Cyphonisia obesa 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 : 681

Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889

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Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889: 410 (description ♀).

Cyphonisia limbata Strand, 1920: 98 (description ♀).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Ivory Coast • 1 ♂ (labelled allotype by Benoit [1966]); Danané; [07°16’N, 08°09’E]; 1962; J. Decelle leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.126815 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

REMARK

Benoit (1966) described for the first time the male of Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889 and designated the male BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.126815 as allotype.

Figures

FIG. 9. — Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889: A-J, non-type ♂ BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.126815: 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.