Selenops ansieae, 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 : 10

Selenops ansieae sp. nov. ( Figs. 9­11 )

Type. Female holotype from South Africa, Northern Province, Vygeboompoort, Waterberg District (23°11´S 30°25´E), G.P.F. van Dam Col., 23/X/13, deposited in TM 8823 (2344).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr Ansie Dippenaar­Schoeman for her contribution to the knowledge of African spiders.

Diagnosis. The females of S. ansieae are identified by the unique shape of the middle field of the epigynum and the spermathecae ( Figs. 9­10 ). It resembles S. ilcuria sp. nov. ( Figs. 29­31 ) in the shape of the depression on the epigynum, but the lateral lobes differ and the lateral sides of the depression are more straight in S. ilcuria than in S. ansieae .

Female (holotype). Total length 8.78. Prosoma length 3.39, width 4.31. Opisthosoma length 5.10, width 4.47. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.12, PME 0.19, PLE 0.40, AME­AME 0.23, AME­ALE 0.60, AME­PME 0.10, PME­PME 0.72, PME­PLE 0.49, PLE­PLE 1.89, ALE­ALE 1.72. Leg formula 2341. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 5.10, Pat+Tib 6.00, Mt 3.23, Ta 1.10, total 15.43; II­ 5.54, 6.00, 3.23, 1.23, total 16.00; III­ 5.23, 5.85, 3.39, 1.23, total 15.70; IV­ 5.10, 5.54, 3.23, 1.23, total 15.10. Leg spination: Fe I­II­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.2, III­IV­ pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, III­ IV­ v2.2.0, Mt. I­IV­ v2.2. Prosoma orange­brown. Chelicerae orange. Legs orange­brown with 2 dark incomplete rings on femora I­IV and tibiae I­IV. Opisthosoma as in Fig. 11 , venter yellowish. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 9­10 .

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 1 ­ 11. 1 ­ 3. Selenops angolaensis sp. nov., female holotype, 1. Epigynum, ventral view. 2. Vulva, dorsal view. 3. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 4 ­ 8. Selenops annulatus Simon. 4. Epigynum, ventral view. 5. Vulva, dorsal view. 6. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 7. Male palp, ventral view. 8. Male palp lateral view. 9 ­ 11. Selenops ansieae sp. nov., female holotype, 9. Epigynum, ventral view, 10. Vulva, dorsal view. 11. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Abbreviations: am = median apophysis, c = conductor, e = embolus, ep = epigynal pockets, ga = genital opening, ll = lateral lobes, mf = middle field, vra = ventral part of retrolateral tibial apophysis, dra = dorsal part of retrolateral tibial apophysis, s = spermathecae, t = tegulum. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.

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.