Microdiores rwegura, Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2010

Nzigidahera, Benoît & Jocqué, Rudy, 2010, On new species of Microdiores (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Central and East Africa, ZooKeys 48 (48), pp. 11-19 : 14-15

Microdiores rwegura sp. n.

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Material examined. Holotype male. BURUNDI: Zone of “Parc National de la Kibira, Forêt de Rwegura”, 02.89891°S, 029.50405°E, site 1, tea plantation adjacent to NP, 30.X.2004, 1970m, pitfalls, B. Nzigidahera ( MRAC 227565 ).

Paratypes: BURUNDI: 1♁: 30.I.2004, same data as holotype ( INECN); 1♁: 30.IX.2004 same data as holotype ( INECN); 1♁: 02.89565°S, 029.50345°E, site 2, 30.I.2004, forest with Polyscias fulva and Macaranga neomildbraediana, 2120 m ( INECN); 1♁: 02.88562°S, 029.50221°E, site 3, 14. VI.2005, forest of Polyscias fulva and Hagenia abyssinica, 2160 m ( MRAC 227566).

Diagnosis. The male of this species is recognized by the shape of the embolus which is long and curved, with a very slender distal part supported by a complex MA which is clearly different from those in M. violaceus and M. aurantioviolaceus ; in these species the end of the embolus is supported by the short triangular prong at the tip of the MA. The latter two species also differ in their violet carapace.

Etymology. The specific name “ rwegura ” is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 2.00, carapace 0.90 long and 0.72 wide. Carapace orange. Eyes, AME very large, round; anterior eye row straight, posterior row procurved; AME: 0.10; ALE: 0.06; PME: 0.04; PLE: 0.04; AME-AME: 0.02; AME-ALE: 0.00; PME-PME: 0.06; PME-PLE: 0.02. Chelicerae orange. Sternum yel-

Figure 2A, B. Microdiores rwegura sp. n. A Male palp, ventral view B Male palp, retrolateral view. (Scale bars: 0.1mm)

lowish orange with dark orange margins; some setae along margin. Labium yellowish orange. Legs yellowish orange; with some short hairs, spineless. Abdomen pale yellowish orange dorsally and ventrally. Spinnerets pale yellowish orange. Palp (fig. 2A, B), cymbium with distal spine and sub-distal row of five modified setae; tibial apophysis short, sharp, pointing downward; embolus originating on posterior part of tegulum; its base pointing backward, thence running forward to tip of cymbium from where it is supported by longitudinal prong of complex MA.

Leg measurements:

Leg F P T Mt t Total

I 0.70 0.24 0.60 0.70 0.54 2.78

II 0.60 0.24 0.44 0.50 0.48 2.26

III 0.60 0.22 0.42 0.54 0.40 2.18

IV 0.80 0.22 0.60 0.80 0.50 2.92

Female Unknown

Variation. Carapace colour may vary from bright orange to yellowish orange

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.