Cyphonisia maculata ( Roewer, 1953 )

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 : 680-681

Cyphonisia maculata ( Roewer, 1953)

( Figs 7 ; 8 )

Pisenor maculatus Roewer, 1953: 60 , figs 20A-G (description ♀).

Pisenor tullgreni Roewer, 1953: 62 , fig. 21A, B (description ♀). Pisenorina maculata – Benoit 1966: 214, fig. 3 (♀, synonymy of P. tullgreni).

Cyphonisia maculata – Raven 1985: 157 (♀, transfer from Pisenor).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. DR Congo • 1 ♀; P. N. Upemba , Munoi ; [08°45’S, 26°44’E]; 16-24.VI.1948; G. F. De Witte leg.; 890 m; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.139865 and BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.139810 (microslide preparation of leg pieces of no. 139865) .

TYPE MATERIAL OF PISENOR TULLGRENI . — DR Congo • 1 ♀; P. N. Upemba , Lusinga ; [08°56’S, 27°12’E]; 30.X-12.XII.1947, G. F. De Witte leg.; 1810 m; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.139866 and BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.139807 (microslide preparation of leg pieces of no. 139866) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Democratic Republic of the Congo.

REMARK

Benoit (1966) stated that the type of C. maculata ( Roewer, 1953) was a juvenile specimen of the species described in the adult stage as C. tullgreni ( Roewer, 1953) ( Fig. 8 ). We show however that the holotype specimen of C. maculata ( Roewer, 1953) is not a juvenile but an adult female ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

FIG. 7. — Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer,1953):A-F, paratype,♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.139865): A, habitus dorsal;B, sternum,ventral view;C, spermatheca,dorsal 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.

FIG. 8. — Holotype of Pisenor tullgreni Roewer, 1953 (= Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer, 1953)): A-D, holotype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.139866): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, spermatheca, dorsal view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B: 2 mm; C, 0.5 mm; D, 1 mm.