Quamtana kitahurira Huber, 2003

Huber, Bernhard A. & Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 59, pp. 1-44 : 38

Quamtana kitahurira Huber, 2003

Figs 106-113

Quamtana kitahurira Huber, 2003c: 513 , figs 24, 204-208 (♂, Uganda).

Quamtana kitahurira – Huber & Warui 2012: 12 (♂, Rwanda).

New records

GUINEA: 8 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ 1 juv. in pure ethanol, in MRAC ( 236930 ), Mt. Nimba, Forêt de Zié, near Gouan camp or “Station de Pompage Zié” [7°40’N, 8°26’W], 1250 m a.s.l., canopy fogging of trees and understory shrub layer, 3 Oct. 2011 (D. Van den Spiegel, A. Henrard) ; 1 ♂ in pure ethanol, in MRAC ( 236929 ), same data but beating trees and shrubs with hanging litter at 1.5-3 m above ground . ANGOLA: 1 ♂ in SMF ( Ang 59.1 ), near Dundo [~ 7°23’S, 20°51’E], gallery forest of Chilanda river, in bushes, 4 Oct. 1946 (A. de Barros Machado) .

Description

Female

In general similar to male, habitus as in Figs 106-108 ; entire animal pale ochre-gray, abdomen light yellow-greenish; tibia 1: 3.4, 3.5, 3.8. Epigynum very simple externally, strongly protruding but weakly sclerotized, with pair of pockets not visible in dissecting microscope ( Fig. 110 ; arrows in Fig. 112 ); internal genitalia as in Figs 111 , 113 .

Distribution

Apparently widely distributed in tropical Africa, but so far only recorded from Uganda, Rwanda, Guinea, and Angola.

Note

The male from Angola has a slightly more slender procursus but it otherwise identical to specimens from Guinea and East Africa; tibia 1: 4.0.

Figures

Figs 106 - 111. Quamtana kitahurira Huber, 2003. 106 - 108. ♀, dorsal, ventral, and lateral views. 109. ♂ prosoma, oblique frontal view. 110 - 111. Cleared ♀ genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale lines: 106 - 108 = 1 mm; 109 = 0.5 mm; 110 - 111 = 0.2 mm.

Figs 112 - 113. Quamtana kitahurira Huber, 2003. Cleared ♀ genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Arrows point at epigynal pockets. Scale line: 0.2 mm.