Selenops dilon, Corronca, J. A., 2002

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 14

Selenops dilon sp. nov. ( Figs. 21­23 )

Type. Female holotype from South Africa, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (25°30´S 30°58´E), I/ 1982, M. van den Berg Col., in NCA 82/272.

Etymology. The specific epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Diagnosis. The females of S. dilon sp. nov. resemble S. zuluanus (Lawrence) , but can be distinguished by the shape of the middle field and spermathecae ( Figs. 21­22 ).

Female (holotype). Total length 14.00. Prosoma length 6.14, width 7.38. Opisthosoma length 7.80, width 7.18. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.19, PME 0.30, PLE 0.45, AME­AME 0.41, AME­ALE 0.71, AME­PME 0.26, PME­PME 1.46, PME­PLE 0.86, PLE­PLE 3.34, ALE­ALE 2.74. Leg formula 2341. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 6.76, Pat+Tib 8.11, Mt 3.95, Ta 1.66, total 20.48; II­ 8.42, 9.57, 5.30, 1.66, total 24.95; III­ 8.42, 9.05, 5.10, 1.66, total 24.23; IV­ 8.00, 8.32, 4.78, 1.66, total 22.76. Leg spination: Fe. I­ pr2.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, II­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, III­ pr1.0.1, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, IV­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, III­IV­ v2.2.0; Mt. I­II­ v2.2, III­IVv2.1. Prosoma reddish­brown. Chelicerae dark brown­red. Legs brown with tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi darker. Femora I­IV with pale brown prolateral band and a circular prolateral distal area with white hairs. Opisthosoma brown­yellow with dark spots as in Fig. 23 , venter pale brown. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 21­22 .

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 12 ­ 23. 12 ­ 13. Selenops brachycephalus Lawrence, female holotype, 12. Epigynum, ventral view. 13. Vulva, dorsal view. 14 ­ 15. Selenops cristis sp. nov., female holotype, 14. Epigynum, ventral view. Fig 15. Vulva, dorsal view. 16 ­ 17. Selenops camerun Corronca, female holotype, 16. Epigynum, ventral view. 17. Vulva, dorsal view. 18 ­ 20. Selenops dilamen sp. nov., female holotype, 18. Epigynum, ventral view. 19. Vulva, dorsal view. 20. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 21 ­ 23. Selenops dilon sp. nov., female holotype, 21. Epigynum, ventral view. Fig 22. Vulva, dorsal view. 23. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.