Bitonupa kraepelini Roewer 1933

Harms, Danilo & Dupérré, Nadine, 2018, An annotated type catalogue of the camel spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Zootaxa 4375 (1), pp. 1-58 : 15-17

Bitonupa kraepelini Roewer 1933

Fig. 7D–F

Roewer 1933: 405 (as Bitonupa kraepelini nov. spec.)

Type locality and specimens. nur ♀ — Ost-Afrika ( Ussandaui , Tabora) –(vidi 2 ♀, Typus).

Dimensions. Körperlänge 15 mm. [14.48mm; 17.18mm]

Oldest label. Daesia cfr. tigrina (Poc) E. Obst, d. X.1912, l. 1.II.1912, Kwa Mtoro, Ussandaui (Kraepelin handwriting).

Additional label. Bitonupa Kraepelini n.g. n. sp. 1♀—Typus, Ussandani O. Afr., revid.

1931 Roewer. No.—8243 (Roewer handwriting).

Type material. Lectotype ♀ designated here (ZMH-A0000174).

Taxonomic remarks. Roewer (1933) described this species based on two females from different localities and both are designated as types but no illustrations are given. Weidner (1959) mentions the specimen from Ussandani as the holotype and the female from Tabora as paratype in the ZMH collection. We were not able to locate the female specimen from Tabora and no other syntype specimens were found in SMF and ZMB. Note that the description is on page 405, not 305 ( Harvey, 2003: p. 227).

Collection remarks. The type locality refers to the Kwa Mtoro Village in the Ussandaui (Ussandawi) landscape of central Tanzania. The specimen was collected by Dr. Erich Obst who was leading an expedition of the Hamburg Geographical Society in 1911/12 to eastern Africa. An account of his travels is given in Obst (1912a, b).

Current systematic position. Daesiidae , Bitonupa kraepelini Roewer 1933 .

Figures

FIGURE7. A–C.Bitonota kraepeliniRoewer 1933, male lectotype.D–F. Bitonupa kraepelini Roewer1933, female lectotype. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Left chelicera, external view. D. Left chelicera, external view. E. Dorsal view. F. Ventral view.