Pseudocorinna amphibia, 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 : 289-290

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491909
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D26C-FFB2-5755-FA220A67F9A0
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Pseudocorinna amphibia
status	sp. nov.

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PSEUDOCORINNA AMPHIBIA View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 6D–I View Figure 6 , 8A–C View Figure 8 , 10A–D View Figure 10 , 19 View Figure 19 , 38C View Figure 38 )

Type material: Holotype: male: IVORY COAST: Bianouan, forêt classée de Songan, 06°03′N, 03°10′W, 24.xi.1993, dense forest, wet litter, Jocqué R. ( MRAC 177571 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: IVORY COAST: 1 ♀: Forêt classée de Songan, near Comoé River, hand caught in forest, 8.iii.1997, Steyn T. ( MRAC 207394 View Materials ) .

Other material: IVORY COAST: 1 ♂ same data as holotype, in SEM GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis: Males of P. amphibia are easily recognized by the massive MA with hollow tip and the very large FC with fan-shaped posterior appendage. Females are recognized by the tiny depression in the centre of the epigyne and the large lobate ducts visible along the lateral margins.

Etymology: The species name means ‘amphibious’ and alludes to the habitat of this species, which is inundated forest.

Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 177571). Total l 4.85.

Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.60; w: 2.10. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.20; w: 1.35. Chelicerae, pleural bars, endites, labium, and chilum covered by fine warts. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown do scutum covering 90% of do abdominal surface area. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Male palp ( Figs 8A–C View Figure 8 , 10A, B View Figure 10 ): tibia with short but strong prolateral ve apophysis; RTA fairly broad at base, tapered to sharp tip; with small tooth on dorsal side; E broad and short; MA massive, strongly curved, hollow at tip and with wing-shaped membranous part; FC large, base visible at retrolateral side, running along distal margin of bulbus, ending in fan-shaped extension reaching posterior margin of bulbus; PAPT a large tooth; CAPT with three prongs, the most distal large and rounded.

Female (paratype, MRAC 207394 View Materials ). Total l 4.10 .

Carapace as in male, l: 2.00; w: 1.65. Sternum warted, l: 0.95; w: 1.10. Chelicerae, pleural bars, endites, labium, and chilum as in male. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orangebrown, covered by fine warts.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-1-1-1do 0-1-0 rlv 1-1-1-1; 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 0-0-1.

Epigyne ( Figs 10C, D View Figure 10 , 38C View Figure 38 ): almost featureless dark area with small central depression. Copulatory openings visible in cleared epigyne; with large lobate ducts.

Known geographical distribution: Ivory Coast ( Fig. 19 View Figure 19 ).