Cheiracanthium punctipedellum Caporiacco, 1949

Lotz, L. N., 2015, New Species of the Spider Genus Cheiracanthium from Continental Africa (Araneae: Eutichuridae), Zootaxa 3973 (2), pp. 321-336 : 330

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scientific name	Cheiracanthium punctipedellum Caporiacco, 1949
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Figs 34–36 View FIGURES 31 – 39. 31 – 33 C

Chiracanthium punctipedellum Caporiacco, 1949: 437 , figs 71; Lotz, 2007a: 52, figs 97–100, 138.

Diagnosis. C. punctipedellum is most similar to C. molle L. Koch, 1875 , having a bifid DTA and a RTA in males and copulatory ducts where anterior proceeding part and posterior proceeding part lay close to each other and are of almost equal length in females. Differs by the copulatory ducts of female entering the spermathecae anteriomedially and not anterio-laterally (see Lotz 2007a: figs 87, 100), and males by the fangs lacking a basal knob and the TA apex being broader and the RTA’s having more rounded apexes (see Lotz 2007a: figs 91–92 and Figs 35– 36 View FIGURES 31 – 39. 31 – 33 C ).

Description. Females redescribed by Lotz (2007a). Male: (n = 3): TL = 6.40 (6.0–6.7); CL = 2.93 (2.8–3.0); CW = 2.20 (2.1–2.3); OAL = 0.47 (0.45–0.50); OAW = 1.00 (1.0–1.0); CLL = 0.10 (0.1–0.1). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs, without basal knob; fang furrow with six teeth of unequal size, with PMT:RMT = 3:3 ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 31 – 39. 31 – 33 C ). Measurements: AME–AME 0.15; AME–ALE 0.10; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.25; PME–PLE 0.15; PME diameter 0.12; MOQAW 0.45; MOQPW 0.50; CI (CL/CW) 1.36; LL:CL 5.80; STL 1.4; STW 1.1. Leg measurements: I—4.4+1.5+4.5+5.1+1.9 = 17.4; II—3.3+1.3+3.1+3.6+1.1 = 16.4; III—2.7+1.1+2.1+2.9+0.8 = 9.6; IV—3.8+1.3+3.2+4.4+1.1 = 13.8; Palp—1.4+0.5+0.7+1.5 = 4.1. Leg spines: I 0-1p1r-1p1r, 2v-11v- 0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II 0-1p1r-1p1r, 2v-1 v1 p-1p, 2v 1p- 1v 1p- 1v 1p; III 0-1p1r-1p1r, 2v- 1p1r-1p1r, 2v 1p1r- 2v 1p1r- 3v 1p1r; IV 0-1p1r-1p1r, 2v- 1p1r-1p1r, 2v 1p1r- 8v 1p1r- 3v 1p1r. Abdomen: similar to female, but more elongate. Palp ( Figs 35–36 View FIGURES 31 – 39. 31 – 33 C ): cymbium elongate, more than twice tibia length (excluding RTA’s), with a straight proximally directed apophysis with a sharp apex; tibia with bifid DTA and RTA; DTA short, dorso-lateral part with a sharp apex; RTA with a single apex; TA sclerotized, long, with broad apex; EM long, almost encircling tegulum, ending at CON apex; CON not sclerotized but distinct.

New material examined. 1♂, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Costermansville, 02º29’S, 28º51’E, 2.III.1937, H.J. Bredo ( MRAC 22975); 1♂, 1♀, Saké, 01º34’S, 29º02’E, V.1937, J. Ghesquère ( MRAC 23163); 1♂ RWANDA: Kisenyi, 01º42’S, 29º16’E, XII.1952, A. Bertrand ( MRAC 78860).

Distribution. Widely distributed from northern South Africa to D.R. Congo, Rwanda and Kenya ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 52 – 55 ).