Cyphonisia kissi ( Benoit, 1966 )

Gonzalez-Filho, Hector M. O., Colpani-Sartori, Maria Tereza, Henrard, Arnaud, Guadanucci, José Paulo L. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Illustrated Catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae), Zoosystema 46 (26), pp. 671-695 : 676-679

Cyphonisia kissi ( Benoit, 1966)

( Figs 5 ; 6 )

Pisenor kissi Benoit, 1966: 234 , figs 30-33 (description ♂).

Cyphonisia kissi – Raven 1985: 112 (♂, transfer from Pisenor).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. DR Congo • 1 ♂; Katanga, Albertville ; [05°57’S, 29°12’E]; 1936; Hössli leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.27054 . Paratype. DR Congo • 1 ♀; Kivu, Kilibula ; [03°25’S, 29°08’E]; 6.XII.1961; R. Kissi leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.120754 (designated originally as allotype) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Democratic Republic of the Congo.

REMARK

In the original publication, Benoit (1966) did not explicitly designate this female as a paratype (BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.120754). However, in the original label he distinctly wrote “ paratype ”.

Figures

FIG. 5. — Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit, 1966): A-J, holotype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.27054): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, male palp, ventral view; D, idem, prolateral view; E, idem, retrolateral view; F, right tibia I, prolateral view; G, male palp bulb, dorsal view; H, idem, ventral view; I, idem, prolateral view; J, idem, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C-E, 0.5 mm; F, 1 mm; G-J, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 6. — Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit,1966):A-F, paratype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.120754): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem,ventral; C, labium and maxillae, ventral view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; E, abdomen, ventral view; F, labium, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, D, 1 mm; E, F, 0.5 mm.