Selenops lesnei Lessert, 1936 (Figs. 35­39)

Selenops lesnei Lessert, 1936 . Rev. Suisse Zool., 43:265, figs. 60, 62­64. Female holotype and male paratype from Mozambique: Zambeze, Mouvia­Sare and Inhafoune, in Museé de Histoire Naturelle, Genève, not examined.

S. rhodesianus Lawrence, 1940 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 32(6):560, fig. 4. Type examined. First synonymized by Corronca (1998c:80).

S. lesnei .­ Benoit, 1968. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(11­2):136, figs. 23­25.

Diagnosis. Selenops lesnei resembles S. vigilans, but the females can be distinguished by the shape of the epigynum (middle field is wider and shorter than in S. vigilans) and by the shape of the spermathecae (Figs. 38­39). The males are characterized by the shape of the tibial apophysis (Fig. 36) and the falciform conductor (Fig. 37).

Female. The female was described by Lessert (1936) and redescribed by Lawrence (1940) and Benoit (1968). Colour pattern of opisthosoma as in Fig. 35. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 38­39.

Male. The male was described by Lessert (1936) and redescribed by Benoit (1968). Palp as in Figs. 36­37.

New records. BURUNDI: Kanyania, 1500m, 2 females, XII/57, Dames de Marie Col., MRAC 168.894. SOMALIA: Djibounti, 1 male, 1 female, 1 immature, VII/74, P. Leriche Col., MRAC 146.270. RWANDA: Kisenyi, 2 females, VIII/53, A. Bertrand Col., MRAC 78859.

Known distribution. Eritrea, Mozambique, Zimbabwe (Corronca 2000), Burundi, Somalia and Rwanda.