Zelotibia kibira, Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009

Nzigidahera, Benoît & Jocqué, Rudy, 2009, An of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine Rift, ZooKeys 13 (13), pp. 1-28 : 15-16

Zelotibia kibira sp. n.

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Material examined. Holotype. Female. BURUNDI: Parc National de la Kibira, Mont Musumba, 02° 52’S 029° 30’E, 25.XI.2008, 2100 m, pitfalls, Nzigidahera Benoît ( MRAC 226268 ).

Diagnosis. Female of Zelotibia kibira sp. n. is distinguished by the long scape longtitudinally divided, separating copulatory openings.

Etymology. The species name “ kibira ” is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Description. Female holotype ( Fig. 7 ): Total length 4.80, carapace 1.72 long and 4.68 wide. Carapace darker chestnut brown suffused with black and with darker striae radiating from fovea, with tuft of bristles at the posterior end. Eyes AME area dark, anterior row recurved, posterior row straight. AME: 0.07; ALE: 0.08; PME: 0.07; PLE: 0.07; AME-AME: 0.02; AME-ALE: 0.02; PME-PME: 0.02; PME-PLE: 0.03. Chelicerae chestnut brown covered by dark bristles. Sternum pale chestnut brown, with long hairs around margin. Labium coloured as sternum. Legs coloured as sternum, metatarsi III and IV with ventral preening comb at tip. Abdomen dorsally very dark grey, tuft of bristles at anterior end; ventraly pale yellowish. Spinnerets pale yellowish. Epigyne ( Figs 22 , 32 ) in ventral view showing anteriorly a scape longitudinally divided separating lateral copulatory openings.

Male unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality Musumba in Kibira National Park, Burundi ( Fig. 38 ).

Figures

Figure 38. Type locality of Zelotibia angelica, Z. curvifemur, Z. fosseyae, Z. kibira and Z. subsessa

Figures 1-11. Habitus of Zelotibia 1 Zelotibia angelica sp. n. female; 2 Z. curvifemur sp. n., female; 3 male; 4 Z. fosseyae sp. n., female; 5 Z. johntony sp. n., female; 6 Z. kanama sp. n., female; 7 Z. kibira sp. n., female; 8 Z. lejeunei sp. n., female; 9 Z. major, female; 10 Z. paucipapillata, female; 11 Z. subsessa sp. n., female.

Figures 17-26. Epigynes, ventral view 17 Zelotibia angelica sp. n.; 18 Z. curvifemur sp. n.; 19 Z. fosseyae sp. n., female; 20 Z. johntony sp. n.; 21 Z. kanama sp. n.; 22 Z. kibira sp. n. 23 Z. lejeunei sp. n. 24 Z. major; 25 Z. paucipapillata; 26 Z. subsessa sp. n., (scale bar 0.2 mm).

Figures 27-36. Epigynes, ventral view 27 Zelotibia angelica sp. n.; 28 Z. curvifemur sp. n.; 29 Z. fosseyae sp. n., female; 30 Z. johntony sp. n.; 31 Z. kanama sp. n.; 32 Z. kibira sp. n. 33 Z. lejeunei sp. n. 34 Z. major; 35 Z. paucipapillata; 36 Z. subsessa sp. n., (scale bar 0.2 mm).