Ero comorensis Emerit, 1996

Saaristo, Michael I., 2002, New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea), Phelsuma 10, pp. 1-32 : 15-16

Ero comorensis Emerit, 1996 ( Figs. 39-40 )

Ero comorensis Emerit, 1996: 102 , f. 7D,9&11C (Dm).

Material examined: Silhouette: La Passe, 1f 1j., 15.01.1999, M. Saaristo leg. ( MZT AA 0.702 ) and 1f, 1994, USSR. Zool. Exped. ( ZMMU) .

Diagnosis: This rather small species (TL = 2.3) is easily recognised by the two pairs of dorsal tubercles on the abdomen; also the densely freckled legs are characteristic.

Description: Female (male well described by Emerit 1996): Somatic characters as in male. Epigyne protruding, with a pair oflarge, rounded openings; seminal receptaculae conspicuously large, bipartite, almost touching in the midline

Discussion: No male has been collected from Seychelles while Emerit (1996) had only a single male at his disposal when describing E. comoremis . However, as the Seychelles females resemble the Comores male in having four prominent dorsal abdominal tubercles, it is provisionally considered to belong to the same taxon.

Distribution: Previously known only from Comores ( Emerit 1996). This is the first record from Seychelles and so far found only from Silhouette.

Figures

Figs. 39 - 40. Ero comoremis Emerit, 1996: - 39: Abdomen of female dextrolaterally. - 40: Epigyne ventrally. - Scale bars: 39 = 1.0, 40 = 0.2 mm. Orig.