Camillina aldabrae ( Strand, 1907 )

Saaristo, Michael I., 2002, New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea), Phelsuma 10, pp. 1-32 : 9-10

Camillina aldabrae ( Strand, 1907) ( Figs. 21,23 )

Echemella aldabrae Strand, 1907: 726 (Dmf) .

Camillina aldabrae Platnick & Murphy, 1987: 7 , f. 9-12 (Tmf from Echemella ).

-"-, Bowler et al. 1999: 48 (misprinted as C. aldabae).

Material examined: Aride, 2m, 13.08.1975, M. Mühlenberg leg. ( MZT AA 0.097 ) ; Petite Soeur , 1f, 17.09.1975, M. MOhlenberg leg. ( MRAC 177.104 ) ,

Diagnosis: The male of C. aldabrae is distinct from the other Camillina species found on Seychelles, viz. C.cordifera (Tullgren, 1910) (Figs. 22,24) by the abruptly narrowed tip ofthe distal point ofthe terminal apophysis which in the later species is blunt-tipped. The female of C. aldabrae has a U-shaped epigynal plate while that of C. cordifera is more or less triangular.

Description: The species has been well described by Platnick & Murphy (1987).

Distribution: Central Africa south to Natal, Aldabra, and Borneo (probably introduced) ( Platnick & Murphy 1987). In the granitic Seychelles known from Aride ( Bowler et al. 1999) and Petite Soeur.

Figures

Figs. 21 - 24. Camillina cordifera (Tullgren, 1910) (Figs. 21, 23) and C. aldabrae (Strand, 1907) (Figs. 22, 24). - 21 and 22: Left male palp ventally. - 23 and 24: Epigyne ventrally. - Scale bars = 0.2 mm. Orig