Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939

Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, On six poorly known species of Thomisidae (Arachnida: Araneae) described by Ludovico di Caporiacco, Zootaxa 5723 (3), pp. 437-443 : 437-438

Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939

Fig. 1

Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939: 368 , f. 20 (juv. - not correct). Sherwood 2024: 214 (immature, species inquirenda).

Types examined: Holotype ♀ from ETHIOPIA: Oromiya: Javello (=Yabelo), 4°53′N, 38°5′E, 15−30 April 1937, leg. E. Zavattani ( MZUF).

Comments. The species is the generotype of the monotypic genus. Caporiacco (1939), Sherwood (2024), and WSC (2025) indicate that the species was described based on a juvenile specimen, while Berdondini & Whitman (2003) mentioned that the holotype is an adult female. The photograph of the holotype given here leaves no doubt that it is an adult female. The shape of the epigyne, as well as the body shape and pattern, does not allow me to speculate about the relationships of the genus.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Heriaesynaema flavipes. Holotype female. A Habitus, dorsal; B Epigyne, ventral; C Original figure of abdomen.