Agyneta pogonophora ( Locket, 1968 ) Locket, 1968

Saaristo, Michael I., 2002, New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea), Phelsuma 10, pp. 1-32 : 12

Agyneta pogonophora ( Locket, 1968) n. comb. ( Figs. 28-30 )

Meioneta pogonophora Locket, 1968: 71 , f. 2A-C (Dm).

Meionetasp. Locket, 1968: 84, f. 13C(Df).

Material examined: Alphonse , 1m, 09.04.2001, J. Gerlach leg. ( MZT AA 2.166 ) , Poivre Atoll, 1f, USSR. Zool. Exped. leg. ( ZMMU) .

Diagnosis: The male of A. pogonophora is easily recognised by the tongue-like, laterally pointing apicodorsal tibial apophysis and the female by the small, protruding epigyne with strongly diverging lateral lobes.

Description: Female (male well described by Locket 1968): Small, dark, long legged species (TL = 1.33, CL = 0.57, CW = 0.43). Carapace dark, blackish brown; abdomen uniform greenish black; legs pale yellowish, strongly suffused with black. Epigyne small, protruding with strongly diverging lateral lobes.

Distribution: Previously known only from Angola ( Locket, 1968). The first records of the species from Seychelles are from Alphonse and Poivre Atoll.

Figures

Figs. 28 - 30. Agyneta pogonophora (Locket, 1968). - 28: Right male palp laterally. - 29: cymbium and tibia dorsally. - 30: Epigyne ventrally. - Scale = 0.2 mm. Orig.