Andromma juakalyi, Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2022
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.850.1997 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E8AD897F-2076-4850-9520-BB79B1EAFFEA |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7430143 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C64027A2-307F-460E-8217-F4EBEF966E07 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:C64027A2-307F-460E-8217-F4EBEF966E07 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Andromma juakalyi |
status |
sp. nov. |
Andromma juakalyi sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C64027A2-307F-460E-8217-F4EBEF966E07
Figs 28 View Fig , 40 View Fig
Diagnosis
The male of Andromma juakalyi sp. nov. is small, pale and characterized by the details of the tibial apophyses: the RTA is broad at the base, pointing forward and tapered towards the thin bifid tip; the VTA is T-shaped in lateral view and axe-shaped in ventral view.
Etymology
The species name is a patronym in honour of Jean-Louis Juakaly, who collected the type specimen. He introduced arachnology at the university of Kisangani and is the first arachnologist of D.R. Congo.
Type material
Holotype
D.R. CONGO • ♂; Tshopo Province , Kisangani, Masako Forest Reserve; 0°36′ N, 25°13′ E; 25 Mar. 2003; J.L. Juakaly leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara 247539 . GoogleMaps
Paratype
D.R. CONGO • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; BE_ RMCA _ARA.Ara 216029 GoogleMaps .
Description
Male (holotype, Fig. 28 View Fig )
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 2.51. Carapace length 1.35, width 1.07, height 0.57.
COLOUR ( Fig. 28A–B View Fig ). Carapace pale yellow with slight orange tinge in cephalic area; chelicerae pale orange; endites, labium, and sternum pale yellow; legs white; abdomen including spinnerets uniform cream.
PROSOMA. Fovea faint, length 0.36, anterior end 0.71 from PME. MOQ length 0.21, anterior width 0.23, posterior width 0.21: AER straight from above, width 0.36, PER procurved from above, width 0.43. All eyes circular except PME oval; AME 0.10, ALE 0.07, PLE 0.05, PME 0.05; AME–AME: 0.03, AME– ALE: 0.02, ALE–PLE: touching, PME–PME: 0.12, PLE–PME: 0.08. Clypeus vertical, 0.10, without long setae. Sternum 0.85 long, 0.78 wide. Chilum absent.
LEG SUPINATION. Femora with one dorsal spine; T I and T IV lost; T I pl 1 v 2-2-2; Mt II 2-1-2; T III pl 1 v2.
LEG I MEASUREMENTS. Fe: 1.78, P: 0.71, T: 1.49, Mt:1.35, t: 0.99; total: 6.32.
MALE PALP ( Fig. 28C–F View Fig ). RTA broad at base, pointing forward and tapered towards thin bifid tip; VTA T-shaped in lateral view, axe-shaped in ventral view; embolus originates at posterior rim of tegulum, runs along prolateral side and curves outward, to slender tip, accompanied by transparent, membranous conductor lying distoretrolaterally; visible part of sperm duct S-shaped.
Female
Unknown.
Variation
The somatic characters of the male paratype are quite different from those of the holotype. The specimen is larger: total length 3.83; carapace length 1.56, width 1.49. The colour is much more orange. Spines on the legs are more numerous: all femora with one dorsal spine; T I v 2-2-2-2; Mt I v 2-2-2; T II v 2-2-2-2; Mt II v 2-2-2; T III v 2-2; Mt III v 2-2; T IV v 2-2; Mt IV v 2-2.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in D.R. Congo ( Fig. 40 View Fig ).
RMCA |
Belgium, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale |
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