Pochytoides perezi ( Berland & Millot, 1941 ) Wesołowska, 2018

Wesołowska, Wanda, 2018, A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 418, pp. 1-26 : 14-15

Pochytoides perezi ( Berland & Millot, 1941) comb. nov.

Fig. 8

Pochyta (Pochytoides) perezi Berland & Millot, 1941: 362 , fig. 63a–c.

Type material

Holotype

GUINEA: ♀, Macenta , 08°33′ N, 09°28′ W [620 m a.s.l.], [1937, leg. J. Millot] ( MNHN).

Differential diagnosis

The female has an epigyne similar to that of P. spiniger sp. nov., sharing the V-shaped anterior epigynal depression and the absence of pockets, but may be distinguished by having a broader area occupied by the atria than that of P. spiniger sp. nov. in comparison to the area surrounding the spermathecae (compare Fig. 8B–C with Fig. 15A–C ).

Redescription

Male

Unknown.

Female

DIMENSIONS. Cephalothorax: length 2.1, width 1.7, height 1.2. Abdomen: length 2.0, width 1.6. Eye field: length 1.1, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.4.

COLOUR AND BODY. Carapace dark brown, covered with fine hairs. Eye field darker, some brown bristles at anterior eyes. Abdomen brown with lighter herring-bone pattern dorsally and numerous patches on lateral sides ( Fig. 8A ). Spinnerets brownish. Legs long, yellow, with delicate yellowish hairs.

GENITALIA. Epigyne strongly sclerotized, especially anteriorly where characteristic plate with small depression between atria is situated ( Fig. 8B–C ). Copulatory openings hidden in very deep atria, accessory glands connected to spermathecae ( Fig. 8D ).

Figures

Fig. 8. Pochytoides perezi (Berland & Millot, 1941) comb. nov., holotype, ♀. A. Abdominal pattern. B–C. Epigyne.D. Internal structure of epigyne. Scale bars:A=1.0 mm, B–D =0.2 mm.

Fig. 15. Pochytoides spiniger sp. nov., paratypes, ♀. A–C. Epigyne. D. Internal structure of epigyne. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.