Zelotibia paucipapillata Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005

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 : 19-20

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Zelotibia similis Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005 syn. n.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype. Female of Zelotibia similis : Burundi. Rusarenda, 3°07’S 29°33’E, 25.III.2002 mountain forest, by hand Nzigidahera Benoît ( MRAC 213741 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Holotype. Male of Zelotibia paucipapillata : Congo D.R. Kivu, Lwiro , 02°15’S 028°48’E, IX.1964, Bafort J. ( MRAC 127428 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Other material. All from BURUNDI, Parc National de la Kibira, Rwegura, Mt Musumba, 02°52’S 029°30’E, Nzigidahera B. site 1, mountain heather, Philippia benguelensis , 2650 m: 2♀: 25.X.2008 ( INECN) GoogleMaps ; 1♀: 25.IV.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 25.II.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 25.VII.2008 ( MRAC 226383) ; 1 ♁: 10.III.2008 ( MRAC 226390) ; site 2, forest with Hagenia abyssinica , 2548m: 3♁, 6♀: 25.II.2008 ( INECN) ; 4♁, 1♀: 25.XI.2008 (IN- ECN) ; 1♁, 2♀: 10.IX.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♀: 10.III.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♀: 25.III.2008 (IN- ECN) ; 1♁: 10.X.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♀: 24.IV.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 25.XII.2008 ( MRAC 226347) ; 2 ♁, 1♀: 25.XII.2008 ( MRAC 226351) ; 1 ♁: 25.VII.2008 ( MRAC 226374) ; 3 ♀: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226381) ; 1 ♁: 10.I.2009 ( MRAC 226388) ; 3 ♀: 25.V.2008 ( MRAC 226393) ; site 3, forest with Hagenia abyssinica , 2444 m: 3♀: 10.V.2008 (IN- ECN) ; 8♁, 1♀: 10.III.2008 ( INECN) ; 7♁, 3♀: 5.II.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 10.XI.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁, 1♀: 25.VII.2008 ( INECN) ; 4♁, 2♀: 10.XII.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♀: 26.I.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 10.IV.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♁: 25.VIII.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♁, 3♀: 25.X.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♁: 10.VII.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♁, 1♀: 10.IX.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♁: 25.XII.2008 ( MRAC 226346) ; 8♁: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226349) ; 2♁: 10.X.2008 ( MRAC 226352) ; 2♁, 1♀: 10.VIII.2008 ( MRAC 226354) ; 2♁, 2♀: 10.VI.2008 ( MRAC 226365) ; 3♁, 1♀: 25.IX.2008 ( MRAC 226369) ; 1♀: 25.V.2008 ( MRAC 226385) ; 2♀: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226394) ; site 4, forest with Macaranga neomildbraediana and Polyscias fulva , 2352m: 2♁: 25.VI.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁, 2♀: 25.VII.2008 INECN) ; 2♁, 2♀: 10.IX.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♀: 25.VI.2008 ( INECN) ; 3♁, 4♀: 25.XI.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 25.IX.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♁: 25.X.2008 ( INECN) ; 1 ♁, 4♀: 10.I.2009 ( MRAC 226348) ; ♁, 6♀: 26.I.2008 ( MRAC 226350) ; 3♁, 3♀: 25.IV.2008 ( MRAC 226353) ; 1♁, 1♀: 25.XII.2008 ( MRAC 226355) ; 1♁, 1♀: 25.XII.2008 ( MRAC 226356) ; 1♀: 25.VI.2008 ( MRAC 226360) ; 13♀: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226361) ; 8♀: 26.I.2008 ( MRAC 226364) ; 1♁: 10.III.2008 ( MRAC 226366) ; 2♁: 10.X.2008 ( MRAC 226367) ; 7♁, 5♀: 25.II.2008 ( MRAC 226370) ; 13♀: 25.III.2008 ( MRAC 226371) ; 2♁: 10.III.2008 ( MRAC 226372) ; 13♀: 10.IV.2008 ( MRAC 226373) ; 2♁, 1♀: 25.V.2008 ( MRAC 226376) ; 2♁, 2♀: 10.VII.2008 ( MRAC 226378) ; 3♁: 25.III.2008 ( MRAC 226379) ; 2♁, 1♀: 25.VIII.2008 ( MRAC 226384) ; 5♁: 10.IV.2008 ( MRAC 226389) ; 4♁: 10.III.2008 ( MRAC 226392) ; site 5, forest with Carapa grandiflora and Polyscias fulva , 2252m: 1♁: 25.XI.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♀: 25.VI.2008 ( INECN) ; 6♀: 10.III.2008 ( MRAC 226357) ; 1♁, 2♀: 25.V.2008 ( MRAC 226358) ; 1♁: 10.VII.2008 ( MRAC 226362) ; 1♀: 25.VII.2008 ( MRAC 226380) ; 1♀: 25.IV.2008 ( MRAC 226386) ; 1♀: 12.II.2008 ( MRAC 226387) ; site 6, forest with Carapa grandiflora and Polyscias fulva , 2150m: 1♁: 10.IX.2008 (IN- ECN) ; 1♀: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226368) ; site 7, tea plantation, 2100m: 1♀: 10.III.2008 ( INECN) ; 5♁, 4♀: 25.III.2008 ( INECN) ; 2♁: 10.X.2008 ( INECN) ; 3♁: 10.XII.2008 ( INECN) ; 1♀: 25.XI.2008 ( INECN) ; 3♁: 25.X.2008 ( MRAC 226359) ; 3♁: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226375) ; 1♀: 10.VI.2008 ( MRAC 226377) ; 1♀: 10.IV.2008 ( MRAC 226382) ; 1♀: 10.II.2008 ( MRAC 226391) .

Remark. The habitus of the female of Zelotibia similis is very similar to that of the male of Zelotibia paucipapillata . As specimens have been caught together many times in the Rusarenda area, Z. similis is regarded a synonym of Z. paucipapillata which has page priority.

References

Russell-Smith A, Murphy JA (2005) Zelotibia, a new zelotine spider genus from central Africa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 2: 103 - 122.

Figures

Figure 41. Localities of Zelotibia paucipapillata.

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).