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<emphasis box="[459,629,786,812]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[559,688,826,853]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Figs 4348</figureCitation>
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<emphasis box="[144,281,862,884]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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; Pocock 1902: 16, pl. 3, fig. 3; Blandin 1977: 554, fig. 14.
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Diagnosis: The female of
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<emphasis box="[432,548,899,924]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">R. auratus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from those of
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<emphasis box="[944,1104,898,924]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">R. aethiopicus</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation box="[152,217,930,957]" captionStart="Figs 811" captionStartId="5.[181,220,1582,1604]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,859,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-303@5.[189,1134,859,1567]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs 811. Rothus aethiopicus Pavesi, 1883:(810) female epigynum (8, ventral; 9, dorsal; 10, detail of the head of spermathecae (NCA 2007/1654)); (11) female tarsal claws, right leg IV.Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilisation duct; HS = head of spermathecae; LL = lateral lobes; MF = middle field." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
) and
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<emphasis box="[279,391,931,956]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation box="[405,486,930,957]" captionStart="Figs 3035" captionStartId="11.[181,220,1283,1305]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,204,1267]" captionTargetId="figure-95@11.[189,1134,204,1267]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figs 3035. Rothus vittatus Simon, 1898: (3033) female epigynum (30, ventral; 31, detail of middle field [NCA 2002/989]; 32, dorsal; 33, detail of head of spermathecae [NCA 2004/182]); (34, 35) female tarsal claws (34, detailof superior tarsal claw;35, detailof inferior tarsal claw [NCA]).Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatoryopening; FD = fertilisation duct; HS = head of spermathecae; LL = lateral lobes; MF = middle field." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
) by the slightly elongated lateral lobes and by the wider middle field of the epigynum (
<figureCitation box="[484,568,962,989]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 48</figureCitation>
). Male unknown.
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<paragraph blockId="14.[144,1104,786,1677]" box="[144,308,1002,1028]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Redescription:</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[144,228,1042,1068]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Female</emphasis>
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, BMNH 1901.3.9.37).
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Total length 12.2. Prosoma 5.5 long, 4.6 wide, light brown, with two wide lateral whitish bands (
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). Clypeus light brown, 0.38 high (
<figureCitation box="[722,804,1106,1133]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
).Anterior eye row straight, 1.48 wide (
<figureCitation box="[269,353,1138,1165]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
); posterior recurved, 1.86 wide (
<figureCitation box="[715,799,1138,1165]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
). Eye measurements: AME 0.24, ALE 0.32, PME 0.36, PLE 0.30; AMEAME 0.18, AMEALE 0.18, PMEPME 0.28, PMEPLE 0.42, OQA 0.62, OQP 1.01, OQH 0.94. Chelicerae light brown, with white bristles (
<figureCitation box="[305,388,1234,1261]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
). Sternum light brown, bristly; (estimated, sternum damaged) 2.5 long, 2.4 wide (
<figureCitation box="[321,454,1266,1293]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Figs 45, 46</figureCitation>
). Labium (damaged, no measurements) dark brown, light brown distally (
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). Legs light brown, relative length: I-II-IV-III, I femur 6.30/ patella-tibia 7.96/ metatarsus 5.14/ tarsus 2.98/ total 22.38; II 6.14/ 7.80/ 5.31/ 2.65/ 21.90; III 5.31/ 7.47/ 3.48/ 2.32/ 18.58; IV 5.81/ 6.64/ 6.47/ 2.86/ 21.78. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-4; III-3; IV-3. Opisthosoma 7.1 long, light brown, with dark brown band at anterior portion (
<figureCitation box="[617,702,1427,1453]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 43</figureCitation>
). Venter light brown, with thin dark brown median band (
<figureCitation box="[382,466,1458,1485]" captionStart="Figs 4348" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 4348. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
). Epigynum with deep excavation of middle field, lateral lobes with wide oval curve, anteriorly reaching epigastric furrow, with significant distance to each other (
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).
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Type material examined:
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:
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,
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[
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1901.3.9.37).
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Remarks: Unfortunately the internal structures of the female genitalia could not be examined, since we did not want to dissect the only available specimen, the
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.
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<emphasis box="[181,349,1361,1387]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[401,512,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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may be conspecific. The paucity of material of
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<emphasis box="[1030,1141,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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prohibits an evaluation of the intraspecific variability of the female copulatory organs. Furthermore, the single specimen of
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<emphasis box="[604,723,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. auratus</emphasis>
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is significantly larger than all of the specimens of
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<emphasis box="[337,450,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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that we examined. Therefore, we opt for maintaining both as separate species at this point.
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Figs 4348.
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, (4347) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view.
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Distribution:
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(
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