Afraflacilla albopunctata, Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 5-6

Afraflacilla albopunctata sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

The female of this species is related to the female of Afraflacilla tarajalis Miñano & Tamajón, 2017 from western Mediterranean by a similar abdominal colouration and very widely spaced epigynal pockets which are located on the lateral epigyne boundaries. Afraflacilla albopunctata sp. nov. is distinguished by a different course of the seeminal ducts, which are longer and form more loops than in A. tarajalis (compare Fig. 3D with Miñano & Tamajón 2017: figs 1a, 4a).

Etymology

The name refers to the abdominal pattern with four small white patches.

Material examined

Holotype IVORY COAST • ♀; Lamto; 17 Sep. 1975; “savane brulée en face de Tournier”; MNHN.

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.0, width 1.2, height 0.6. Eye field length 0.9, anterior width 1.0, posterior width 1.1. Abdomen length 2.7, width 1.6. General appearance as in Fig. 3A.

CARAPACE. Flat, brown, eye field darker, black at eyes. Thin white hairs on carapace, also forming white tufts between anterior eyes, longer brown bristles at frontal margin of carapace. Clypeus low, covered with white hairs. Mouthparts and sternum brown.

ABDOMEN. Ovoid, brownish with two broad transverse yellow streaks, posterior third of abdomen blackish with two pairs of small round white patches. Dense hairs of background colour cover dorsum, among them sparse long brown bristles. Venter dark yellow with median dark line. Anterior spinnerets grey, posteriors black.

LEGS. Brown, first pair darker. Leg hairs and spines brown.

EPIGYNE. With pair of pockets placed laterally ( Fig. 3B–C ). Copulatory openings located far from each other, seminal ducts long, forming a few loops, spermathecae elongated ( Fig. 3D ).

Distribution

Only known from the type locality, Lamto, Ivory Coast.

Figures

Fig. 3. Afraflacilla albopunctata sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (MNHN). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B–C. Epigyne. D. Internal structure of epigyne.