Selenops zairensis Benoit, 1968 (Figs. 81­83)

Selenops zairensis Benoit, 1968 . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1­2):128, figs. 11­12. Female holotype from Zaïre, Ile Biawa, 7/VIII/38, Vissers Col., in MRAC N° 22715, examined. S. zairensis Benoit, 1968 . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 83:128.

Diagnosis. In the females of S. zairensis and S. pygmaeus the general shape of the spermathecae (Fig. 82) are very similar. However they can be distinguished from each other by the shape of the elongated middle field and the lateral lobes present near the midline in S. zairensis (Fig. 81).

Female. The female was described by Benoit (1968). Colour pattern of opisthosoma is shown in Fig. 83 and the epigynum and spermathecae in Figs. 81­82.

New records. LIBERIA?: Aircraft from Liberia, 1 female, 31/III/67, Byrnes Col., CAS. ZAÏRE: Luholo River (900m), 1 female subadult, 10/IX/57, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS. ANGOLA: Porto Amboim, 1 female subadult, 4/X/49, B. Malkin Col., CAS.

Known distribution. Ivory Coast (Benoit 1971), Angola, Zaïre and Liberia?