Spermophora abibae, Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall & Jacques Francois Mavoungou, 2014

Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall & Jacques Francois Mavoungou, 2014, Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 81, pp. 1-46 : 18

76. Spermophora abibae sp. nov. (see below). Congo D.R.

77. Spermophora akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 . Newly recorded for Central Africa.

New record

GABON: Ogooué-Ivindo: 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ 3 juvs in ZFMK ( Ar 11930 ), Monts de Belinga , NE of Makokou (0°47.0’N, 13°08.3’E), 530 m a.s.l., degraded forest along road, 15 Aug. 2011 (B.A. & S.R. Huber) ; same data, 4 juvs in pure ethanol, in ZFMK ( Gab 222 ) .

Note

The new specimens are tentatively assigned to this species because the palps appear identical and the clypeus apophyses are at most minimally different ( Figs 95-96 ). There is some slight difference in the color pattern but this has also been found among different populations in Ghana ( Huber & Kwapong 2013).

Figures

Figs 92 - 96. Spermophora abibae sp. nov. and putative close relatives. 92 - 93. Spermophora abibae sp. nov. ♂ ocular area and clypeus, dorsal view (92) and cleared ♀ genitalia, dorsal view (93). 94 - 96. ♂ ocular area and clypeus, dorsal view of S. dieke Huber, 2009 (94) and of S. akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 (95: Ghana; 96: Gabon). Scale line: 93 = 0.3 mm.