Thyene blaisei (Simon, 1902)

Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data, European Journal of Taxonomy 952, pp. 1-171 : 140-141

Thyene blaisei (Simon, 1902)

Fig. 92

Brancus blaisei Simon, 1902a: 400 .

Brancus blaisei – Berland & Millot 1941: 332, fig. 34a. — Prószyński 1987: fig. on p. 8.

Thyene blaisei – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2022: 121.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♂; Ruwenzori , Bundibugyo; 1050 m a.s.l.; 1952; O. Evans leg.; NHM .

Redescription

Male

General appearance as in Fig. 92A.

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.5, width 2.0, height 1.1. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.6. Abdomen length 2.7, width 1.6.

CARAPACE. Flattened, roundish, widest halfway along its length, reddish brown, darker posteriorly, black near eyes. Long bristles at eyes, some brown hairs on carapace slopes. Chelicera big, unidentate. Sternum and mouthparts brown, tips of endites lighter.

ABDOMEN. Oval, narrower than carapace, olive greyish, along the center whitish silver scales form a brightly shining strip, laterally from it orange brownish streaks. Venter brownish grey, darker medially, spinnerets light brown.

LEGS. Brown with yellow tarsi. Two anterior pairs of legs longer and thicker than others. Leg hairs and spines brown.

PALPS. Brown. Palpal organ as in Fig. 92B–E . Tibial apophysis thin and straight ( Fig. 92E ), bulb rounded with small appendix at embolus base, embolus long, two and a half times encircling bulb ( Fig. 92C ).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Hitherto known only from Gabon, this is the first record from Uganda.

Figures

Fig. 92. Thyene blaisei (Simon, 1902), ♂ (NHM). A. General appearance. B–C. Palpal organ, ventral view. D. Palpal organ, ventrolateral view. E. Palpal organ, lateral view.