Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, 1976

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 24-25

Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, 1976 ( Figs. 58­61 )

Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, 1976 . Rev. Zool. afr. 89(4):930, figs. 8­10. Female holotype and male paratype from Zaïre, Kivu, Kanyamavono (1000m), Plaine de la Ruindi, 07/72; R.P.M. Lejeune Col., in MRAC N°144.653, examined.

Diagnosis. S. pygmaeus is a small­sized selenopid. The females are distinguished by the circular depression and the separated lateral lobes on the epigynum ( Fig. 60 ); the males are characterized by the shape of the tibial apophysis of the palp ( Fig. 59 ) and the median apophysis having two branches, one very short ( Fig. 59­60 ).

Female. The female was described by Benoit (1976). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 60­61 .

Male. The male was described by Benoit (1976). Palp as in Figs. 58­59 .

New record. IVORY COAST: Bouaflé, Klebo, 1 male, I/81, J. Everts Col., MRAC 166.364

Known distribution. Zaïre ( Benoit, 1976) and Ivory Coast.

Figures

FIGURES 53 ­ 61. 53 ­ 55. Selenops lumbo Corronca, male holotype, 53. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 54. Male palp, ventral view. 55. Male palp, lateral view. 56 ­ 57. Selenops ovambicus Lawrence, female holotype, 56. Epigynum, ventral view. 57. Vulva, dorsal view. 58 ­ 61. Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, female holotype and male paratype, 58. Male palp, ventral view. 59. Male palp, lateral view. 60. Epigynum, ventral view. 61. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.