Selenops lucibel sp. nov. (Figs 46­48)

Type. Female holotype from Kalahari (no exact locality), L. Schulze, November 1969, deposited in ZMB.

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

Diagnosis: S. lucibel sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Selenops species by the shape of both the epigynum and spermathecae (Figs. 47­48), and by the colour pattern of opisthosoma (Fig. 46).

Female (holotype): Total length 8.00. Prosoma length 3.54, width 4.48. Opisthosoma length 4.37, width 3.54. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.09, PME 0.16, PLE 0.35, AME­AME 0.26, AME­ALE 0.40, AME­PME 0.12, PME­PME 0.77, PME­PLE 0.51, PLE­PLE 1.96, ALE­ALE 1.45. Leg formula 324?1. Leg IV missing. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 3.95, Pat+Tib 5.10, Mt 2.60, Ta 1.25, total 12.90; II­ 5.41, 6.03, 3.03, 1.25, total 15.72; III­ 5.62, 6.03, 3.43, 1.25, total 16.33. Leg spination: Fe. I­ pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, II­ pr0.2.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, III­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.0.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, IIIv2.2.0; Mt. I­III­ v2.2. Prosoma reddish­brown, chelicerae reddish and legs pale brown. Opisthosoma brown with markings as shown in Fig. 46, venter brownish­yellow. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 47­48.

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.