Pseudocorinna felix, 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 : 301-302

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545736
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D260-FFBE-552A-FA850A67F98A
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Pseudocorinna felix
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

PSEUDOCORINNA FELIX View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 3A–E View Figure 3 , 5A–E View Figure 5 , 6C View Figure 6 , 22A–D View Figure 22 , 30 View Figure 30 , 38L View Figure 38 )

Type material: Holotype: male: IVORY COAST: Appouesso, Forêt Classée de la Bossematié, 06°35′N, 03°28′W, 27.viii.1995, forest, pitfall, Jocqué R. & Tanoh ( MRAC 204327 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: IVORY COAST: 1 ♀: Appouesso, Forêt Classée de la Bossematié, 06°35′N, 03°28′W, 18.v.1994, rain forest, pitfall traps, Jocqué R. & Séabé N. ( MRAC 202400 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂: as previous, 3.i.1994 ( MRAC 202402 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀: as previous, 18.v.1994 ( MRAC 202403 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀: as previous, 22.x.1995, forest, pitfall, Jocqué R. & Tanoh ( MRAC 204311 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: as previous, 24.ix.1995 ( MRAC 204314 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: as previous, 23.iv.1995 ( MRAC 204315 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: as previous, 22.x.1995 ( MRAC 204316 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: as previous, 2.i.1995 ( MRAC 204317 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: as previous, 22.x.1995 ( MRAC 204318 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: as previous, 16.vii.1995 ( MRAC 204319 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀: as previous, 24.ix.1995 ( MRAC 204321 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀: as previous, 18.vi.1995 ( MRAC 204322 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: as previous, 2.i.1995 Description : Male (holotype, MRAC 204327 View Materials ) . Total l 4.90 .

Carapace chestnut brown ( Fig. 3C View Figure 3 ), covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes ( Figs 3F View Figure 3 , 5A View Figure 5 ). Carapace l: 2.08; w: 1.68. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted ( Fig. 3D, E View Figure 3 ), l: 0.95; w: 1.03. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 80% of do abdominal surface area ( Fig. 3C View Figure 3 ).

Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Male palp ( Fig. 22A, B View Figure 22 ): RTA short, broad, with two short prongs. RTA fairly long, finger shaped, inserted ventrally. Embolus very small, spine-like, invisible in ve view. MA membranous, broad, curved outwards. FC very large, sickle-shaped. Basal part of tegulum strongly swollen, triangular in ve view, with large triangular PAPT, triangular CAPT and rod-shaped RAPT.

Female (paratype, MRAC 93959). Total l 4.20.

Carapace as in male ( Fig. 3A View Figure 3 ), l: 1.90; w: 1.58. Sternum warted, l: 0.90; w: 1.03. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Epigyne ( Figs 22C, D View Figure 22 , 38L View Figure 38 ): featureless dark area with internal structure visible in transparency. Posterior margin sinuous. Internal structure dominated by large lobate ducts.

Known geographical distribution: Ivory Coast ( Fig. 30 View Figure 30 ).