Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869

Fig. 2f–h

Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869: 64 .

Ligentella benguelae – Kaltenbach 1996: 257–259.

Type material

Holotype (1 female)

ANGOLA • ♀ (Fig. 2f–h); “// Holotype // O 277 ♀ / Benguela // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Benguelae / Sss. // Parentella ♀ / benguelae Sauss. / det. Beier ”; ZMH 833033 .

Type locality

West Africa, Benguela [Angola].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Incomplete: last pair of legs is missing.

Remarks

In the original publication Saussure quotes “Africa occidentalis” [West Africa] as type locality. However in a later publication (Saussure 1871), he gives a more detailed description of this type specimen and quotes Benguela as more specific type locality.