Langelurillus ignorabilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008

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Langelurillus ignorabilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008

Fig. 24

Langelurillus ignorabilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 192 , figs 75–78 (♀).

Diagnosis. The species can be distinguished from congeners by the trajectory of the seminal ducts, which form two loose loops ( Fig. 24D ). Male unknown.

Material examined. MOZAMBIQUE: Inhambane: Bartholomew Diaz Point , 21°15.585’S, 35°06.851’E, beating shrubs, mangroves, 9.XII.2007, leg. R. Lyle & R. Fourie, 1♀ ( NCA 2020 /121) .

Redescription. Female: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 3.1, width 2.3, height 1.1. Abdomen length 3.4, width 2.5. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.6, posterior width 1.7. General appearance as in Fig. 24A . Carapace pear-shaped, dark brown, with black eye field, clothed in dense brown and white hairs, short hard rod-like hairs on front part of eye field. Anterior eyes encircled by white hairs. Clypeus and mouthparts yellow, chelicerae toothless. Sternum yellow tinged with grey, covered with white hairs. Abdomen oval, brownish, with ill-defined longitudinal yellowish-grey streak, sides yellowish with brown marks, venter light. Dense brown and grey hairs cover abdominal dorsum. Spinnerets grey. Legs short, metatarsi I and II especially short. Colouration of legs generally yellow, with dark brown rings and marks, femora with broad black rings medially. Leg hairs dense, brown and whitish, spines numerous. Ventral surface of palps blackish. Epigyne with central large rounded depression, gonopores placed laterally ( Fig. 24B, C ). Internal structure as in Fig. 24D , seminal ducts long, forming two loops.

Distribution. Previously known from Zimbabwe, recorded from Mozambique for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Langelurillus ignorabilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008, female. A. General appearance, dorsal view; B, C. Epigyne; D. Internal structure of epigyne.