Crinopseudoa bongella, Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011

Jocqué, Rudy & Bosselaers, Jan, 2011, Revision of Pseudocorinna Simon and a new related genus (Araneae: Corinnidae): two more examples of spider templates with a large range of complexity in the genitalia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (2), pp. 271-350 : 332-333

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545754

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D243-FF9F-57BD-FCF809B2FA5C

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Crinopseudoa bongella
status

sp. nov.

CRINOPSEUDOA BONGELLA View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 50A, B View Figure 50 , 61 View Figure 61 )

Type material: Holotype: male: LIBERIA: Bong Range Forest , 06°49′N, 10°17′W, 21.iv.2005, pitfall in rain forest, Flomo D. ( MRAC 216604 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: same data as holotype: 1 ♂: 8.iv.2005 ( MRAC 216619 View Materials ); 1 ♂: 8.iv.2005 ( MRAC 216621 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis: Males of P. bongella are characterized by the short RTA with a thin sharp dorsal point, the simple basal prong on the tegulum, and the large, cup-shaped MA.

Etymology: The species name is an adjective derived from the type locality.

Description: Male (holotype). Total l 4.05.

Carapace brown, covered by tiny warts in a dispersed pattern with some radial striae. Carapace l: 1.95; w: 1.65. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum smooth, l: 0.93; w: 0.95. Abdomen greyish brown, with an ill-defined, yellowish brown dorsal scutum covering 40% of do abdominal surface area. Legs orangebrown, unwarted, terminal halves of femora darker.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-0-1-1 do 0-1-0 rlv 0-0-0- 0-1; II do 0-1-0; III do 0-1-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 0-0-2; IV pl 0-1-1 rl 0-1-1 ve 0-0-2; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 1-0-0 ve 2-0-2.

Male palp ( Fig. 50A, B View Figure 50 ): RTA short, tapered to obliquely truncate tip; base with small toothed dorsal excrescence; PTA large, tooth-shaped; embolus with

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broad base itself with large tooth, pointing sideward, distal part narrow, sickle-shaped; MA cup-shaped; FC small, membranous; basal part of tegulum with large ve extension, rounded at tip; PAPT large and rounded, pointing outward; CAPT thin, curved outward.

Female unknown.

Known geographical distribution: Guinea ( Fig. 60 View Figure 60 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Corinnidae

Genus

Crinopseudoa

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