treatments-xml/data/B2/02/87/B20287EDFFC8FFB6B990C6B3FBB8391F.xml
2024-06-21 12:48:20 +02:00

176 lines
28 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="908E0C7B8DBF4973CFFE680C304CDB70" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3713.1.1" ID-GBIF-Dataset="935605ac-a0e6-4963-8264-b4b0ccb8568b" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="284803" ID-ZooBank="C5F0BC11-92C0-4B30-9DB3-200882AC8950" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1460679115380" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Huber, Bernhard A." docDate="2013" docId="B20287EDFFC8FFB6B990C6B3FBB8391F" docLanguage="en" docName="zt03713p160.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3713 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3.14:Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleId="5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleVersion="14" docTitle="Smeringopina beninensis Kraus 1957" docType="treatment" docVersion="8" lastPageNumber="45" masterDocId="4E3BFF95FFE4FF9AB907C624FFF93F1D" masterDocTitle="Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae" masterLastPageNumber="160" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="45" updateTime="1698350282054" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="F945474886E4ED97B9374B6C9F0BA052" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="26DC75A38DD6024509A4A947F68670D5">
<mods:title id="147EE451FB73EE34E7BF76FF8B62DA36">Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="983A217CAF41968F9B4AFB5C083C283E" type="personal">
<mods:role id="ED88B321E5C0771F6795FDF2E37D3DF2">
<mods:roleTerm id="C0D7CFA091FE712C36FC23175649FD8B">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="213919CB0F6F692B833107C3A13886CE">Huber, Bernhard A.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="946E87DDCA6CFB86F14BFAF388E78749">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="08E24B262EF889184BBE84837983141F" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="8855C479C6A09C21DFA74390ADE10955">
<mods:title id="5D564F7FEF892EDBC61310D40BC4B6D1">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="D4B8F59B0018ACE74D35BB8C2462B785">
<mods:date id="E3A4E6F6FBBCA13588A329DAED4D2B6C">2013</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="C20CEED736BEE23D0B181FBF53523153" type="volume">
<mods:number id="F87FF678682BB684EF5A7207BDE869A2">3713</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="77B70FDBB23DDBDCA12AF4DDF74D7F8C" type="issue">
<mods:number id="0F6270671ACA93DB4A7607CFB26F3264">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="00EB3949C6ABD865642B3B7D15291D04" unit="page">
<mods:start id="7A62E9DD0C1EA35EAD512F4042868574">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="7CAFDEA7198CC4C6B6676F7EDE11D34D">160</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="0FB74D937F481AE8421ACF7BE65AE77F">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="AE27C68364202059F7CA73D712387474" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.3713.1.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="81FB5D748DDEABE847888515117EA1BD" type="GBIF-Dataset">935605ac-a0e6-4963-8264-b4b0ccb8568b</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="620849AFB00C6EC9EA6E4BC8AF19BAC0" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="8014F3CFA49E358F1D844A58D7D86411" type="Zenodo-Dep">284803</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="5E4222A44B5530C49098C26DF650D774" type="ZooBank">C5F0BC11-92C0-4B30-9DB3-200882AC8950</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="B20287EDFFC8FFB6B990C6B3FBB8391F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6162101" ID-GBIF-Taxon="119578857" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6162101" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B20287EDFFC8FFB6B990C6B3FBB8391F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B20287EDFFC8FFB6B990C6B3FBB8391F" lastPageNumber="45" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<subSubSection id="72B16570FFC8FFB6B990C6B3FBB8391F" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B990C6B3FD913FAF" blockId="44.[151,616,151,211]" box="[151,616,151,178]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<heading id="615C8197FFC8FFB6B990C6B3FD913FAF" bold="true" box="[151,616,151,178]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFC8FFB6B990C6B3FD913FAF" ID-CoL="4XVFT" authority="Kraus, 1957" authorityName="Kraus" authorityYear="1957" box="[151,616,151,178]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beninensis">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFC8FFB6B990C6B3FD913FAF" bold="true" box="[151,616,151,178]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFC8FFB6B990C6B3FE333FAC" bold="true" box="[151,458,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Smeringopina beninensis</emphasis>
Kraus, 1957
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B990C69EFDB63FCE" blockId="44.[151,616,151,211]" box="[151,591,186,211]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B990C69EFEC33FCE" box="[151,314,186,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 648 657" captionStartId="137.[151,264,1957,1979]" captionTargetBox="[183,1369,193,1932]" captionTargetId="figure@137.[164,1382,193,1949]" captionTargetPageId="137" captionText="FIGURES 648 657. Smeringopina belinga n. sp. (648 652) and S. beninensis Kraus (653 657). 648 649, 653 654. Males, dorsal and ventral views. 650 652, 655 657. Left male palps, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284885/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 653657</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B842C69EFE533FCE" box="[325,426,186,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 678 693" captionStartId="140.[151,264,1943,1965]" captionTargetBox="[189,1380,190,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@140.[128,1430,181,1937]" captionTargetPageId="140" captionText="FIGURES 678 693. Female abdomens in ventral and lateral views, beninensis group. 678 679. Smeringopina ebolowa n. sp. 680 681. S. essotah n. sp. 682 683. S. mayebout n. sp. 684 685. S. simintang n. sp. 686 687. S. belinga n. sp. 688 689. S. beninensis Kraus. 690 691. S. kribi n. sp. 692 693. S. sahoue n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284888/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">688689</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B8B2C69EFE1B3FCE" box="[437,482,186,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 694 702" captionStartId="141.[151,264,1404,1426]" captionTargetBox="[155,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetId="figure@141.[151,1436,193,1383]" captionTargetPageId="141" captionText="FIGURES 694 702. Cleared female genitalia in dorsal view, beninensis group. 694. Smeringopina ebolowa n. sp. 695. S. essotah n. sp. 696. S. mayebout n. sp. 697. S. simintang n. sp. 698. S. belinga n. sp. 699. S. beninensis Kraus. 700. S. kribi n. sp. 701. S. sahoue n. sp. 702. S. tchimbele n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284889/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">699</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B8EAC69FFDB63FCE" box="[493,591,187,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">778784</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B990C727FD043E05" blockId="44.[151,765,258,280]" box="[151,765,258,280]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFC8FFB6B990C727FDBF3E05" authority="Kraus 1957: 236" authorityName="Kraus" authorityPageNumber="236" authorityYear="1957" box="[151,582,258,280]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beninensis">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFC8FFB6B990C727FE6F3E05" box="[151,406,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Smeringopina beninensis</emphasis>
Kraus 1957: 236
</taxonomicName>
237, figs. 5963.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B990C762FA953E43" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" box="[151,1388,325,350]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFC8FFB6B990C762FF243E43" box="[151,221,326,350]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Types</typeStatus>
. ♂
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFC8FFB6B804C761FE9C3E43" box="[259,357,325,350]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
1♀
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFC8FFB6B891C762FE0E3E43" box="[406,503,326,350]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
from
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFC8FFB6BB3CC761FD783E43" box="[571,641,325,350]" name="Benin" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Benin</collectingCountry>
, locality not further specified, 1907 (Manger), in ZMH, examined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C74DFF173EBB" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Other material examined.
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFC8FFB6B8F7C74EFDB33E9C" box="[496,586,362,385]" name="Benin" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">BENIN</collectingCountry>
: Niaouli (
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFC8FFB6BBBBC74DFCEB3E9F" box="[700,786,361,386]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" precision="925" value="6.7333336">6°44N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFC8FFB6BA18C74DFC883E9C" box="[799,881,361,385]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" precision="925" value="2.1333334">2°08E</geoCoordinate>
),
<date id="4E15103BFFC8FFB6BA80C74DFC063E9F" box="[903,1023,361,386]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="2008-11-20">20.xi.2008</date>
(S. Tchibozo),
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFC8FFB6BDB6C74DFB2C3E9C" box="[1201,1237,361,385]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="generic">1♂</specimenCount>
2♀ in ZFMK (Ar 10297).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C795FB243EF3" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFC8FFB6B9C0C795FEC63ED4" box="[199,319,433,457]" name="Nigeria" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">NIGERIA</collectingCountry>
: Agege, Lagos Colony [
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFC8FFB6BB4DC795FD4F3ED7" box="[586,694,433,458]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" precision="92" value="6.62">6°37.2N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFC8FFB6BBC6C795FCD23ED4" box="[705,811,433,457]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" precision="92" value="3.33">3°19.8E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="4E15103BFFC8FFB6BA3AC795FC573ED7" box="[829,942,433,458]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1948-12-05">5.xii.1948</date>
(B. Malkin),
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFC8FFB6BD41C795FB973ED7" box="[1094,1134,433,458]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="generic">2♂</specimenCount>
5♀ 6 juvs. in AMNH. Iseri, Lagos Colony [
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFC8FFB6B844C7F1FE563EF3" box="[323,431,469,494]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" precision="92" value="6.54">6°32.4N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFC8FFB6B8BCC7F1FDDA3EF3" box="[443,547,469,494]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" precision="92" value="3.25">3°15.0E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="4E15103BFFC8FFB6BB30C7F1FD113EF3" box="[567,744,469,494]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1948-12-27" valueMax="1948-12-30" valueMin="1948-12-27">27.30.xii.1948</date>
(B. Malkin),
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFC8FFB6BA87C7F1FC513EF3" box="[896,936,469,494]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="generic">2♂</specimenCount>
6♀ 4 juvs. (2 vials) in CAS.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C7DDFDF93D63" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Diagnosis. Easily distinguished from known congeners by unique long median projection on male clypeus (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B998C439FEFB3D2B" box="[159,258,541,566]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 778</figureCitation>
); also by massive procursus with long distal apophysis (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BA85C439FBD03D2B" box="[898,1065,541,566]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 779780</figureCitation>
), by strong pointed projection of basal sclerotized part of embolus (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BB27C465FD7A3D44" box="[544,643,577,602]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 781</figureCitation>
), and by shape (longer than wide) and massive anterior protrusion of epigynum (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B811C441FE433D63" box="[278,442,613,638]" captionStart="FIGURES 678 693" captionStartId="140.[151,264,1943,1965]" captionTargetBox="[189,1380,190,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@140.[128,1430,181,1937]" captionTargetPageId="140" captionText="FIGURES 678 693. Female abdomens in ventral and lateral views, beninensis group. 678 679. Smeringopina ebolowa n. sp. 680 681. S. essotah n. sp. 682 683. S. mayebout n. sp. 684 685. S. simintang n. sp. 686 687. S. belinga n. sp. 688 689. S. beninensis Kraus. 690 691. S. kribi n. sp. 692 693. S. sahoue n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284888/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 688689</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B8C2C442FE0A3D63" box="[453,499,614,638]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">783</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C4ADFD503A1B" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Male (
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFC8FFB6B808C4ADFEAF3DBF" box="[271,342,649,674]" name="Benin" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Benin</collectingCountry>
, Niaouli). Total body length 10.2, carapace width 2.1. Leg 1: 84.2 (19.3 + 0.8 + 19.2 + 41.3 + 3.6), tibia 2: 12.9, tibia 3: 8.9, tibia 4: 11.7; tibia 1 L/d: 99. Distance PME-PME 170 µm, diameter PME 205 µm, distance PME-ALE 90 µm, distance AME-AME 35 µm, diameter AME 185 µm. Carapace ochre-orange with brown triangular mark posteriorly, brown lateral margins, whitish around ocular area; ocular area posteriorly brown, clypeus only laterally darker, sternum dark brown; legs ochre-yellow, slightly darker rings subdistally on femora and in patella area; abdomen ochre-gray with distinct black pattern dorsally, laterally, and ventrally. Habitus as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B9D4C545FE8E3C67" box="[211,375,865,890]" captionStart="FIGURES 648 657" captionStartId="137.[151,264,1957,1979]" captionTargetBox="[183,1369,193,1932]" captionTargetId="figure@137.[164,1382,193,1949]" captionTargetPageId="137" captionText="FIGURES 648 657. Smeringopina belinga n. sp. (648 652) and S. beninensis Kraus (653 657). 648 649, 653 654. Males, dorsal and ventral views. 650 652, 655 657. Left male palps, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284885/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 653654</figureCitation>
, ocular area slightly elevated, secondary eyes with distinct pseudo-lenses; clypeus with long median projection carrying at its slightly bifid tip some modified (claw-shaped) hairs (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BD6FC5A1FB323C83" box="[1128,1227,901,926]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 778</figureCitation>
); deep thoracic pit and pair of shallow furrows diverging behind pit. Chelicerae as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BA97C58DFC0B3CDF" box="[912,1010,937,962]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 782</figureCitation>
, with lateral proximal apophyses and large distal apophyses, the latter and frontal cheliceral face provided with many modified (cone-shaped) hairs. Palps as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B834C5D5FE193B17" box="[307,480,1009,1034]" captionStart="FIGURES 648 657" captionStartId="137.[151,264,1957,1979]" captionTargetBox="[183,1369,193,1932]" captionTargetId="figure@137.[164,1382,193,1949]" captionTargetPageId="137" captionText="FIGURES 648 657. Smeringopina belinga n. sp. (648 652) and S. beninensis Kraus (653 657). 648 649, 653 654. Males, dorsal and ventral views. 650 652, 655 657. Left male palps, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284885/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 655657</figureCitation>
; coxa unmodified; trochanter with simple retrolatero-ventral apophysis; femur proximally with ventral pocket bordered retrolaterally by strong sclerotized ridge, without prolateral and retrolateral projections; prolateral femur-patella joint very prominent and strongly shifted toward ventrally; tarsus with some stronger hairs dorsally; procursus with distinct hinge between proximal and distal part, with distinctive long process distally (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B888C2A5FDCF3B87" box="[399,566,1153,1178]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 779780</figureCitation>
); bulb with heavily sclerotized proximal part of embolus with strong pointed projection (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B818C281FE713BA3" box="[287,392,1189,1214]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 781</figureCitation>
). Legs without spines and curved hairs, with few vertical hairs (many hairs missing), retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 1%; prolateral trichobothrium present on all tibiae; pseudosegments barely visible. Gonopore with two epiandrous spigots.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C335FCEB3A53" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Variation. In most males (and in
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFC8FFB6BB42C335FD503A37" box="[581,681,1297,1322]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) tip of clypeus projection not bifid. Tibia
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFC8FFB6BD93C336FB383A37" box="[1172,1217,1297,1322]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
male from Agege: 19.9; missing in other males (femur
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFC8FFB6BB2AC312FDA03A53" box="[557,601,1333,1358]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFC8FFB6BB58C311FD3C3A53" box="[607,709,1333,1358]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
: 18.9).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C37DFD9F3AC3" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Female. In general similar to male but clypeus unmodified; sternum and clypeus variably dark. Tibia
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFC8FFB6BC5FC37EFA7C3A6F" box="[1368,1413,1369,1394]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFC8FFB6BC89C37EFF0A3A8B" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="female">8 females</specimenCount>
: 13.716.0 (mean 14.9); in
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFC8FFB6BB2EC35AFD773A8B" box="[553,654,1406,1430]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
: 15.2. Epigynum large, consisting of long anterior plate with massive anterior protrusion carrying pair of small pointed projections and large posterior plate (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BDA1C385FAA93AA7" box="[1190,1360,1441,1466]" captionStart="FIGURES 678 693" captionStartId="140.[151,264,1943,1965]" captionTargetBox="[189,1380,190,1930]" captionTargetId="figure@140.[128,1430,181,1937]" captionTargetPageId="140" captionText="FIGURES 678 693. Female abdomens in ventral and lateral views, beninensis group. 678 679. Smeringopina ebolowa n. sp. 680 681. S. essotah n. sp. 682 683. S. mayebout n. sp. 684 685. S. simintang n. sp. 686 687. S. belinga n. sp. 688 689. S. beninensis Kraus. 690 691. S. kribi n. sp. 692 693. S. sahoue n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284888/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 688689</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BC66C386FA763AA7" box="[1377,1423,1442,1466]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">783</figureCitation>
); internal genitalia as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6B891C3E1FE073AC3" box="[406,510,1477,1502]" captionStart="FIGURES 694 702" captionStartId="141.[151,264,1404,1426]" captionTargetBox="[155,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetId="figure@141.[151,1436,193,1383]" captionTargetPageId="141" captionText="FIGURES 694 702. Cleared female genitalia in dorsal view, beninensis group. 694. Smeringopina ebolowa n. sp. 695. S. essotah n. sp. 696. S. mayebout n. sp. 697. S. simintang n. sp. 698. S. belinga n. sp. 699. S. beninensis Kraus. 700. S. kribi n. sp. 701. S. sahoue n. sp. 702. S. tchimbele n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284889/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Figs. 699</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BB33C3E2FD983AC3" box="[564,609,1478,1502]" captionStart="FIGURES 778 784" captionStartId="150.[151,264,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[225,1375,204,1929]" captionTargetId="figure@150.[202,1385,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="150" captionText="FIGURES 778 784. Smeringopina beninensis Kraus. 778. Male clypeus and ocular area, oblique frontal view. 779 780. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 781. Left embolus, prolateral view. 782. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 783. Epigynum, ventral view. 784. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.5 (778 782), 1.0 (783 784)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284898/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">784</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFC8FFB6B9C0C3CDFBB8391F" blockId="44.[151,1437,325,1538]" box="[199,1089,1513,1538]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Distribution. Known from southern
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFC8FFB6BB5DC3CDFD64391F" box="[602,669,1513,1538]" name="Benin" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Benin</collectingCountry>
and southwestern
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFC8FFB6BA69C3CDFC3B391F" box="[878,962,1513,1538]" name="Nigeria" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFC8FFB6BAD5C3CDFBCD391F" box="[978,1076,1513,1538]" captionStart="FIGURE 627" captionStartId="134.[151,250,1295,1317]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1273]" captionTargetId="figure@134.[151,1436,193,1274]" captionTargetPageId="134" captionText="FIGURE 627. Known distribution of the beninensis species group." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284882/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 627</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>