Selenops lumbo Corronca, 2001

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 22-23

Selenops lumbo Corronca, 2001 (Figs 51­55)

Selenops lumbo Corronca, 2001 . Arthr. Sel., 10:58, figs. 1­2. Male holotype form Mozambique, Lumbo , in MCZ, examined.

Diagnosis. In S. lumbo the shape of the conductor resembles that of S. radiatus ( Fig. 54 ) and the shape of the tibial apophysis resembles that of S. annulatus Simon ( Figs. 7­8 ). However, the shape of the median apophysis differs from both species. The median apophysis is characterized by the large size of both branches; one of them is slender and well sclerotized and the other broad ( Figs 54­55 ). The females of S. lumbo resembles S. viron sp. nov. in the general shape of the epigynum but the position and shape of the pockets of the epigynum and the spermathecae differ. In S. lumbo , the epigynal pockets open on the middle line of the epigynum and the genital openings are wider than in S. viron (Fig. 51).

Male. The male was described by Corronca (2001). Palp as in Figs. 54­55 .

Female (from Kibwezi, in ZMB) (first description). Total length 8.50. Prosoma length 4.47, width 4.99. Opisthosoma length 3.95, width 3.85. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.21, ALE 0.14, PME 0.26, PLE 0.30, AME­AME 0.28, AME­ALE 1.07, AME­ PME 0.12, PME­PME 0.91, PME­PLE 0.54, PLE­PLE 2.10, ALE­ALE 1.77. Leg formula 2431. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 4.37, Pat+Tib 5.51, Mt 3.12, Ta 1.25, total 14.25; II­ 5.20, 6.03, 3.12, 1.25, total 15.60; III­ 4.99, 5.52, 3.12, 1.25, total 14.88; IV­ 5.20, 5.41, 3.33, 1.25, total 15.19. Leg spination and colouration similar to those of the male, colour pattern of opisthosoma as in Fig. 53 . Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 51­52.

New records. KENYA: 11miles S. Maktau Teita Province (1000m), 1 female, 1 immature, 2/XI/57, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; Kibwezi, 1 male, 1 female, X/1907, G. Scheffler Col., ZMB 420/08. TANZANIA: Zanzibar, 2 females, May 1862, C. Cooke Col., MCZ; Dar es Salaam, 1 female, 1 male subadult, R. Reener Col., ZMB. SOMALIA: Badven, 1 male, 15/VIII/69, S.B.S. Col., MRAC 173.144.

Known distribution. Mozambique, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURES 53 ­ 61. 53 ­ 55. Selenops lumbo Corronca, male holotype, 53. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 54. Male palp, ventral view. 55. Male palp, lateral view. 56 ­ 57. Selenops ovambicus Lawrence, female holotype, 56. Epigynum, ventral view. 57. Vulva, dorsal view. 58 ­ 61. Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, female holotype and male paratype, 58. Male palp, ventral view. 59. Male palp, lateral view. 60. Epigynum, ventral view. 61. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.

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.