Pochytoides tonkoui, 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 : 92-94

Pochytoides tonkoui sp. nov.

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Fig. 52

Diagnosis

The female of this species differs from the congeners in the structure of the epigyne, especially in the two-chambered spermathecae (congeners have a single chamber) and long seminal ducts with additional diverticula (absent in other species).

Etymology

The specific name is a noun in apposition, and refers to the type locality.

Material examined

Holotype IVORY COAST • ♀; Mt Tonkoui ; 7°27′15″ N, 7°38′14″ W; 900–1000 m a.s.l.; 11 Nov. 1975; “forêt, sur branches”; MNHN.

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.1, width 1.5, height 0.9. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.3. Abdomen length 2.3, width 1.6. General appearance as in Fig. 52A–B.

CARAPACE. High, abruptly sloping posteriorly, dark brown, clothed in short grey hairs. Eye field trapezoid, anterior row of eyes slightly wider than the posterior row, vicinity of eyes black. Anterior eyes encircled by fawn scales. Chelicerae with two teeth on promargin and single broad tooth on retromargin. Mouthparts and sternum light brown.

ABDOMEN. Beige with broad yellow serrated band medially, venter yellow. Sparse brown hairs on abdomen, longer and denser at anterior edge. Spinnerets yellow.

LEGS. First pair brown, other legs yellow. Spination of leg I typical for the genus; four pairs of long spines on tibia ventrally and two pairs on metatarsus. Palp with single retrolateral spine on tarsus.

EPIGYNE. Rounded, with two depressions anteriorly and a pair of widely separated pockets near epigastric furrow ( Fig. 52C ). Atria large, seminal ducts long with deep additional diverticula, spermathecae composed of two spherical chambers ( Fig. 52D–E ).

Distribution

Only known from the type locality, Mt Tonkoui, in Ivory Coast.

Figures

Fig. 52. Pochytoides tonkoui sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (MNHN). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Epigyne. D–E. Internal structure of epigyne.