Afroneutria velox ( Blackwall, 1865 ) Blackwall, 1865

Polotow, Daniele & Jocqué, Rudy, 2015, Afroneutria, a new spider genus of Afrotropical Ctenidae (Arachnida, Araneae), European Journal of Taxonomy 121, pp. 1-27 : 5-8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.121

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6110373

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scientific name

Afroneutria velox ( Blackwall, 1865 )
status

comb. nov.

Afroneutria velox ( Blackwall, 1865) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figs 1 View Fig. 1 A–F, 2 View Fig. 2 A–D, 3 View Fig. 3 A–E, 12 D, 13 A–B, 16 View Fig. 16 A

Ctenus velox Blackwall, 1865: 336 View in CoL .

Phoneutria melanogastra Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 36 , pl. 1, fig. 14.

Ctenus marshalli F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 26 , pl. 4, figs 12–13.

Ctenus velox View in CoL – F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1898: 15, pl. 3, figs 1–2. — Benoit 1977: 700, fig. 2a–d.

Ctenus melanogaster – Strand 1907: 694. — Arts 1912: 196, pl. 1, fig. 14a–b. — Benoit 1977: 700, fig. 2a–d (synonymised with C. velox View in CoL ).

Ctenus melanogastra – Hyatt 1954: 884.

Ctenus marshalli – Hyatt 1954: 884 (synonymised with C. melanogaster ).

Note

Blackwall (1865) indicated one female as the type material used in the description of Ctenus velox , but two adult females were found in the OUMNH collection and, according to the label, both were designated as types. Based on the original description we here designate the smaller specimen as the lectotype and the other female as the paralectotype.

Diagnosis

The males of Afroneutria velox comb. nov. differ from males of the other species of the genus by the laminar and truncated tip and the additional subdistal projection of the embolus ( Fig. 1 View Fig. 1 B) and the shape of the RTA ( Fig. 3 View Fig. 3 A–C). The females can be distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the acuminated and short lateral projections of the epigynum and rounded dorsal spermathecae in the vulva ( Fig. 3 View Fig. 3 D–E).

Material examined

Type material

MOZAMBIQUE: Ctenus velox , female lectotype (designated here), 1 female paralectotype, next to confluence of Shiré River with Zambezi River (approximate coordinates: 17°40’24.0” S, 35°17’51.2” E), OUMNH 1554 GoogleMaps .

Additional material

TANZANIA: Kipatimu , 1 ♂, 1965, T.H. Hofman coll. ( MRAC 137443 ) ; Kyela , 1 ♀, 9 Nov. 1991, R. Jocqué coll. ( MRAC 173465 ) ; 1 ♀, 27 Nov. 1991, R. Jocqué coll. ( MRAC 173191 ) ; Coast Province, Utete, Kirengoma Forest Reserve (8o20–23’ S, 38o54–58’ E), 2 ♂♂, 8 Nov.–1 Dec. 1989, J. Kingdon & Frontier Tanzania coll. ( ZMUC) GoogleMaps ; Coast Province, Bagamoyo, Zaraninge (Kiono) Forest Reserve , 20 km SW of Sadaani (6o04’ S, 38o35’ E), 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mar. 1990, Frontier Tanzania coll. ( ZMUC) GoogleMaps .

MALAWI: Chintheche , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1–20 Nov. 1977, R. Jocqué coll. ( MRAC 155299 ) .

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Elisabethville, Katanga, 1 ♀, 30 Jan. 1931, Bredo coll. ( MRAC 15545 ) ; Buttgenbach , Lubumbashi , 1 ♀ ( MRAC 25506 ) .

Type material not examined

EASTAFRICA: Phoneutria melanogastra , 2 male syntypes, 1 female syntype, deposited in Zoologisches Museum Hamburg .

ZIMBABWE: Ctenus marshalli , holotype, ♂, Umfuli River, also known as Mupfure River (approximate coordinates: 17°55’13.3” S, 29°56’40.7” E), Mashonaland, BMNH GoogleMaps .

Description

Male (MRAC 155299)

Total length 12.30. Carapace 6.20 long and 4.60 wide. Eye diameter: AME 0.32, ALE 0.18, PME 0.60, PLE 0.56. Leg measurements: I: femur 8.40 / patella 3.20 / tibia 8.70 / metatarsus 8.60 / tarsus 3.30 / total 32.20; II: 8.10 / 3.30 / 7.40 / 7.60 / 2.80 / 29.20; III: 6.80 / 2.60 / 5.70 / 6.40 / 2.30 / 23.80; IV: 9.30 / 2.60 / 8.90 / 11.10 / 3.30 / 35.20. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r1-1, p1-1; III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II and III v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1; IV v1-1 -1-1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Coloration: venter of abdomen black, with two white spots placed transversely behind epigastric furrow ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 B). Palp: cymbium elongated, longer than tibia; conductor rectangular; median apophysis slightly curved ( Figs 1 View Fig. 1 A–B, 3 View Fig. 3 A–C, 13 A–B).

Female (MRAC 173465)

Total length 18.60. Carapace 8.10 long and 6.40 wide. Eye diameter: AME 0.36, ALE 0.24, PME 0.60, PLE 0.48. Leg measurements: I: femur 6.80 / patella 3.10 / tibia 6.30 / metatarsus 6.00 / tarsus 2.20 / total 24.40; II: 6.30 / 2.90 / 5.40 / 5.50 / 2.10 / 22.20; III: 5.20 / 2.30 / 4.50 / 5.10 / 2.10 / 19.20; IV: 7.50 / 2.60 / 6.60 / 8.40 / 2.30 / 27.40. Leg formula 4123. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r0, p0; III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I and II v2-2 -2, r0, p0; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1; IV v1- 1 -1-1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Coloration: ventral abdomen black, with two white spots placed transversely behind epigastric furrow ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 C–D). Epigynum: triangular median field and short lateral projections of lateral fields of epigynum ( Fig. 3 View Fig. 3 D). Dorsal spermathecae short and round; ventral spermathecae with rebordered lateral margins ( Figs 1 View Fig. 1 C, 3 View Fig. 3 E, 12 D).

Variation

Two ♂♂: total length 10.60–12.40, carapace length 6.00–6.30, femur I length 7.10–8.70. Three ♀♀: total length 16.40–18.70, carapace length 7.00–8.10, femur I length 6.20–6.50. At least two ♂♂ present venter of abdomen black in front, red towards back, with two spots placed transversely behind epigastric furrow.

Distribution

Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe ( Fig. 16 View Fig. 16 A).

ZMUC

Denmark, Kobenhavn [= Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Ctenidae

Genus

Afroneutria

Loc

Afroneutria velox ( Blackwall, 1865 )

Polotow, Daniele & Jocqué, Rudy 2015
2015
Loc

Ctenus marshalli

Pickard-Cambridge F. O. 1898: 5
1898
Loc

Phoneutria melanogastra Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 36

Bosenberg W. & Lenz H. 1895: 5
1895
Loc

Ctenus velox

Blackwall J. 1865: 5
1865
Loc

Afroneutria velox (

Blackwall J. 1865: 6
1865
Loc

Afroneutria velox (

Blackwall J. 1865: 7
1865
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