Hyllus unicolor, Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 43-45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7225653
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B362516-D690-47F6-881C-C532937F4526
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B362516-D690-47F6-881C-C532937F4526
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Hyllus unicolor
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Hyllus unicolor View in CoL sp. nov.

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Fig. 26 View Fig

Diagnosis

This species may be distinguished by its uniform colouration (other species in the genus have a contrasting pattern). The epigyne resembles that of Hyllus dotatus , but its internal structure is different, the seminal ducts are short as compared to longer and coiled in other species of the genus.

Etymology

The specific name refers to the uniform body colouration of this spider.

Material examined

Holotype IVORY COAST • ♀; Lamto , at the edge of the Bandama Forest ; 5 Oct. 1975; “sur branches”; MNHN.

Paratype IVORY COAST • 1 ♀; Lamto , at the edge of the Bandama Forest ; 26 Dec. 1975; “buissons au soleil”; MNHN .

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.7–3.8, width 2.8–3.0, height 1.4–1.5. Eye field length 1.5– 1.6, anterior width 2.1–2.2, posterior width 2.2–2.4. Abdomen length 5.0–5.5, width 2.9–3.3. General appearance as in Fig. 26A. View Fig

CARAPACE. Oval, dark brown with blackish eye field and poorly contrasted median yellowish band on thoracic region. Very short white hairs on carapace, denser on slopes. Long brown bristles near eyes. Mouthparts and sternum brown.

ABDOMEN. Oval, dark brown, clothed in brown hairs, three pairs of almost invisible very small patches medially ( Fig. 26A View Fig ). Ventral abdominal surface brown with four lines composed of white dots. Sparse long, colourless hairs on dorsum of body. Spinnerets brown.

LEGS. Brown, hairy.

EPIGYNE. Strongly sclerotized, with large shallow depression in center and two widely separated pockets at epigastric fold ( Fig. 26B–C View Fig ). Copulatory openings placed posteriorly, seminal ducts wide and short, spermathecae bean-shaped, thick-walled ( Fig. 26D View Fig ).

Distribution

Only known from the type locality, Lamto, Ivory Coast.