Cyphonisia Simon, 1889

O., Hector M., Tereza, Gonzalez-Filho Maria, Arnaud, Tereza Colpani-Sartori, José, Arnaud Henrard, L., José Paulo, D., Guadanucci Antonio & Brescovit, 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 : 673

Genus Cyphonisia Simon, 1889

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Cyphonisia Simon, 1889: 410 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Cyphonisia differs from Pisenor Simon, 1889 by the eyes group square-shaped, where the lateral anterior eyes separated by twice their size ( Figs 2D ; 3D ; 6D ; 7D ) and by the presence of posterior median spinnerets ( Figs 2F ; 3F ; 5B ; 6E ; 7F ). Males resemble Pisenor by the tibial apophysis composed of two spurs with curved spines ( Figs 4F ; 5F ; 8F ), but can be differentiated by the male palpal bulb with a long thin embolus, twice the length of subtegulum, except in C. itombwensis Benoit, 1966 ( Fig. 4 G-J), and by the cymbium of the male not projected, except in C. kissi ( Benoit, 1966) ( Fig. 5 C-E).

INCLUDED SPECIES. — Cyphonisia affinitata Strand, 1907 ; C. annulata Benoit, 1966 ; C. itombwensis Benoit, 1966 ; C. kissi ( Benoit, 1966) ; C. maculata ( Roewer, 1953) ; C. maculipes Strand, 1906 ; C. manicata Simon, 1907 ; C. nesiote s Simon, 1907; C. nigella ( Simon, 1889) ; C. obesa Simon, 1889 ; C. rastellata Strand, 1907 ; C. soleata Thorell, 1899 ; Cyphonisia straba Benoit, 1966 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Cameroon, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ghana, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Tanzania.

Figures

FIG. 2. — Cyphonisia annulata Benoit, 1966: A-F, holotype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.127267): 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. 3. — Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966: A-F, holotype, ♀ juvenile (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.120071): 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. 4. — Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966:A-J, paratype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.129769): A, habitus dorsal;B, idem, ventral; C-E, male palp,ventral view; D, idem, prolateral view; E, idem, retrolateral view; F, right tibia I, prolateral view; G, male palpal 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. 5. — Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit, 1966): A-J, holotype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.27054): 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. 6. — Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit,1966):A-F, paratype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.120754): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem,ventral; C, labium and maxillae, ventral view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; E, abdomen, ventral view; F, labium, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, D, 1 mm; E, F, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 7. — Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer,1953):A-F, paratype,♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.139865): A, habitus dorsal;B, sternum,ventral view;C, spermatheca,dorsal view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; E, abdomen, ventral view; F, labium, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, D, 1 mm; E, F, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 8. — Holotype of Pisenor tullgreni Roewer, 1953 (= Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer, 1953)): A-D, holotype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.139866): 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. 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.