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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CBDFF6BFE44FF5E" bold="true" box="[151,394,151,178]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Micariamediospina</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="133E9E879C0AFFFE7CBDFF47FF22FF39" box="[151,236,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 1826" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[173,1415,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-31@12.[173,1415,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 1826. Stereomicroscope photographs of the dorsal habitus of Afrotropical Micaria species: 18 M. durbana sp. nov. female and 19 male; 20 M. felix sp. nov. male; 21 M. gagnoa sp. nov. female and 22 male; 23 M. koingnaas sp. nov. male; 24 M. lata sp. nov. female; 25 M. laxa sp. nov. male; 26 M. mediospina sp. nov. male. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4580931" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4580931/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Figs 26</figureCitation>
,
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147
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148
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CBDFEFFFE89FEF1" bold="true" box="[151,327,259,285]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Type material.</emphasis>
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♂,
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:
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,
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, leg.
<collectorName id="26F0E7D49C0AFFFE787EFED4FB05FEAE" box="[1108,1227,296,322]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">M. Burger</collectorName>
,
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(NCA 96/71).
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CEDFE93FE80FE65" bold="true" box="[199,334,367,393]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is a combination of the Latin words
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7F90FE93FC30FE65" box="[954,1022,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">media</emphasis>
(middle) and
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(spine) that refer to the retrolateral tibial apophysis that is located in the middle of the palpal tibia in males.
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CEDFE4BFE8CFE3D" bold="true" box="[199,322,439,465]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7D85FE44FD5FFE3D" box="[431,657,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Micaria mediospina</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A242E36B9C0AFFFE7EBDFE4BFD3EFE3D" box="[663,752,439,465]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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can be distinguished from other Afrotropical
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by possessing an RTA that is located in the middle of the palpal tibia on the dorsal surface. The embolus of this species is enlarged and slanted retrolaterally. Female unknown.
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CEDFDDFFEF5FDD1" bold="true" box="[199,315,547,573]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Remarks.</emphasis>
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damaged, with abdomen severed from the prosoma. However, the palp structure is intact and could still be used for identification.
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Description. Male (
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from Fort Brown, NCA 96/71): Measurements:
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TL 2.40, CL 1.13, CW 0.65, CL:CW 1.74, CLH 0.07, CLH:AME 1.92. Eyes: ALE 0.05, AME 0.04, PLE 0.06, PME 0.05, AMEAME 0.02, PMEPME 0.05, MOQAW 0.13, MOQPW 0.14, MOQL 0.16. SL 0.64, SW 0.38, AL 1.10, AW 0.42.
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<collectingRegion id="49C14CE09C0AFFFE78D1FD4FFAE6FD21" box="[1275,1320,691,717]" country="South Sudan" name="Lakes" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Leg</collectingRegion>
measurements:
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Palpal segment lengths: 0.35, 0.13, 0.16, 0.33.
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I: 0.79, 0.32, 0.60, 0.49, 0.57. II: 0.71, 0.30, 0.57, 0.50, 0.56. III: 0.62, 0.30, 0.54, 0.49, 0.46. IV: 0.91, 0.33, 0.81, 0.88, 0.56. TLoflegs (IIV): 2.77, 2.64, 2.41, 3.49; leg formula: 4123.
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CEDFCBFFEAFFCB1" bold="true" box="[199,353,835,861]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Colouration:</emphasis>
presumably dark brown or black (holotypes colouration faded); chelicerae similar to carapace; abdomen black, no pattern visible; leg Iand II femora darkened (
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).
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7FCFFC9BFBAFFC6D" bold="true" box="[997,1121,871,897]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Carapace:</emphasis>
darkened ridges; smooth in texture; decorated with squamose setae; fovea absent.; median dark pattern radiating outwards; anterior margin narrowing moderately from coxa I; PER very slightly procurved in dorsal view; AER recurved in anterior view.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7949FC53FF3EFC01" bold="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Chelicerae:</emphasis>
decorated with plumose setae.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7E7EFC2FFD72FC01" bold="true" box="[596,700,979,1005]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Labium:</emphasis>
triangular in shape, tuft of setae present at tip.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE78FFFC2FFAF7FC01" bold="true" box="[1237,1337,979,1005]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Endites:</emphasis>
oblique; slightly constricted medially; cluster of setae present on innerapical margin; darkened in colour.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE78FBFC0BFA8CFBFD" bold="true" box="[1233,1346,1015,1041]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Sternum:</emphasis>
slightly lighter in colour than carapace, shield-like, broadest between coxa Iand II; posterior margin narrowly truncated between coxa IV.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7D4EFBC3FE68FBB5" bold="true" box="[356,422,1087,1113]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Legs:</emphasis>
femora laterally flattened, highest at base; leg Imore pronounced in this fashion; rest of legs normal, thin.
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macrosetae: Palps: 1do, 1do, 1pl, 1pl.
<collectingRegion id="49C14CE09C0AFFFE7F1DFB98FCADFB92" box="[823,867,1124,1150]" country="South Sudan" name="Lakes" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Leg</collectingRegion>
I: I 1do, 1pl. II: 1do, 1pl. III: 1do, 1pl, 2vt. IV: 1do, 2vt. Scopulate setae not visible.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7E2BFB7BFDB1FB4D" bold="true" box="[513,639,1159,1185]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Abdomen:</emphasis>
cylindrical in shape; decorated with squamose setae; dorsal pattern not visible; venter similar in colour to dorsum; sigilla not visible.
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7F71FB57FC54FB29" bold="true" box="[859,922,1195,1221]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Palp:</emphasis>
retrolateral tibial apophysis present medially on dorsal surface; median apophysis present medially, curved ventrally, broad; sperm duct present on retrolateral surface of tegulum, curved; embolus broad, tapered; embolus slanted retrolaterally; cymbium broad at tip, widest at basal third (
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).
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<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7CEDFAC7FEAFFAB9" bold="true" box="[199,353,1339,1365]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C05F9819C0AFFFE7D4DFAC0FD84FAB9" authority="Booysen &amp; Haddad, 2021" authorityName="Booysen &amp; Haddad" authorityYear="2021" box="[359,586,1339,1365]" class="Arachnida" family="Gnaphosidae" genus="Micaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediospina" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7D4DFAC0FD84FAB9" box="[359,586,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Micaria mediospina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9715E109C0AFFFE7E7BFAC7FD64FAB9" bold="true" box="[593,682,1339,1365]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">
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</emphasis>
is only known from the
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locality (
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).
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