Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, 1976 (Figs. 58­61)

Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, 1976 . Rev. Zool. afr. 89(4):930, figs. 8­10. Female holotype and male paratype from Zaïre, Kivu, Kanyamavono (1000m), Plaine de la Ruindi, 07/72; R.P.M. Lejeune Col., in MRAC N°144.653, examined.

Diagnosis. S. pygmaeus is a small­sized selenopid. The females are distinguished by the circular depression and the separated lateral lobes on the epigynum (Fig. 60); the males are characterized by the shape of the tibial apophysis of the palp (Fig. 59) and the median apophysis having two branches, one very short (Fig. 59­60).

Female. The female was described by Benoit (1976). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 60­61.

Male. The male was described by Benoit (1976). Palp as in Figs. 58­59.

New record. IVORY COAST: Bouaflé, Klebo, 1 male, I/81, J. Everts Col., MRAC 166.364

Known distribution. Zaïre (Benoit, 1976) and Ivory Coast.