Selenops lucibel, 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 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.155794
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6277301
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F0048789-2E10-FF8D-6E0A-FCEE328CEC62
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Selenops lucibel
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Selenops lucibel View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 4648 View FIGURES 43 50. 43 45 )

Type. Female holotype from Kalahari (no exact locality), L. Schulze, November 1969, deposited in ZMB.

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

Diagnosis: S. lucibel sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Selenops species by the shape of both the epigynum and spermathecae ( Figs. 4748 View FIGURES 43 50. 43 45 ), and by the colour pattern of opisthosoma ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 43 50. 43 45 ).

Female (holotype): Total length 8.00. Prosoma length 3.54, width 4.48. Opisthosoma length 4.37, width 3.54. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.09, PME 0.16, PLE 0.35, AMEAME 0.26, AMEALE 0.40, AMEPME 0.12, PMEPME 0.77, PMEPLE 0.51, PLEPLE 1.96, ALEALE 1.45. Leg formula 324?1. Leg IV missing. Leg measurements: I Fe 3.95, Pat+Tib 5.10, Mt 2.60, Ta 1.25, total 12.90; II 5.41, 6.03, 3.03, 1.25, total 15.72; III 5.62, 6.03, 3.43, 1.25, total 16.33. Leg spination: Fe. I pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, II pr0.2.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, III pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.0.1; Tib. III v2.2.2, IIIv2.2.0; Mt. IIII v2.2. Prosoma reddishbrown, chelicerae reddish and legs pale brown. Opisthosoma brown with markings as shown in Fig. 46 View FIGURES 43 50. 43 45 , venter brownishyellow. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 4748 View FIGURES 43 50. 43 45 .

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.