Thiratoscirtus clarus, Haddad & Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5560.1.1 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F942970-010E-4775-856E-31CA016DAD50 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14596528 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87E7-0C68-0028-DAE3-86E5B290FE65 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Thiratoscirtus clarus |
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sp. nov. |
Thiratoscirtus clarus sp. nov.
Fig. 49 View FIGURE 49
Diagnosis. The species is distinguishable by the characteristic shape of the epigyne, with a pair of semicircular grooves facing away from each other ( Fig. 49B, C View FIGURE 49 ). Male unknown.
Etymology. The specific name is Latin, meaning “light”, and refers to clear colouration of the abdomen.
Type material. Holotype: ♀, MOZAMBIQUE: Tete: IV.1947, leg. C.F. Roewer ( SMF 9656 About SMF ).
Description. Female: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 4.7, width 3.9, height 2.1. Abdomen length 5.1, width 3.9. Eye field length 2.1, anterior width 2.8, posterior width 2.9. General appearance as in Fig. 49A View FIGURE 49 . Carapace reddish-brown, eyes surrounded by black rings, fovea clearly visible. Sparse brown bristles on carapace, some short white hairs in vicinity of eyes and on lateral slopes. Chelicerae and sternum brown, labium and endites light brown, with whitish tips. Short white hairs on clypeus. Abdomen swollen, yellow, with brown areas laterally ( Fig. 49A View FIGURE 49 ) and four small round patches posteriorly, clothed in sparse brown bristles and hairs. Venter light yellow with scattered dark dots, Spinnerets beige. Legs light brown, their hairs and spines brown. Femora of legs I and II darker, with some white hairs. Palps yellowish, bearing white hairs, single macroseta on palpal tarsus placed retrolaterally. Epigyne with pair of semicircular trough-shaped grooves, their edges strongly sclerotized ( Fig. 49B, C View FIGURE 49 ), paired pouch at posterior epigynal border. Internal structure as in Fig. 49D View FIGURE 49 , copulatory openings placed in ends of grooves, seminal ducts short, spermathecae bean-shaped, two pockets at epigastric furrow.
Distribution. Only known from the Tete Province in Mozambique.
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