Paracladycnis vis Blandin, 1979

Cruz Da Silva, Estevam L. & Sierwald, Petra, 2013, On three monotypic nursery web spider genera from Madagascar with first description of the male of Tallonia picta Simon, 1889 and redescription of the type-species of Paracladycnis Blandin, 1979 and Thalassiopsis Roewer, 1955 (Araneae: Lycosoidea: Pisauridae), Zootaxa 3750 (3), pp. 277-288 : 286-287

Paracladycnis vis Blandin, 1979

Figs 27 ?34

Paracladycnis vis Blandin 1979: 370 , figs 8, 11, 19, 37, female holotype from Tananarive, Madagascar (MNHN 26227) (examined).

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis.

Description. Female (Holotype, Tananarive, Madagascar, MNHN 26227). Total length 15.29. Carapace 6.51 long, 5.71 wide, light brown with a wide median dark brown band ( Fig. 27 ). Clypeus dark brown with two pairs of dark brown macrosetae on central area ( Fig. 28 ), 0.62 high. Anterior eye row slightly recurved in frontal view ( Fig. 28 ), 1.28 wide; posterior recurved in dorsal view ( Fig. 27 ), 1.86 wide. Eye diameters, interdistances, and median ocular quadrangle: AME 0.21, ALE 0.22, PME 0.25, PLE 0.26; AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.30, OQA 0.60, OQP 0.92, OQH 0.60. Chelicerae dark brown with white bristles ( Fig. 28 ). Sternum light brown with a yellowish median band, bristly; 2.73 long, 2.57 wide. Labium yellow, 0.91 long, 1.16 wide. Legs light brown, relative length: II-I-III-IV, I—femur 9.70/ patella-tibia 12.63/ metatarsus 8.91/ tarsus 4.52/ total 35.76; II—10.50/ 12.23/ 9.30/ 4.25/ 36.28; III—9.30/ 9.97/ 7.71/ 3.59/ 30.57; IV—10.24/ 10.64/ 9.84/ 4.12/ 34.84. Superior tarsal claw with 12 teeth). Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-4; III-3; IV-3. Abdomen 8.64 long, light brown with a dark brown band delimited by a line of white bristles ( Fig. 27 ); with three pairs of dorsal sigillae. Venter light brown, with scattered setae. Epigynum with large scape at the middle field and with prominent lateral lobes ( Fig. 29 , 30 ). Stalk of the spermathecae long ( Fig. 31 ). Base of the spermathecae enlarged ( Fig. 31 ). Head of the spermathecae slender and with conspicuous pores ( Fig. 32 ).

Other material examined. MADAGASCAR, Toliara: Resérve Spéciele d'Ambohijanahary, Fôret d'Ankazotsihitafototra [1524'S, 4944'E], elevation 1050 m, 1 ♀, 13–17.I.2003, B.L. Fisher & C.E. Griswold (CAS 9017230); Fianarantsoa: Parc National d'Isalo, Sahanafa river [2218'S, 4517'E], elevation 500 m, 5 ♀, 10– 13.II.2003, B.L. Fisher & C.E. Griswold (CAS 9017315).

Distribution. Madagascar (Fianarantsoa, Maroantsetra, Tananarive, and Toliara) ( Fig. 34 ).

Note. The measurements of P. vis were made from the female holotype, but the SEM images were made from fresh individuals recently collected and deposited in CAS collection.

Figures

FIGURE 34. Distribution of Paracladycnis Blandin, 1979, Tallonia Simon, 1889 and Thalassiopsis Roewer, 1955 in Madagascar.

FIGURES 27 – 29. Paracladycnis vis Blandin, 1979. 27, 28 female habitus (27 dorsal, 28 frontal). 29 female epigynum, ventral. (LL = lateral lobes, MF = middle field).

FIGURES 30 – 33. Paracladycnis vis Blandin, 1979. 30? 32 female epigynum (30 ventral, 31 dorsal, 32 detail of head of spermathecae). 33 tarsal claw of left leg I. (BS = base of spermathecae, FD = fertilization duct, HS = head of spermathecae, LL = lateral lobes, MF = middle field, SS = stalk of spermathecae).