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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6279030" ID-GBIF-Dataset="2f76ac68-86e8-4862-a6a5-ccb7274f606b" ID-GBIF-Taxon="131986051" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6279030" checkinTime="1498570680552" checkinUser="jeremy" docAuthor="Warui, C. &amp; Jocque, R." docDate="2002" docId="03E73070FFAAFFDEFE2FFE5DF1C41CFB" docLanguage="en" docName="Warui_&amp;_Jocque_2002_Jou_30_307_315_ABBYY_PDF_adobe.pdf.imd" docOrigin="The Journal of Arachnology 30 (1), No. 1" docStyle="DocumentStyle{}" docTitle="Toxoniella Warui &amp; Jocque, 2002, new genus" docType="treatment" docVersion="12" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="309" masterDocId="FFDE4808FFABFFDCFFEDFFAFF36A181D" masterDocTitle="THE FIRST GALLIENIELLIDAE (ARANEAE) FROM EASTERN AFRICA" masterLastPageNumber="315" masterPageNumber="307" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" updateTime="1645791849945" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>THE FIRST GALLIENIELLIDAE (ARANEAE) FROM EASTERN AFRICA</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2002</mods:date>
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<taxonomicName box="[450,631,498,534]" class="Arachnida" family="Liocranidea" genus="Toxoniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis box="[450,631,498,534]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[647,830,498,534]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" rank="genus">new genus</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[260,519,569,604]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Type species.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName box="[567,747,568,604]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Toxoniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[567,747,568,604]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
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taltensls new species.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[262,447,660,695]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
—Specirnens of
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<emphasis box="[745,923,660,696]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
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have far more spines than representatives of
<emphasis box="[926,1018,705,741]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Madagascan</emphasis>
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. Male representatives of
<emphasis box="[280,458,798,834]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxonlella</emphasis>
have an oval tegulum with a posterior extension but lack a tegular central ridge; the embolus as well as the median apophysis and the embolar membrane are short and simple; females are characterized by the epigyne with long cul de sac tubes in front of the spermathecae which are double, each pair consisting of two well separated spheres.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[261,468,1165,1200]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Etymology.</emphasis>
—The name is derived from the Greek
<emphasis box="[338,432,1210,1246]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">τοξου</emphasis>
which means arch, and refers to the presence of the taxon in the Eastern Arc mountains. The gender is feminine.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[261,588,1348,1383]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Natural history.</emphasis>
—All specimens were caught in mountain forest by pitfall traps, sieving litter or hand collecting. Some of these forests are tiny remnants not exceeding a few ha. The elevation distribution ranges from 400-1200 m.
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="308" type="discussion">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[261,437,1623,1658]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Affinities.</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[480,562,1623,1659]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">The</emphasis>
position of
<taxonomicName box="[790,968,1623,1659]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Toxoniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[790,968,1623,1659]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
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is problematic in that the females fit the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Gallieniellidae</taxonomicName>
(absence of EPGS) whereas the males should be placed in the
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as they possess these typical spigots. However, the
<taxonomicName box="[219,469,1852,1888]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Gallieniellidae</taxonomicName>
have thus far only been defined (
<bibRefCitation author="Platnick" box="[233,474,1898,1934]" journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" pagination="142" part="2978" refString="Platnick, N. I. 1990. Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 2978: 142." title="Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)" type="journal article" year="1990">Platnick 1990</bibRefCitation>
) by the absence of EPGS
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gland spigots and the presence of a distal sclerotized ring on the ALS, both plesiomorphic characters. In the absence of a sound definition of the
<taxonomicName box="[518,768,2081,2117]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Gallieniellidae</taxonomicName>
there are two possibilities for the placement of
<taxonomicName box="[840,1017,2127,2163]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Toxoniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[840,1017,2127,2163]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
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both of which imply that they are in fact
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between the
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and the
<taxonomicName box="[219,444,2265,2301]" class="Arachnida" family="Gnaphosidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Gnaphosidae</taxonomicName>
. The genus can either be regard­ ed as a derived gallieniellid in which only the males have acquired EPGS or as an ancestral gnaphosid in which the females have not yet acquired EGPS and retained a distal sclerotized ring in females. A third possibility exists that would consider
<emphasis box="[578,756,2540,2576]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxonlella</emphasis>
a derived gnaphosid in which the EGPS have reversed into a distal sclerotized ring in females. The latter possibility is difficult to maintain for two
<emphasis box="[952,1018,2677,2713]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">reasons</emphasis>
. The reversal of the EPGS into a previously lost sclerite is a most unlikely evolutionary step and the genus is apparently related to the South African
<taxonomicName box="[1603,1813,385,421]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Drassodella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1603,1813,385,421]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Drassodella</emphasis>
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in which both sexes lack EPGS. This relationship is the main argument to accommodate
<taxonomicName box="[1067,1250,523,559]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Toxoniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1067,1250,523,559]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
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among the gallieniellids. These genera share the dense spination that is absent in the Madagascan members of the family, rows of lamelliform hairs under the tarsal claws (
<figureCitation box="[1200,1410,706,742]" captionStart="Figures 18 - 21" captionStartId="7.[257,370,1533,1565]" captionTargetBox="[229,1855,237,1500]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[229,1855,237,1500]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 18 - 21. — Drassodella vasivulva Tucker. 18. Lamellate setae under tarsal claws; 19, Idem, detail; Toxoniella taitensis new species. 20, Lamellate setae under tarsal claws; 21, Idem, detail. Scale lines: 10 μm (19, 21) and 50 μm (18, 20)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/819928/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Figs. 18-21</figureCitation>
), a pair of prolateral
<emphasis box="[1813,1868,706,742]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">abdominal</emphasis>
sigilla (see figs. 32, 33 in
<bibRefCitation author="Jocque" journalOrPublisher="Entomologica Scandinavica" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" pagination="225 - 240" part="30" refString="Jocque, R. 1999. The new genera Procydrela and Rotundrela, sister taxa for Storenomorphinae and Cydrelinae (Araneae, Zodariidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 30: 225 - 240." title="The new genera Procydrela and Rotundrela, sister taxa for Storenomorphinae and Cydrelinae (Araneae, Zodariidae)" type="journal article" year="1999">Jocque 1999</bibRefCitation>
) and frontal cul de sac expansions in the epigyne (
<figureCitation box="[1231,1347,844,880]" captionStart="Figures 4 - 8" captionStartId="4.[269,383,2521,2553]" captionTargetBox="[235,1870,251,2477]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[235,1870,251,2477]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 4 - 8. — Toxoniella taitensis new species. 4, male palp, retrolateral view; 5, frontal view of tibia; 6, male palp, ventral view; 7, epigyne, ventral view; 8, epigyne, cleared, dorsal view. ATE: anterior tegular extension, E: embolus, EM: embolic membrane, MA: median apophysis, PTE: posterior tegular extension. Scale lines: 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/819922/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Figs. 8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[1373,1415,844,880]" captionStart="Figures 9 - 12" captionStartId="5.[257,370,2150,2182]" captionTargetBox="[233,1859,244,2113]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[233,1859,244,2113]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figures 9 - 12. — Toxoniella rogoae new species. 9, male palp, retrolateral view; 10, male palp, ventral view; 11, epigyne, ventral view; 12, epigyne, cleared, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/819924/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">12</figureCitation>
). In
<taxonomicName box="[1497,1704,844,880]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Drassodella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1497,1704,844,880]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Drassodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
these are bladder-like whereas they are clearly longer than wide in
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<emphasis box="[1302,1487,935,971]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Both the genera further possess a posterior extension of the tegulum, not connected with the origin of the embolus as in
<emphasis box="[1343,1549,1073,1109]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">
<taxonomicName box="[1343,1544,1073,1109]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Gallieniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Gallieniella</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The main differences in the pair of African continental genera is the absence of a central tegular ridge in
<taxonomicName box="[1067,1251,1210,1246]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Toxoniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1067,1251,1210,1246]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Toxoniella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, present in
<taxonomicName box="[1476,1684,1210,1246]" class="Arachnida" family="Gallieniellidae" genus="Drassodella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="1" pageNumber="308" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1476,1684,1210,1246]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Drassodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and pairs of well separated spermathecae present in the former, absent in the latter, where the
<emphasis box="[1784,1868,1302,1338]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">spermathecae</emphasis>
appear to be constricted.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="1.[1067,1870,246,2713]" lastBlockId="2.[230,1032,248,1254]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="309" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1112,1332,1394,1429]" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Description.</emphasis>
—Small to medium -sized spi ­ ders (3-9) with oval carapace, widest between coxae II and III; narrowed in front to about 0.65 times maximum width. In profile rather flat, thoracic area lower than cephalic one, highest point just behind posterior eyes.
<emphasis box="[1795,1868,1623,1659]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="308">Cervical</emphasis>
grooves poorly indicated. Color: prosoma, including chelicerae and legs yellowish brown, covered with short, brownish golden setae; abdomen gray with dense cover of brownish golden setae. Eyes in two recurved rows, subcircular and subequal, except PME smaller oval and flat. Clypeus low, slightly more than diameter of ALE, straight with few setae. Chilum single, triangular. Chelicerae only slightly prolonged, extending forward about one fifth of carapace length (the variable individual inclination makes this figure not very relevant). Endites fairly broad, smoothly constricted opposite insertion of trochanters. Sternum shield-shaped with dispersed setae; coxae IV narrowly separated. Labium slightly longer than broad; hardly widened at base. Legs: formula 4123. Spination: fewer spines on anterior leg pairs than on posterior pairs. TI and TII, sometimes PI and PII, in male with ventral rows of long recurved setae. Mt III and IV with poorly developed preening brush. Claws with about 3-7 teeth, more numerous on anterior legs. With two rows of up to 6 lamelliform setae under claws (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 18 - 21" captionStartId="7.[257,370,1533,1565]" captionTargetBox="[229,1855,237,1500]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[229,1855,237,1500]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figures 18 - 21. — Drassodella vasivulva Tucker. 18. Lamellate setae under tarsal claws; 19, Idem, detail; Toxoniella taitensis new species. 20, Lamellate setae under tarsal claws; 21, Idem, detail. Scale lines: 10 μm (19, 21) and 50 μm (18, 20)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/819928/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="309">Figs. 20, 21</figureCitation>
). No scopulae. Abdomen oval, without scutum in both sexes; frontal part of male abdomen slightly sclerotized. Four dorsal sigilla and one small lateral one on either side. Six spinnerets: ALS in females with sclerotized subdistal ring, slightly conical, closely set; piriform gland spigots well developed but not enlarged (
<figureCitation box="[421,659,663,699]" captionStart="Figures 13 - 17" captionStartId="6.[269,383,2171,2203]" captionTargetBox="[244,1865,237,2138]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[244,1865,237,2138]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figures 13 - 17. — Drassodella vasivulva Tucker, female 13, spinnerets; 14, right ALS. Toxoniella taiten ­ sis new species, female 15, spinnerets; 16, left ALS; 17, male, right ALS showing EPGS (enlarged piriform gland spigots). Scale lines: 100 μm (13, 15) and 50 μm (14, 16, 17)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/819926/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="309">Figs. 15, 16</figureCitation>
); males with some EPGS (
<figureCitation box="[378,518,709,745]" captionStart="Figures 13 - 17" captionStartId="6.[269,383,2171,2203]" captionTargetBox="[244,1865,237,2138]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[244,1865,237,2138]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figures 13 - 17. — Drassodella vasivulva Tucker, female 13, spinnerets; 14, right ALS. Toxoniella taiten ­ sis new species, female 15, spinnerets; 16, left ALS; 17, male, right ALS showing EPGS (enlarged piriform gland spigots). Scale lines: 100 μm (13, 15) and 50 μm (14, 16, 17)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/819926/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="309">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
), without sclerotized distal ring. Male palp: tibia with small dorsolateral apophysis. Tegulum with posterior extension, not containing the sperm duct and frontal tapered extension. Embolus, median apophysis and embolar membrane all short and simple. Epigyne with single, wide, frontal ledge and curved lateral grooves; entrance ducts short but with frontal cul de sac tubes in front of double spermathecae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[274,507,1172,1207]" pageId="2" pageNumber="309">Distribution.</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[552,646,1172,1208]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="309">Only</emphasis>
known from the Taita Hills, southeastern Kenya.
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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