Selenops florenciae, Corronca, J. A., 2002

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 16

Selenops florenciae sp. nov. ( Figs. 27­28 )

Type. Female holotype from Angola, Vilha Salazar, 6/IX/49, B. Malkin Col., deposited in CAS.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym dedicated to Lic. María Florencia Argañarás for her support in all my projects with spiders.

Diagnosis. The diagnostic characters of this species are the large, well­developed subtriangular middle field of the epigynum ( Fig. 27 ) and the spermathecae which are covered by a sclerotized plate ( Fig. 28 ).

Female (holotype). Total length 8.53. Prosoma length 3.64, width 4.26. Opisthosoma length 4.37, width 3.54. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.14, PME 0.21, PLE 0.33, AME­AME 0.23, AME­ALE 0.47, AME­PME 0.07, PME­PME 0.77, PME­PLE 0.35, PLE­PLE 1.89, ALE­ALE 1.42. Leg formula 2341?; leg III missing. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 3.54, Pat+Tib 4.62, Mt 2.15, Ta 1.10, total 11.41; II­ 3.85, 4.77, 2.77, 1.23, total 12.62; IV­ 3.85, 4.45, 2.46, 1.10, total 11.86. Leg spination: Fe. I­ pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.0, II­ d1.1.1, rt0.1.0, IV­ d1.1.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, IV­ v.1.1.0; Mt. I­II­ v2.2, III­IV­ v2.1. Prosoma and chelicerae reddish. Legs brown­orange without spots. Opisthosoma pale yellow with whitish venter. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 27­28 .

Male. Unknown

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 24 ­ 34. 24 ­ 26. Selenops feron sp. nov., female holotype, 24. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 25. Epigynum, ventral view. 26. Vulva, dorsal view. 27 ­ 28. Selenops florenciae sp. nov., female holotype, 27. Epigynum, ventral view. 28. Vulva, dorsal view. 29 ­ 31. Selenops ilcuria sp. nov., female holotype, 29. Epigynum, ventral view. 30. Vulva, dorsal view. 31. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 32 ­ 34. Selenops intricatus Simon, 32. Epigynum, ventral view. 33. Vulva, dorsal view. 34. Male palp, ventral view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.