Gramenca prima, Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002

Rollard, Christine & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2002, Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, Zoosystema 24 (2), pp. 283-307 : 292-293

Gramenca prima n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: road to Bakoré, Andropogon steppe, 500 m a.s.l., 8.X.1956, leg. M. Lamotte,; paratype: together with holotype, 1.

ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin for “first”; this species is the first member of the genus.

DIAGNOSIS. — The species may be recognised by the size and shape of the epigyne, the course of the very long seminal ducts and the presence of two median epigynal pockets.

DESCRIPTION

Male unknown.

Female. Measurements: carapace length 1.4-1.5, width 1.1, height 0.6-0.7. Abdomen length 1.5- 1.7, width 1.1-1.3. Eye field length 0.7-0.8, anterior and posterior width 1.0. Leg spination: I Fm d 1-1-1, Tb v 2-2-2, Mt v 2-2; II Fm d 1-1-2, Tb v 2-2-2, Mt v 2-2; III Fm d 1-1-2, Pt rl 1, Tb pl and rl 1-1, v 1ap, Mt pl and rl 1-1, v 2-2ap; IV Fm d 1- 1-1, Tb pl and rl 1-1, v 2ap, Mt pl and rl 1-1, v 2- 2ap. General appearance as in Fig. 7A. Small spider, with high carapace and large rectangular eye field. Carapace brown, ocular area darker, eyes surrounded by black rings. Sparse prostrate hairs on carapace, long brown setae in vicinity of eyes. Chelicerae brown, two teeth on promarginal edge and single big tooth on retromargin ( Fig. 7B). Clypeus low, labium and maxillae light brown, sternum orange. Abdomen greyish-beige, with traces of light pattern formed by small dots, along its middle. Venter yellowish. Some brown setae at anterior abdominal margin. Spinnerets yellowishgrey. Legs yellow, with brown rings on their femora, patellae and tibiae. Leg hairs short, spines light brown, long. Epigyne large, elongated, more or less pentagonal, with two pockets in its centre ( Fig. 7C). Seminal ducts very long and thin, narrowing before their outlet to receptacles.

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Receptacles small, kidney-shaped, with short accessory glands in their walls ( Fig. 7D).