Pisenor Simon, 1889

Gonzalez-Filho, Hector M. O., Colpani-Sartori, Maria Tereza, Henrard, Arnaud, Guadanucci, José Paulo L. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Illustrated Catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae), Zoosystema 46 (26), pp. 671-695 : 684

Genus Pisenor Simon, 1889

( Figs 12-19 )

Pisenor Simon, 1889: 411 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Pisenor notius Simon, 1889 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Pisenor differs from Cyphonisia by the eye group trapezoid, lateral anterior eyes close together ( Figs 12D ; 13D ; 14D , 16D ; 18D ) and by the absence of the posterior median spinnerets ( Figs 13F ; 14F ). Males can be distinguished by the retrolateral lobe of the cymbium projected (in P. leleupi ( Benoit, 1965) noticeably projected, in P. tenuistylus ( Benoit, 1965) and P. upembana ( Roewer, 1953) slightly projected), absent in Cyphonisia .

INCLUDED SPECIES. — Pisenor arcturus (Tucker, 1917) ; P. leleupi ( Benoit, 1965) ; P. lepidus (Gerstaecker, 1873) ; P. macequece (Tucker, 1920) ; P. notius Simon, 1889 ; P. plicatus ( Benoit, 1965) ; Pisenor selindanus ( Benoit, 1965) ; P. tenuistylus ( Benoit, 1965) ; P. upembanus ( Roewer, 1953) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIG. 12. — Pisenor leleupi (Benoit, 1965): A-J, holotype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.93110): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, male palp, ventral view; D, idem, prolateral view; E, idem, retrolateral view; F, tibia I, prolateral view; G, male palp bulb, dorsal view; H, idem, ventral view; I, idem, prolateral view; J, idem, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C-E, 0.5 mm; F, 1 mm; G, J, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 13. — Pisenor leleupi (Benoit, 1965): A-D, paratype,♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.127641): A, habitus dorsal;B, idem, ventral;C, spermatheca,dorsal view;D, eye tubercle, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 0.5 mm; D, 1 mm.

FIG. 14. — Pisenor plicatus (Benoit, 1965): A-F, holotype,♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.92538): A, habitus dorsal;B, idem, ventral; C, labium and maxillae, ventral view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; E, spermatheca, dorsal view; F, spinnerets, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, D, 1 mm; E, F, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 15. — Pisenor selindanus (Benoit, 1965): A-F, holotype, juvenile ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.116120): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, labium and maxillae, ventral view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; E, spermatheca, dorsal view; F, spinnerets, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, D, 1 mm; E, F, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 16. — Pisenor tenuistylus (Benoit, 1965): A-J, holotype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.092517): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, male palp, ventral view; D, idem,prolateral view;E, idem, retrolateral view; F, tibia I, prolateral view;G, male palp bulb, dorsal view; H, idem, ventral view;I, idem, prolateral view; J, idem, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, E, 0.5 mm; F, 1 mm; G-J, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 17. — Pisenor tenuistylus (Benoit, 1965), paratype ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.092518): A, habitus dorsal; B, habitus ventral;C, spermatheca,dorsal view;D, eye tubercle, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 0.5 mm; D, 1 mm.

FIG. 18. — Pisenor upembanus (Roewer, 1953): A-F, holotype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.139899): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, male palp, ventral view; D, idem, prolateral view; E, idem, retrolateral view; F, right tibia I, prolateral view; G, male palp bulb, dorsal view; H, idem, ventral view; I, idem, prolateral view; J, idem, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C-E, 0.5 mm; F, 1 mm; G-J, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 19. — Pisenor upembanus (Roewer, 1953): A-D, paratype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.139809): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, spermatheca , dorsal view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 0.5 mm; D, 1 mm.