Dasycyptus dimus Simon, 1902

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 : 17-20

Dasycyptus dimus Simon, 1902

Figs 13–14

Dasycyptus dimus Simon, 1902a: 364 .

Carrhotus semiaurantiacus Simon, 1909: 432 .

Dasycyptus dimus – Simon 1903a: 737, figs 844, 852. — Prószyński 1987: 19.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂; Lamto , Bandama Forest ; 9 Dec. 1975; MNHN .

Redescription

Male

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.3, width 2.0, height 1.6. Eye field length 1.5, anterior and posterior width 2.1. Abdomen length 3.1, width 1.9. General appearance as in Fig. 13A.

CARAPACE. Dark brown, near eyes black with metallic shine, wide light streak formed by white hairs on lateral slopes. Anterior eyes encircled by white scales, some brown bristles at anterior row of eyes. Whole carapace covered with recumbent colourless hairs. Clypeus yellowish brown. Sternum brown, mouthparts brown with whitish tips. Chelicerae dark brown, with single retromarginal tooth and two small teeth on promargin.

ABDOMEN. Ovoid, blackish, shiny, with two pairs of small rounded submarginal patches in posterior half, some white hairs on anterior margin, sparse brown bristles on dorsum. Venter light brown, spinnerets brown.

LEGS. Dark brown, distal segments lighter, leg hairs and spines brown, femora of legs I and II densely covered with white hairs, legs III and IV bearing dense white hairs on all segments ( Fig. 13A ). Also coxae and trochanters of all legs with white hairs.

PEDIPALPS. As in Figs 13B–D , 14A–D , tibial apophysis massive, broad, bicuspid; tegulum oval, terminal apophysis accompanying embolus ( Fig. 14E ).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Previously known only from Gabon.

Figures

Fig. 13. Dasycyptus dimus Simon, 1902, ♂ (MNHN). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Palpal organ, ventral view. C. Palpal organ, dorsolateral view. D. Palpal organ, lateral view.

Fig. 14. Dasycyptus dimus Simon, 1902, ♂ (MNHN). A. Palpal organ, ventral view. B–C. Palpal organ, lateral view. D. Palpal organ, dorsal view. E. Embolic division.