Selenops annulatus Simon, 1876

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 9-10

Selenops annulatus Simon, 1876 ( Figs. 4­8 )

Selenops annulatus Simon, 1876 . Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. I:15, fig.15. Female holotype from Angola, Chinchoxo, L´Esclave de Cabinda, in Museum National de Histoire Naturelle Paris, France, not examined.

S. sector Karsch, 1879 . Zeits. ges. Naturw. 52:342. First synonymized by Pocock (1899:874)

S. buchneri Karsch, 1881 . Berl. Ent. Zeits, 25:93­94. First synonymized by Pocock (1899:874)

S. brownii Marx, 1893 . Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 16:589, Pl. 70, fig. 3. First synonymized by Pocock (1899:874)

S. annulatus .­ Lessert, 1929: Rev. suisse Zool., 36:123, fig. 12. Benoit, 1968: Rev. zool. bot. afr. 77(11­2):128, figs. 11, 13­15.

Diagnosis. Males of S. annulatus are easily identified by the following combination of characters: median apophysis of the male palp with transparent branch much higher than the sclerotized one and distinct shape of the tibial apophysis and of the tip of the conductor ( Figs. 7­8 ). S. annulatus resembles S. radiatus in having a lateral projection on the tegulum but in the latter species the projection is larger with a straight external margin. The females are distinguished by both the shape of the middle field and the spermathecae ( Figs. 4­5 ). S. annulatus females resemble S. intricatus in the shape of the middle field, but in S. intricatus it is more rhomboidal and longer than wide ( Fig. 32 ).

Female. The female was described by Simon (1876) and redescribed by Benoit (1968). The colour pattern of opisthosoma is shown in Fig. 6 and the epigynum and spermathecae in Figs. 4­5 .

Male. The male was described by Lessert (1929) and redescribed by Benoit (1968). Palp as in Figs. 7­8 .

New Records. ANGOLA: Luanda, 1 female and 2 immatures, 22/VIII/49, B. Malkin Col., CAS; 12 miles NW of Muxima (200m), 2 females, 2/XI/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; Distrito do Cuanza SUL, Cabuta, 1 female, VI/71, Crawford Cabral Col.

MRAC 167.908. RWANDA: P.N.A., 1 female, 19/XII/52, P. Basilensky Col., MRAC 76.357. ZAÏRE: Equateur, Mbandaka, 1 female, 1978, P. Hulstaert Col., MRAC 151.534; Equateur, Bamania, 1 female, 1975, P. Hulstaert Col., MRAC 148.594; 7 miles SE of Thysville, 1 male, 2 females and 1 immature, 31/VII/57, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; Thysville, 1 female, 31/VII/57, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; Yiongolo, 1 male, III/48, R. P. van der Smissen Col., MRAC 61385; 100km, route Kavamu, Wolikole (Kivu), 1 female, XI/49, H. Bosmans Col., MRAC 67.184; Sankuru, Djika, 1 female, 1956, R. Roiseux Col., MRAC 86.206

Known distribution. Zaïre, Central African Republic, Angola ( Benoit, 1968), Tanzania, Cameroon ( Corronca, 2000) and Rwanda.

Figures

FIGURES 1 ­ 11. 1 ­ 3. Selenops angolaensis sp. nov., female holotype, 1. Epigynum, ventral view. 2. Vulva, dorsal view. 3. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 4 ­ 8. Selenops annulatus Simon. 4. Epigynum, ventral view. 5. Vulva, dorsal view. 6. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 7. Male palp, ventral view. 8. Male palp lateral view. 9 ­ 11. Selenops ansieae sp. nov., female holotype, 9. Epigynum, ventral view, 10. Vulva, dorsal view. 11. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Abbreviations: am = median apophysis, c = conductor, e = embolus, ep = epigynal pockets, ga = genital opening, ll = lateral lobes, mf = middle field, vra = ventral part of retrolateral tibial apophysis, dra = dorsal part of retrolateral tibial apophysis, s = spermathecae, t = tegulum. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.

FIGURES 24 ­ 34. 24 ­ 26. Selenops feron sp. nov., female holotype, 24. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 25. Epigynum, ventral view. 26. Vulva, dorsal view. 27 ­ 28. Selenops florenciae sp. nov., female holotype, 27. Epigynum, ventral view. 28. Vulva, dorsal view. 29 ­ 31. Selenops ilcuria sp. nov., female holotype, 29. Epigynum, ventral view. 30. Vulva, dorsal view. 31. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 32 ­ 34. Selenops intricatus Simon, 32. Epigynum, ventral view. 33. Vulva, dorsal view. 34. Male palp, ventral view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.