Bacelarella Berland & Millot, 1941

Rollard, Christine & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2002, Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, Zoosystema 24 (2), pp. 283-307 : 286

Genus Bacelarella Berland & Millot, 1941

Bacelarella fradei Berland & Millot, 1941 ( Fig. 2 )

Bacelarella fradei Berland & Millot, 1941: 390 . — Prószyński 1987: 4.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Road to Pierré Richaud, 850 m a.s.l., savanna near woodland, 20.X.1956, leg. M. Lamotte, 1.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species was described from western Africa ( Ivory Coast and Guinea).

DESCRIPTION

Male. Measurements: carapace length 3.1, width 2.2, height 1.6. Abdomen length 2.7, width 1.8. Eye field length 1.4, anterior width 2.0, posterior width 1.9. Medium sized spider. Carapace high, eye field occupies almost half of carapace length. Coloration of carapace brown, eyes surrounded black. Prostrate short brown hairs cover whole carapace, but hairs denser on ocular area, long bristles near eyes. White hairs surround anterior median eyes and form small patch on eye field, behind these eyes. Clypeus clothed in white hairs. Chelicerae brown, with big retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth ( Fig. 2A ). Labium and maxillae brown with pale tips, sternum yellow. Abdomen oval, slightly narrower posteriorly. Coloration of abdomen brownish-orange, with traces of darker pattern, only anterior edge of abdomen dark brown, clothed in brown hairs. Sides of abdomen whitish. Venter yellowish-grey. Spinnerets yellowish. Legs light brown, their hairs and spines brown. Pedipalps brown. Cymbium rather narrow ( Fig. 2D ), with process on promargin at its base ( Fig. 2E ). Embolus very long, encircles bulbus more than once, with large pars pendula ( Fig. 2B ). Bulbus rounded, with large strongly sclerotized tegular apophysis. Tegular apophysis forms bicuspid crest ( Fig. 2B, C ). Palpal tibia short, with single pointed apophysis ( Fig. 2D, E ).

Figures

FIG. 2. — Bacelarella fradei Berland & Millot, 1941,; A, cheliceral dentition; B, palpal organ, ventral view; C, palpal organ, retro- lateral view; D, palpal organ, dorsal view; E, palpal organ, prolateral view. Scale bars: A, 0.3 mm; B-E, 0.5 mm.