treatments-xml/data/B2/02/87/B20287EDFFF8FF87B990C3A0FBC23BBD.xml
2024-06-21 12:48:20 +02:00

217 lines
39 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="1AE0BD8C40E2923324FDD7E348EC8931" 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="B20287EDFFF8FF87B990C3A0FBC23BBD" 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 cornigera Simon 1907" docType="treatment" docVersion="8" lastPageNumber="30" masterDocId="4E3BFF95FFE4FF9AB907C624FFF93F1D" masterDocTitle="Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae" masterLastPageNumber="160" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="29" updateTime="1698350282054" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="E1052931C87B9D8CCD8A7735DCEFE4AC" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="690C1462DC9BB5F1EB202AAC9B556EB1">
<mods:title id="DE4909041D2F3D802791758D225D3279">Revision and cladistic analysis of the Guineo-Congolian spider genus Smeringopina Kraus (Araneae, Pholcidae</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="B378BEEF8AA7257F92719591678F5393" type="personal">
<mods:role id="99535847339369741EE2D9826035D7FC">
<mods:roleTerm id="A675F860AC8F16BFDB9B267438D2F6EF">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="5330E5F461397431E656E69339DEE721">Huber, Bernhard A.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="F305FF9E45F1FD7C56FF568645340B4E">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="04E267EFD384CE94C266E8EC0CFB885A" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="0A55F48E7F29CB497F454178C1EEC46C">
<mods:title id="95561A34125347B08BD41BA5FC590ABA">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="E364C5765F4A3630CD564B10102F93F9">
<mods:date id="AC02CEB0D08DE83E663CE5EDD1F67F9D">2013</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="BFE37D853A6F3F200AD694240F8FDE62" type="volume">
<mods:number id="B543DEBC2775C24A8FADF011A50DCAD0">3713</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="2549857F915B711E6806DFF3230AB09E" type="issue">
<mods:number id="ED66AF3799D74E2C6E1ED172714B5040">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="7F14A78C5F71923D1A21CAEAB595BFF9" unit="page">
<mods:start id="8768B84A7C0D2DBE3FEF584E0C03A82D">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="1F4BE72D1400BF5A872E73C84B453CED">160</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="446C41D19DCE6ED91447AC81248802DC">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="92247E55B3E12B96443DF8276C0C41F6" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.3713.1.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="10E4456252DCA615F07CCE1A3C8C24D3" type="GBIF-Dataset">935605ac-a0e6-4963-8264-b4b0ccb8568b</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="79ED90A4E066FC9D6B246565F508E76E" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="7C6A26F9377C7ACF475B30DBC59E2494" type="Zenodo-Dep">284803</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="681F65C6C0AAFCAA0CA8FEFE9D69456F" type="ZooBank">C5F0BC11-92C0-4B30-9DB3-200882AC8950</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="B20287EDFFF8FF87B990C3A0FBC23BBD" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6162035" ID-GBIF-Taxon="119578712" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6162035" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B20287EDFFF8FF87B990C3A0FBC23BBD" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B20287EDFFF8FF87B990C3A0FBC23BBD" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<subSubSection id="72B16570FFF8FF87B990C3A0FBC23BBD" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF86B990C3A0FD8B3A83" blockId="28.[151,626,1412,1471]" box="[151,626,1412,1438]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<heading id="615C8197FFF8FF86B990C3A0FD8B3A83" bold="true" box="[151,626,1412,1438]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86B990C3A0FD8B3A83" ID-CoL="4XVG2" authority="Simon, 1907" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1907" box="[151,626,1412,1438]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86B990C3A0FD8B3A83" bold="true" box="[151,626,1412,1438]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86B990C3A0FE473A83" bold="true" box="[151,446,1412,1438]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Smeringopina cornigera</emphasis>
(Simon, 1907)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF86B990C382FDEE3AA2" blockId="28.[151,626,1412,1471]" box="[151,535,1446,1471]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF8FF86B990C382FEC03AA2" box="[151,313,1446,1471]" captionStart="FIGURES 401 410" captionStartId="105.[151,264,1919,1941]" captionTargetBox="[189,1403,193,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@105.[151,1436,193,1897]" captionTargetPageId="105" captionText="FIGURES 401 410. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon) (401 405) and S. nyasoso n. sp. (406 410). 401 402, 406 407. Males, dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. 403 405, 408 410. Left male palps, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284852/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Figs. 401405</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF8FF86B842C383FE533AA2" box="[325,426,1447,1471]" captionStart="FIGURES 416 426" captionStartId="107.[151,264,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[176,1419,193,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@107.[151,1436,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="107" captionText="FIGURES 416 426. Smeringopina kala n. sp. (416 420, 423, 426), S. cornigera (Simon) (421, 424), and S. nyasoso n. sp. (422, 425). 416 417. Male, dorsal and lateral views. 418 420. Left male palp, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 421 423. Female abdomens, ventral views. 424 426. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284854/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">421, 424</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF8FF86B8B2C382FDEE3AA2" box="[437,535,1446,1471]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 439 444" captionStart-1="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId-0="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionStartId-1="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox-0="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId-0="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetId-1="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId-0="110" captionTargetPageId-1="111" captionText-0="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." captionText-1="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">439455</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF86B990C3CBFDB5393E" blockId="28.[151,656,1518,1571]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86B990C3CBFDD73919" authority="Simon 1907: 250" authorityName="Simon" authorityPageNumber="250" authorityYear="1907" box="[151,558,1518,1541]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corniger">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86B990C3CBFE813918" box="[151,376,1519,1541]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Smeringopus corniger</emphasis>
Simon 1907: 250
</taxonomicName>
251 (♂).
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86B990C02AFDB1393E" authority="Kraus 1957: 233" authorityName="Kraus" authorityPageNumber="233" authorityYear="1957" box="[151,584,1549,1571]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86B990C02AFE76393E" box="[151,399,1550,1571]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Smeringopina cornigera</emphasis>
: Kraus 1957: 233
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF86B990C074FC353990" blockId="28.[151,1436,1615,2037]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF8FF86B990C074FF2B3975" box="[151,210,1616,1640]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Type</typeStatus>
. ♂
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF8FF86B803C06BFE9F3975" box="[260,358,1615,1640]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(together with 1♀; see Note below) from
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFF8FF86BA69C074FC1F3975" box="[878,998,1616,1640]" name="Cameroon" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
, Southwest Region, Buea [
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFF8FF86BC2CC074FA6E3975" box="[1323,1431,1616,1640]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" precision="92" value="4.155">4°09.3N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFF8FF86B990C050FEF93991" box="[151,256,1652,1676]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" precision="92" value="9.231667">9°13.9E</geoCoordinate>
],
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFF8FF86B814C050FE593991" box="[275,416,1652,1676]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" metricValueMax="1.2" metricValueMin="0.8" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="m" value="1000.0" valueMax="1200.0" valueMin="800.0">8001200 m</quantity>
a.s.l.,
<date id="4E15103BFFF8FF86B8EEC050FD893990" box="[489,624,1652,1677]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" value="1902-06" valueMax="1902-07-31" valueMin="1902-06-00">vi.vii.1902</date>
(L. Fea), in MSNG, examined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF86B9C0C0BCFC4739E5" blockId="28.[151,1436,1615,2037]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
Note. The
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF8FF86B844C0BCFE8A39AD" box="[323,371,1688,1712]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">type</typeStatus>
vial contains
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFF8FF86BB1FC0BCFDC639AD" box="[536,575,1688,1712]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="generic">1♂</specimenCount>
1♀ but Simon (1907) only described the male specimen which is therefore regarded a
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF8FF86B813C098FE8339C8" box="[276,378,1724,1749]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. The female may or may not originate from the same locality. Since females of
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86BDFBC099FA8B39C9" box="[1276,1394,1725,1748]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nyasoso">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86BDFBC099FA8B39C9" box="[1276,1394,1725,1748]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. nyasoso</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar, even its conspecificity with the male
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF8FF86BBCCC0FBFCD439E5" box="[715,813,1759,1784]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
is uncertain.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF86B9C0C120FDE53879" blockId="28.[151,1436,1615,2037]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
Other material examined.
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFF8FF86B8F0C120FD623801" box="[503,667,1796,1820]" name="Cameroon" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">CAMEROON</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86BBADC120FC8C3801" box="[682,885,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Southwest Region</emphasis>
: Fako Div., Limbe Subdiv.,
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFF8FF86BDC1C120FAE13800" box="[1222,1304,1796,1821]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="km" value="1.4">1.4 km</quantity>
NE
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86BC54C121FA653801" box="[1363,1436,1797,1820]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="133" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="etome" status="sp. nov.">Etome</taxonomicName>
(
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFF8FF86B998C10CFEF2385D" box="[159,267,1832,1856]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" precision="92" value="4.05">4°03.0N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="5F9F503CFFF8FF86B81FC103FE79385D" box="[280,384,1831,1856]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" precision="92" value="9.125">9°07.5E</geoCoordinate>
), ~
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFF8FF86B8A4C10CFE143822" box="[419,493,1832,1856]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="m" value="400.0">400 m</quantity>
a.s.l.,
<date id="4E15103BFFF8FF86BB3DC103FD2C385D" box="[570,725,1831,1856]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" value="1992-01-13" valueMax="1992-01-19" valueMin="1992-01-13">13.19.i.1992</date>
(Larcher, Hormiga, Coddington, Griswold, Wanzie),
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFF8FF86BC30C10CFAA6385D" box="[1335,1375,1832,1856]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="generic">4♂</specimenCount>
3♀ in CAS; same data,
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFF8FF86B85EC168FE853879" box="[345,380,1868,1892]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="generic">1♂</specimenCount>
4♀ in USNM.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF8FF87B9C0C14BFB923FC8" blockId="28.[151,1436,1615,2037]" lastBlockId="29.[151,1436,151,1184]" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
Diagnosis. Distinguished from most congeners by horns in male ocular area (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF8FF86BD2FC14BFB323895" box="[1064,1227,1903,1928]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Figs. 445446</figureCitation>
) and male clypeus with many small modified (globular) hairs on low humps near rim (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF8FF86BAA7C1B0FB8F38B1" box="[928,1142,1940,1965]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 445446, 449</figureCitation>
); from the very similar
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86BC80C1B1FF0838CD" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nyasoso">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86BC80C1B1FF0838CD" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. nyasoso</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86B82CC19DFE8038CC" box="[299,377,1976,2001]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kala">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86B82CC19DFE8038CC" box="[299,377,1976,2001]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. kala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by shape of procursus (almost circular in lateral view, with rounded posterior process;
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF8FF86BC62C19CFF0738E9" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Figs. 439440</figureCitation>
); females may be externally indistinguishable from those of
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86BAC8C1F9FBB338E9" box="[975,1098,2013,2036]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nyasoso">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86BAC8C1F9FBB338E9" box="[975,1098,2013,2036]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. nyasoso</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF8FF86BD8DC1F9FB2238E8" box="[1162,1243,2012,2037]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kala">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF8FF86BD8DC1F9FB2238E8" box="[1162,1243,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S. kala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but the anterior epigynal process is apparently smaller than in these two species (note small sample sizes) and the position and shape of pore plates is significantly different from
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF9FF87BBC9C699FCE33FC8" box="[718,794,188,213]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kala">
<emphasis id="08DFEAE9FFF9FF87BBC9C699FCE33FC8" box="[718,794,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">S. kala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(compare
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BA95C698FC033FC9" box="[914,1018,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 444</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BD37C698FBA63FC8" box="[1072,1119,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 462 467" captionStartId="113.[151,264,1432,1454]" captionTargetBox="[157,1430,193,1379]" captionTargetId="figure@113.[151,1436,193,1411]" captionTargetPageId="113" captionText="FIGURES 462 467. Smeringopina kala n. sp. 462 463. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 464. Left embolus, prolateral view. 465. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 466. Epigynum, ventral view. 467. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (464), 0.5 (462 463, 465 467)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284860/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">467</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF9FF87B9C0C6FBFE9C3CB8" blockId="29.[151,1436,151,1184]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
Male (NE
<taxonomicName id="FDAB4D78FFF9FF87B846C6C4FE743FEA" box="[321,397,224,247]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Smeringopina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="29" pageNumber="133" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="etome" status="sp. nov.">Etome</taxonomicName>
, CAS). Total body length 4.2, carapace width 1.5. Leg 1: 48.2 (11.0 + 0.5 + 11.7 + 23.0 + 2.0), tibia 2: 7.1, tibia 3: 4.9, tibia 4: 7.4; tibia 1 L/d: 94. Distance PME-PME 230 µm, diameter PME 160 µm, distance PME-ALE 90 µm, distance AME-AME 35 µm, diameter AME 125 µm. Carapace ochre-yellow with triangular brown mark posteriorly, brown pit and brown lateral margins; ocular area not darkened, clypeus with red-brown lateral margins, sternum brown; legs ochre-yellow, darker rings barely visible; abdomen ochre-gray with dark pattern dorsally, laterally, and ventrally. Habitus as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BA6BC7B0FBE93EB1" box="[876,1040,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 401 410" captionStartId="105.[151,264,1919,1941]" captionTargetBox="[189,1403,193,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@105.[151,1436,193,1897]" captionTargetPageId="105" captionText="FIGURES 401 410. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon) (401 405) and S. nyasoso n. sp. (406 410). 401 402, 406 407. Males, dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. 403 405, 408 410. Left male palps, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284852/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 401402</figureCitation>
, ocular area slightly elevated, each triad on additional hump, with two pairs of horns, one long and pointed above ALE, the other short, blunt and slightly more median (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87B890C7F8FDC73EE8" box="[407,574,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 445446</figureCitation>
), pseudo-lenses only visible at PME; clypeus with pair of low humps near rim, each with ~20 small modified (globular) hairs, with small depression between humps (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BDACC7DBFAAB3D05" box="[1195,1362,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 445446</figureCitation>
); deep thoracic pit and pair of shallow furrows diverging behind pit. Chelicerae as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BD31C400FB623D21" box="[1078,1179,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 442</figureCitation>
, with lateral proximal apophyses and short distal apophyses, the latter and frontal cheliceral face with ~20 small modified (globular) hairs on each side (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87B834C448FE613D98" box="[307,408,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 450</figureCitation>
). Palps as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BB2AC448FD283D98" box="[557,721,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 401 410" captionStartId="105.[151,264,1919,1941]" captionTargetBox="[189,1403,193,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@105.[151,1436,193,1897]" captionTargetPageId="105" captionText="FIGURES 401 410. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon) (401 405) and S. nyasoso n. sp. (406 410). 401 402, 406 407. Males, dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. 403 405, 408 410. Left male palps, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284852/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 403405</figureCitation>
; coxa with retrolateral apophysis; trochanter with small ventral apophysis; femur with weakly sclerotized retrolateral flap and large whitish area ventrally, without prolateral modification; prolateral femur-patella joint only slightly shifted toward ventrally; tarsus with some longer but only slightly stronger hairs dorsally; procursus almost circular in lateral view, with rounded posterior process, without hinge, with many hairs on retrolateral face and pointed membranous process on prolateral side (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BDF6C4D8FA613C09" box="[1265,1432,764,789]" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 439440</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87B990C504FECE3C25" box="[151,311,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">447448, 451</figureCitation>
); bulb with simple small embolus with small pointed process (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BD0CC53BFB893C25" box="[1035,1136,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 441</figureCitation>
). Legs without spines and curved hairs, with few vertical hairs, retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 1.5%; prolateral trichobothrium present on all tibiae; pseudosegments barely visible. ALS with eight spigots each; gonopore with two epiandrous spigots (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87B9F1C5A8FEA13CB8" box="[246,344,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 453</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF9FF87B9C0C58BFEBE3CF0" blockId="29.[151,1436,151,1184]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
Variation. Tibia
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFF9FF87B885C594FE563CD5" box="[386,431,943,968]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
three other males: 10.1 (
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF9FF87BBD6C58BFCC03CD5" box="[721,825,943,968]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
), 10.5, 10.7. The
<typeStatus id="E5108859FFF9FF87BD00C58BFB903CD5" box="[1031,1129,943,968]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
is slightly bleached but in good condition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF9FF87B9C0C5D3FB213B60" blockId="29.[151,1436,151,1184]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
Female. In general similar to male; clypeus unmodified, with two dark bands from eye triads to rim; ocular area with one pair of low humps above ALE. Tibia
<quantity id="FD539B1EFFF9FF87BBECC238FCE13B28" box="[747,792,1052,1077]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
<specimenCount id="2CADFD72FFF9FF87BA26C239FC6D3B28" box="[801,916,1052,1077]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="female">7 females</specimenCount>
: 7.28.4 (mean 7.8). Epigynum anterior plate trapezoidal, with very small anterior process, lateral edges drawn backwards (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BD29C21BFB663B45" box="[1070,1183,1087,1112]" captionStart="FIGURES 416 426" captionStartId="107.[151,264,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[176,1419,193,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@107.[151,1436,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="107" captionText="FIGURES 416 426. Smeringopina kala n. sp. (416 420, 423, 426), S. cornigera (Simon) (421, 424), and S. nyasoso n. sp. (422, 425). 416 417. Male, dorsal and lateral views. 418 420. Left male palp, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 421 423. Female abdomens, ventral views. 424 426. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284854/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 421</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BDA8C264FB253B45" box="[1199,1244,1088,1112]" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">443</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BDEBC21BFAE33B45" box="[1260,1306,1087,1112]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">455</figureCitation>
); large flat posterior plate; internal genitalia as in
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BB42C240FD573B61" box="[581,686,1124,1149]" captionStart="FIGURES 416 426" captionStartId="107.[151,264,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[176,1419,193,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@107.[151,1436,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="107" captionText="FIGURES 416 426. Smeringopina kala n. sp. (416 420, 423, 426), S. cornigera (Simon) (421, 424), and S. nyasoso n. sp. (422, 425). 416 417. Male, dorsal and lateral views. 418 420. Left male palp, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 421 423. Female abdomens, ventral views. 424 426. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284854/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 424</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BBE3C240FCEB3B61" box="[740,786,1124,1148]" captionStart="FIGURES 439 444" captionStartId="110.[151,264,1399,1421]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,195,1363]" captionTargetId="figure@110.[151,1436,193,1378]" captionTargetPageId="110" captionText="FIGURES 439 444. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 439 440. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views. 441. Left embolus, prolateral view. 442. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 443. Epigynum, ventral view. 444. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.2 (441), 0.5 (439 440, 442 444)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284857/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">444</figureCitation>
. ALS with eight spigots each (
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BD6EC240FB353B60" box="[1129,1228,1124,1149]" captionStart="FIGURES 445 455" captionStartId="111.[151,264,1431,1453]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetId="figure@111.[151,1436,193,1409]" captionTargetPageId="111" captionText="FIGURES 445 455. Smeringopina cornigera (Simon). 445 446. Male prosoma, frontal and oblique views; arrows point at pair of small horns. 447. Right male palp, dorsal view. 448. Left procursus, retrolatero-dorsal view. 449. Modified hairs on male clypeus. 450. Modified hairs on male chelicerae. 451. Hairs on left procursus. 452. Female ALS. 453. Male gonopore. 454. Female ocular area. 455. Epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: b: bulb; e: embolus; pr: procursus. Scale lines: 10 µm (449), 20 µm (450, 452), 30 µm (451), 50 µm (453), 100 µm (454), 200 µm (447 448, 455), 300 µm (445 446)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284858/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 452</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3A1436FBFFF9FF87B9C0C2A3FBC23BBD" blockId="29.[151,1436,151,1184]" box="[199,1083,1159,1184]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
Distribution. Known from two localities in southwestern
<collectingCountry id="42BC766BFFF9FF87BA4FC2ACFC453BBD" box="[840,956,1160,1184]" name="Cameroon" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="A2902A7EFFF9FF87BACBC2A3FBD73BBD" box="[972,1070,1159,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 390" captionStartId="103.[151,250,995,1017]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,973]" captionTargetId="figure@103.[151,1436,193,973]" captionTargetPageId="103" captionText="FIGURE 390. Known distribution of the cornigera species group. Question marks denote unidentified females deposited in CAS (Bioko, probably new species) and ZFMK (southern Cameroon, possibly S. kala)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/284850/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 390</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>