Pellolessertia castanea ( LESSERT, 1927 )
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Pellolessertia castanea ( LESSERT, 1927 ) |
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Pellolessertia castanea ( LESSERT, 1927) View in CoL
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Avakubia castanea LESSERT, 1927: 412–414 .
Pellolessertia castanea ( LESSERT, 1927) View in CoL : STRAND 1929: 14; PRÓSZYŃSKI 1984: 169.
Diagnosis – The species is characterized by the two tibial apophyses of the palp ( Fig 4B View Fig ). The embolus short and wide ( Fig 4A View Fig ).
Diagnosis – Male: Large and hairy spiders, with a characteristic carapace shape ( Fig. 4D View Fig ). Carapace yellowish chestnut-brown, covered with white hairs. Thoracic region also yellowish brown, covered sparsely with white hairs. Chelicerae darker, rather hairy, delicate, clypeus with a dense white moustache. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum yellowish brown. Legs almost equal for habitus drawings in length, except for third femur, which is noticeably longer ( Fig. 4D, E View Fig ). Legs with darker tibiae and metatarsi. Tarsi yellowish with darker longitudinal black stripes. Spination: metatarsus I with two ventral pairs and two lateral pairs (a proximal and a distal pair) of spines. Tibia I with four pairs ventral and two lateral pairs of spines. All patellae with a lateral pair of spines (a pro- and retrolateral piece). All spines fine and long. Palpal femur with one dorsal spine.
Measurements – Male: total length 6.05. Carapace 2.75 long, 2.5 wide, 1.75 high at PLE. AEW 2.25, PEW 2.35, OCA 1.5 long. Abdomen 3.25 long 1.85 wide.
Palp – simple ( Figs 4 View Fig A-B). All palpal segments covered with thick, white, retrolateral brushes and long fine brown prolateral hairs. Tibia with a strong short black apophysis. Tegulum sclerotized, with a paler central area, sperm duct visible. Embolus straight, short and stout.
Female: see LESSERT 1927, PRÓSZYŃSKI 1984.
Distribution – Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.
Material examined – Cameroon: 1 male from “ Reserve forêstière de Makak (Campement
Despierres), 12–23.VIII.1949, leg. J. BIRKET-SMITH ( ZMUC) .
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Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen |
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Pellolessertia castanea ( LESSERT, 1927 )
Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. 2005 |
Pellolessertia castanea ( LESSERT, 1927 )
PROSZYNSKI, J. 1984: 169 |
STRAND, E. 1929: 14 |
Avakubia castanea
LESSERT, R. DE 1927: 414 |