Mistaria zuluana (Roewer, 1955) Roewer, 1955

Kioko, Grace M., Jaeger, Peter, Kioko, Esther N., Ji, Li-Qiang & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, On the species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 studied by Roewer (1955) from Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 109-132 : 109

Mistaria zuluana (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. Figs 11, 12J, 13

Agelena zuluana Roewer 1955: 63.

Type material examined.

Holotype ♀, South Africa, Zululand, Ulundi, 1953, Coll. C.F. Roewer (SMF 9904908).

Diagnosis.

M. zuluana comb. nov. and M. nyassana have similarly shaped epigyne anterior delimiting edge (Figs 9A, 11A) and almost equal size (Fig. 12H, J). However, M. zuluana comb. nov. can be distinguished from M. nyassana by the shape and distance of copulatory ducts which are clearly visible and close together in M. zuluana comb. nov. (Fig. 11B) compared to reduced and further apart in M. nyassana (Fig. 9B).

Redescription.

Total length 6.81. Carapace 2.81 long 2.40 wide. Abdomen 4.00 long 2.40 wide. Habitus as in Fig. 12J. Carapace slightly longer than wide, brownish-yellow, four pairs of black lateral bands present. Cephalic region dark brown. Fovea short. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.19, PME 0.17, PLE 0.19, AME–AME 0.08, AME–PME 0.19, ALE–PLE 0.08, PME–PME 0.13, PME–PLE 0.14. Chelicerae dark brown. Labium 3/4 length of endites, yellow suffused with black. Endites yellow. Sternum yellow suffused with black. Legs creamish-yellow. Leg measurements: I 10.20 (3.00, 3.20, 2.40, 1.60), II 9.60 (3.00, 3.00, 2.20, 1.40), III 8.40 (2.40, 2.60, 2.00, 1.40), IV 11.60 (3.20, 3.60, 3.20, 1.60). Abdomen ovoid, two horizontal parallel black lines. Posterior spinnerets yellow suffused with black (Fig. 12J).

Epigyne as in Fig. 11A, B. Teeth short and pointed, same distance as lateral notches. Anterior delimiting edge concave but with a ridge at the center (Fig. 11A). Vulva anterior delimiting edge concave. Copulatory duct originating centrally, projected anteriorly (Fig. 11B). Anterior lobe transversely ovoid, smaller than the median lobe (Fig. 11B).

Male unknown.

Distribution.

South Africa (Fig. 13).