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[738,843,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[852,975,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-06-07" valueMax="1995-06-12" valueMin="1995-06-07">
<collectingDate box="[852,975,1557,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-06-07" valueMax="1995-06-12" valueMin="1995-06-07">7–12.vi.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[984,1012,1557,1578]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">9♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[1017,1047,1558,1579]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">7♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[186,292,1581,1603]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[302,431,1581,1603]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-07-05" valueMax="1995-07-10" valueMin="1995-07-05">
<collectingDate box="[302,431,1581,1603]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-07-05" valueMax="1995-07-10" valueMin="1995-07-05">5–10.vii.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[440,469,1581,1602]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[474,504,1581,1602]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[610,716,1581,1603]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[725,859,1581,1603]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-11-21" valueMax="1995-11-26" valueMin="1995-11-21">
<collectingDate box="[725,859,1581,1603]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-11-21" valueMax="1995-11-26" valueMin="1995-11-21">21–26.xi.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[869,909,1581,1602]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">10♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[914,944,1581,1602]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[201,326,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1996-01-19" valueMax="1996-01-24" valueMin="1996-01-19">
<collectingDate box="[201,326,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1996-01-19" valueMax="1996-01-24" valueMin="1996-01-19">19–24.i.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[337,377,1605,1626]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">23♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[385,416,1605,1626]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">4♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[528,636,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[648,778,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1996-02-23" valueMax="1996-02-28" valueMin="1996-02-23">
<collectingDate box="[648,778,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1996-02-23" valueMax="1996-02-28" valueMin="1996-02-23">23–28.ii.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[790,830,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">60♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[838,879,1605,1626]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">12♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[992,1100,1605,1627]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[144,280,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1996-03-21" valueMax="1996-03-26" valueMin="1996-03-21">
<collectingDate box="[144,280,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1996-03-21" valueMax="1996-03-26" valueMin="1996-03-21">21–26.iii.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[289,329,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">52♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[335,376,1629,1650]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">10♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[483,589,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[599,714,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-05-05" valueMax="1995-05-10" valueMin="1995-05-05">
<collectingDate box="[599,714,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-05-05" valueMax="1995-05-10" valueMin="1995-05-05">5–10.v.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[724,754,1629,1650]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[861,967,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[977,1100,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-06-07" valueMax="1995-06-12" valueMin="1995-06-07">
<collectingDate box="[977,1100,1629,1651]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-06-07" valueMax="1995-06-12" valueMin="1995-06-07">7–12.vi.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[144,174,1653,1674]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[279,385,1653,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[394,520,1653,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-08-03" valueMax="1995-08-08" valueMin="1995-08-03">
<collectingDate box="[394,520,1653,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-08-03" valueMax="1995-08-08" valueMin="1995-08-03">3–8.viii.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[529,558,1653,1674]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[664,770,1653,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[779,905,1653,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-10-11" valueMax="1995-10-16" valueMin="1995-10-11">
<collectingDate box="[779,905,1653,1675]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" value="1995-10-11" valueMax="1995-10-16" valueMin="1995-10-11">11–16.x.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[914,944,1653,1674]" pageId="18" pageNumber="473" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="474" pageId="18" pageNumber="473">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[236,361,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-01-19" valueMax="1996-01-24" valueMin="1996-01-19">
<collectingDate box="[236,361,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-01-19" valueMax="1996-01-24" valueMin="1996-01-19">19–24.i.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[370,400,1429,1450]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[504,609,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[618,712,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-02-28">
<collectingDate box="[618,712,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-02-28">28.ii.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[721,751,1429,1450]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[855,960,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[969,1105,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-03-21" valueMax="1996-03-26" valueMin="1996-03-21">
<collectingDate box="[969,1105,1429,1451]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-03-21" valueMax="1996-03-26" valueMin="1996-03-21">21–26.iii.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[1113,1141,1429,1450]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[181,211,1453,1474]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectorName box="[224,311,1453,1475]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">MkOmazi</collectorName>
G. 
<collectionCode box="[341,360,1453,1474]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">R</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
., 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1993-08-19" collectingDateMax="1994-11-28" collectingDateMin="1993-08-19" collectionCode="R" collectorName="MkOmazi G." location="IbaYa" municipality="Commiphora" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" specimenCount="100" specimenCount-female="20" specimenCount-male="80">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:95004B56C366FF81F3CBC5CFFC6BFD43:1876AC9BC37AFF86F340C2C6FE65FA1A" box="[374,427,1453,1475]" municipality="Commiphora" name="IbaYa" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">IbaYa</location>
, 
<emphasis box="[438,626,1453,1474]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">
<taxonomicName box="[438,500,1453,1474]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Acacia</taxonomicName>
/ 
<collectingMunicipality box="[510,626,1453,1474]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Commiphora</collectingMunicipality>
</emphasis>
bushland, 
<collectingMethod box="[729,837,1453,1475]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[848,997,1453,1475]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1993-08-19" valueMax="1993-08-20" valueMin="1993-08-19">
<collectingDate box="[848,997,1453,1475]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1993-08-19" valueMax="1993-08-20" valueMin="1993-08-19">19–20.viii.1993</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[1008,1038,1453,1474]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; same site, 
<collectingMethod box="[181,286,1477,1499]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[294,430,1477,1499]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1994-11-14" valueMax="1994-11-28" valueMin="1994-11-14">
<collectingDate box="[294,430,1477,1499]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1994-11-14" valueMax="1994-11-28" valueMin="1994-11-14">14–28.xi.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[437,477,1477,1498]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="male">79♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[481,523,1477,1498]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="female">20♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectorName box="[531,646,1477,1499]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">MkOmazi G.</collectorName>
<collectionCode box="[645,663,1477,1498]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">R</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
., 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1994-11-21" collectingDateMax="1994-11-24" collectingDateMin="1994-11-21" collectionCode="R" collectorName="NdeYa &amp; Mbula &amp; MkOmazi G." location="Open" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" specimenCount="13" specimenCount-female="3" specimenCount-male="10">
between 
<collectorName box="[754,813,1477,1499]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">NdeYa</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName box="[840,901,1477,1499]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Mbula</collectorName>
, in 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:95004B56C366FF81F3CBC5CFFC6BFD43:1876AC9BC37AFF86F194C2AEFC00FA03" box="[930,974,1477,1498]" name="Open" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Open</location>
<taxonomicName box="[979,1141,1477,1498]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Senegalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="senegal">
<emphasis box="[979,1141,1477,1498]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Senegalia senegal</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
wOOdland, 
<collectingMethod box="[282,388,1501,1523]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[398,532,1501,1523]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1994-11-21" valueMax="1994-11-24" valueMin="1994-11-21">
<collectingDate box="[398,532,1501,1523]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1994-11-21" valueMax="1994-11-24" valueMin="1994-11-21">21–24.xi.1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[541,581,1501,1522]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="male">10♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[587,617,1501,1522]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectorName box="[627,743,1501,1523]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">MkOmazi G.</collectorName>
<collectionCode box="[742,761,1501,1522]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">R</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
., 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1995-05-12" collectionCode="R" collectorName="MkOmazi G." location="Dindira" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:95004B56C366FF81F3CBC5CFFC6BFD43:1876AC9BC37AFF86F130C2B6FC80FA2A" box="[774,846,1501,1523]" name="Dindira" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Dindira</location>
, in 
<taxonomicName box="[878,1081,1501,1522]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Dichrostachys" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cinerea">
<emphasis box="[878,1081,1501,1522]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Dichrostachys cinerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
scrub, 
<collectingMethod box="[181,280,1525,1547]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
, 
<date box="[290,381,1525,1547]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1995-05-12">
<collectingDate box="[290,381,1525,1547]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1995-05-12">12.v.1995</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
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; 
<collectorName box="[434,551,1525,1547]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">MkOmazi G.</collectorName>
<collectionCode box="[550,569,1525,1546]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">R</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
., 
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near 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:95004B56C366FF81F3CBC5CFFC6BFD43:1876AC9BC37AFF86F043C29EFD74F9D2" box="[629,698,1525,1547]" municipality="Open" name="Dindira" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Dindira</location>
dam, in 
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<taxonomicName box="[832,938,1525,1546]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Combretum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[832,938,1525,1546]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Combretum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bushland, 
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, 
<date box="[181,269,1549,1571]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-01-16">
<collectingDate box="[181,269,1549,1571]" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" value="1996-01-16">16.i.1996</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
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(
<specimenCode box="[318,464,1549,1571]" collectionCode="MRAC" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z14b-bb31" name="Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" type="Museum">MRAC 215730</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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Figs 64–69. 
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<emphasis box="[295,482,1270,1292]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Ranops dippenaarae</emphasis>
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male (64, 65) and female (66–69) (MRAC 215520), Mkomazi: (64) male palp, retrolateral view; (65) idem, ventral, slightly retrolateral view; (66) epigyne, digested, dOrsal view; (67) female, femOral Organ amidst flattened incised setae On leg 2; (68) flattened setae pOinting fOrwards, in frOnt Of fOvea; (69) flattened incised setae On tip Of tibia 4. Scale bars: (64–66) = 100 μm, (67) = 20 μm, (68, 69) = 50 μm.
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Remarks: The genus 
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<emphasis box="[411,494,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">Ranops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only known from two species, the 
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species 
<taxonomicName authority="Jocque, 1991" authorityName="Jocque" authorityYear="1991" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Ranops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caprivi">
<emphasis box="[1034,1142,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">R. caprivi</emphasis>
Jocqué, 1991
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authority="(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)" baseAuthorityName="O. Pickard-Cambridge" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[390,855,1617,1643]" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Ranops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="19" pageNumber="474" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="expers">
<emphasis box="[390,496,1618,1643]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="474">R. expers</emphasis>
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
</taxonomicName>
. The genus is among the best-defined genera in the femOral Organ clade: the dense cOver Of the teguments with overlapping incised setae (
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) and the very broad sternum (
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) make representatives easily recognisable, and several undescribed species from southern Africa match this diagnosis. 
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<emphasis box="[391,556,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">Ranops expers</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, does not have these characters and is misplaced here (
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).As with 
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<emphasis box="[551,797,300,326]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">Heradida minutissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[802,861,300,326]" pageId="20" pageNumber="475" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Russell-Smith &amp; Jocqué, 2015" authorityName="Russell-Smith &amp; Jocqué" authorityYear="2015" box="[872,1041,300,326]" class="Arachnida" family="Zodariidae" genus="Ranops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="20" pageNumber="475" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[872,1041,300,326]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">R. dippenaarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1046,1104,300,326]" pageId="20" pageNumber="475" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
appears to be the northernmost species in the genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="20.[144,902,374,400]" box="[144,902,374,400]" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">
Distribution: Only known from Mkomazi Game Reserve, 
<taxonomicName box="[793,897,374,400]" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Tanzania" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="20" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tanzania</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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Natural history: This species was the most abundant small zodariid in pitfall traps in 
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<taxonomicName box="[144,221,448,474]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="20" pageNumber="475" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Acacia</taxonomicName>
/Commiphora
</emphasis>
bushland at Ibaya but was almost absent from closely adjacent grassland, where only 
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were collected as opposed to 
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bushland. In the bushland habitat, it showed a strong peak of adults in February and March during the main early rains (when more than half of all specimens were trapped) and a smaller peak in April and May during the short rains. Adults were absent during the dry season from August to November. It also occurred in 
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<emphasis box="[667,782,608,634]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">S. senegal</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
woodland, dense 
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<emphasis box="[986,1104,609,634]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">D. cinerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
scrub and open 
<taxonomicName box="[320,451,640,666]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Combretum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="20" pageNumber="475" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[320,451,640,666]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="475">Combretum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bushland in the eastern half of the reserve.
</paragraph>
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