Thyene aperta ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7225715 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87C3-B155-3450-FDAA-5A11FCFB6395 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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Thyene aperta ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903 ) |
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Thyene aperta ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903) View in CoL
Fig. 70 View Fig
Modunda aperta Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 210 , pl. 26 fig. 9, 9a.
Thyene aperta View in CoL – Wesołowska 2012a: 336, figs 40–44.
non Paramodunda thyenioides – Clark 1974: 21, figs 25–26.
non Thyene semiargentea View in CoL – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 108, figs 300–306.
Diagnosis
This species may be distinguished by the abdominal pattern. The posterior half of the abdomen is occupied by a large black area divided into three parts. A small round white spot is located in the center of this black area in both sexes ( Fig. 70A, D View Fig ). This white spot is reduced to dot in the male. The male palp has a soft flap oriented transverse to the prolateral edge of the bulb ( Fig. 70B View Fig ).
Material examined
IVORY COAST • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 imm.; Lamto ; 13 Aug. 1975; “savane, haut des herbes”; MNHN • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Aug. 1975; MNHN • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 3 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂, 2 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 2 ♀♀, 1 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Sep. 1975; “savane du rocher, haut des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 22 Aug. 1975; “savane arborée, haut des herbes”; MNHN .
Description
For both species see Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2000) sub Thyene semiargentea . General appearance of male as in Fig. 70A View Fig , female in Fig. 70D View Fig , palpal organ as in Fig. 70B–C View Fig .
Remarks
The species was first reported by Clark (1974), who drew a female from Simon’s collection (locality unknown). He mistakenly identified the spider as Paramodunda thyenioides Lessert, 1925 . However, the type of the latter species has a different colouration and palpal structure (see figs in Prószyński 1984: 168). Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2000) provided a detailed description of both sexes of Thyene aperta based on extensive material from Tanzania but wrongly determined it as Thyene semiargentea (Simon, 1884) . Prószyński (1987) studied the type of Mithion semiargenteus and his drawings clearly showed a different pattern of the abdomen and the vertical position of the flap on the bulb (see figs in Prószyński 1987: 111). Only the redescription of the types of Thyene aperta by Wesołowska (2012a) allowed for its recognition.
Distribution
A species previously known from Zimbabwe and Tanzania .
MNHN |
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Thyene aperta ( Peckham & Peckham, 1903 )
Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony 2022 |
Thyene aperta
Wesolowska W. 2012: 336 |
Thyene semiargentea
Wesolowska W. & Russell-Smith A. 2000: 108 |
Paramodunda thyenioides
Clark D. J. 1974: 21 |
Modunda aperta
Peckham G. W. & Peckham E. G. 1903: 210 |