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<mods:title>Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Oketch, Ambata D.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China &amp; National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya &amp; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Zonstein, Sergei</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Tel Aviv University, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel &amp; Department of Zoology and Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, 0950, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Kioko, Esther N.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Li, Shuqiang</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China &amp; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/01D83454-CC28-45A1-91B5-87D1424A3C6A" authority="Oketch &amp; Li" authorityName="Oketch &amp; Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis marshi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marshi" status="sp. nov.">Sceliscelis marshi Oketch &amp; Li</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov., male holotype A-C habitus in dorsal, ventral and lateral aspects D-F palp: D prolateral E ventral and F retrolateral aspects. Abbreviations: am-accompanying membrane, co - &quot; conductor, &quot; cy - cymbium, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, em - embolus, hle - hook-like extension, pe - palm-like embolic extension. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C), 0.1 mm (D-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436652" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov., female paratype. Cephalothorax A dorsal and B ventral aspects C, D endogyne, ventral and dorsal aspects, respectively. Abbreviations: Bl - book lung operculum, ch - receptive chamber, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, Gr - grape-shaped glands, Ls - lateral sclerite, Re - rigid extension of posterior wall of epigastric fold, sco - scopula, Sr - sac like receptacle. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436653" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">, 2</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Holotype</emphasis>
♂, Kenya, Taita Taveta County, near Mtito Andei, Tsavo West National Park, Rhino Sanctuary,
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="east" minutes="19.96" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="38.33267">38°19.96'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="03" direction="south" minutes="1.230" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-3.0205">03°1.230'S</geoCoordinate>
, 730 m, 28.VII.2016, sifting leaf litter, Grace Kioko leg. Paratype 1♀, same data as holotype.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">This species is named after Mr. Brian Marsh OBE, the founder of the Marsh Christian Trust Awards for Ecologists in Africa, which the third author was awarded in 2019; noun (name) in genitive case.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">See diagnosis of the genus.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Male.</emphasis>
Habitus as in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov., male holotype A-C habitus in dorsal, ventral and lateral aspects D-F palp: D prolateral E ventral and F retrolateral aspects. Abbreviations: am-accompanying membrane, co - &quot; conductor, &quot; cy - cymbium, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, em - embolus, hle - hook-like extension, pe - palm-like embolic extension. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C), 0.1 mm (D-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436652" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">1A-C</figureCitation>
. Total body length 3.83. Color in alcohol: carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium, leg I coxa and epigastric scutum uniformly reddish orange to reddish brown, entire palp and most of leg I slightly paler reddish orange, legs II-IV with yellowish femur and patella and darkened distal segments. Carapace 2.13 long, 1.75 wide. Fovea longitudinal, open posteriorly. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, PME 0.05, PLE 0.06, ALE 0.06, AME-AME 0.09, PME-PME 0.19, AME-PME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PLE 0.13, ALE-PLE &lt;0.01. AER almost straight. Labium triangular 0.25 long, 2 times the length of labium notch, clypeus 2 times shorter than length of chelicerae. Sternum 1.00 long, 0.78 wide, granulate. Endites trapezoidal, pale yellow anteriorly. Abdomen as in genus description. Palp: Patella sub-globular, as long as 1/3 length of tibia. Tibia 0.35 long, 0.31 wide. Cymbium about 2 times longer than wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Figure 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Oketch &amp; Li, 2020" authorityName="Oketch &amp; Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis marshi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marshi">
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sp. nov., male holotype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">A-C</emphasis>
habitus in dorsal, ventral and lateral aspects
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palp:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">D</emphasis>
prolateral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">E</emphasis>
ventral and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">F</emphasis>
retrolateral aspects. Abbreviations: am-accompanying membrane, co -
<normalizedToken originalValue="“conductor,”">&quot;conductor,&quot;</normalizedToken>
cy - cymbium, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, em - embolus, hle - hook-like extension, pe - palm-like embolic extension. Scale bars: 1 mm
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">(A-C)</emphasis>
, 0.1 mm
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">(D-F).</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Female.</emphasis>
Cephalothorax in dorsal and ventral aspects as in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov., female paratype. Cephalothorax A dorsal and B ventral aspects C, D endogyne, ventral and dorsal aspects, respectively. Abbreviations: Bl - book lung operculum, ch - receptive chamber, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, Gr - grape-shaped glands, Ls - lateral sclerite, Re - rigid extension of posterior wall of epigastric fold, sco - scopula, Sr - sac like receptacle. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436653" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">2A, B</figureCitation>
, respectively. Color in alcohol: carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium, leg I coxa and epigastric scutum and abdomen same as in male. Body length 5.1. Carapace 3.1 long, 2.2 wide, fairly granulate. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, PME 0.08, PLE 0.06, ALE 0.06, AME-AME 0.09, PME-PME 0.19, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PLE 0.13, ALE-PLE &lt;0.01. Notch is approximately
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the length of labium which is 0.24 long. Clypeus/chelicera length ratio 1:1. Epigastric scutum sclerotized, book lung operculum visible, lateral sclerites present, posterior edge strongly undulate. Vulva not visible through integument, distant from epigastric fold, with stalked grape-shaped glands. Receptacles oval, mounted on a pair of irregular receptive chambers, separated (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov., female paratype. Cephalothorax A dorsal and B ventral aspects C, D endogyne, ventral and dorsal aspects, respectively. Abbreviations: Bl - book lung operculum, ch - receptive chamber, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, Gr - grape-shaped glands, Ls - lateral sclerite, Re - rigid extension of posterior wall of epigastric fold, sco - scopula, Sr - sac like receptacle. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436653" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">2C, D</figureCitation>
). Leg and palp measurements in Table
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Type male (female) leg and palp measurements." pageId="0" pageNumber="93">1</tableCitation>
.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Table 1.</emphasis>
Type male (female) leg and palp measurements.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
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<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<th colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Femur</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Patella</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Tibia</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Metatarsus</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Tarsus</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Total</th>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Palp</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.91 (0.85)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.15 (0.13)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.35 (0.37)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.50 (0.42)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">1.91 (1.77)</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">I</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.85 (0.94)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.94 (0.80)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.70 (0.75)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.30 (0.25)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.31 (0.22)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">3.10 (2.96)</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">II</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">1.00 (0.69)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.50 (0.50)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.65 (0.63)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.50 (0.38)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.32 (0.31)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">2.97 (2.51)</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">III</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.63 (0.52)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.50 (0.41)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.50 (0.50)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.35 (0.47)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.24 (0.22)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">2.22 (2.51)</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">IV</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">1.25 (0.78)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.30 (0.50)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.88 (0.81)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.75 (0.56)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.25 (0.25)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">3.31 (2.90)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Oketch &amp; Li, 2020" authorityName="Oketch &amp; Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis marshi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marshi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sceliscelis marshi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., female paratype. Cephalothorax
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">A</emphasis>
dorsal and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">B</emphasis>
ventral aspects
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">C, D</emphasis>
endogyne, ventral and dorsal aspects, respectively. Abbreviations: Bl - book lung operculum, ch - receptive chamber, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, Gr - grape-shaped glands, Ls - lateral sclerite, Re - rigid extension of posterior wall of epigastric fold, sco - scopula, Sr - sac like receptacle. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">A, B</emphasis>
), 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">C, D</emphasis>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">This species is currently known only from the type locality.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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