Selenops dilon sp. nov. (Figs. 21­23)

Type. Female holotype from South Africa, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (25°30´S 30°58´E), I/ 1982, M. van den Berg Col., in NCA 82/272.

Etymology. The specific epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Diagnosis. The females of S. dilon sp. nov. resemble S. zuluanus (Lawrence), but can be distinguished by the shape of the middle field and spermathecae (Figs. 21­22).

Female (holotype). Total length 14.00. Prosoma length 6.14, width 7.38. Opisthosoma length 7.80, width 7.18. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.19, PME 0.30, PLE 0.45, AME­AME 0.41, AME­ALE 0.71, AME­PME 0.26, PME­PME 1.46, PME­PLE 0.86, PLE­PLE 3.34, ALE­ALE 2.74. Leg formula 2341. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 6.76, Pat+Tib 8.11, Mt 3.95, Ta 1.66, total 20.48; II­ 8.42, 9.57, 5.30, 1.66, total 24.95; III­ 8.42, 9.05, 5.10, 1.66, total 24.23; IV­ 8.00, 8.32, 4.78, 1.66, total 22.76. Leg spination: Fe. I­ pr2.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, II­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, III­ pr1.0.1, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, IV­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, III­IV­ v2.2.0; Mt. I­II­ v2.2, III­IVv2.1. Prosoma reddish­brown. Chelicerae dark brown­red. Legs brown with tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi darker. Femora I­IV with pale brown prolateral band and a circular prolateral distal area with white hairs. Opisthosoma brown­yellow with dark spots as in Fig. 23, venter pale brown. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 21­22.

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.