Pseudicius fayda Wesolowska & van Harten

Wesolowska, W. & van Harten, A., 2010, Order Araneae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE, Abu Dhabi: Dar Al Ummah, pp. 27-69 : 50

Pseudicius fayda Wesolowska & van Harten nov. spec. Figures 61-63

Specimens examined: Holotype: ♀, United Arab Emirates, al-Ain al-Fayda , 24°05 'N 55 °40'E, 8. iv. 2005, hand-collected, leg. A. van Harten ( MRAC) .

Diagnosis: The species is closely related to Pseudícíııs taınarícis Simon, 1885, but may be recognized by larger receptacles and seminal ducts having more loops (compare Figure 63 herein with Figure 617 in Prószyñski, 2003).

Description: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 1.8, width 1.3, height 0.6. Abdomen length 2.9, width 1.4. Eye field length 0.8, anterior 0.9, posterior width 1.0.

Male unknown.

Female. Small-sized spider. Carapace oval, low, brown with darker eye field, clothed in dense light grey hairs, near eyes long brown bristles. Anterior eyes encircled with white setae, small white patches composed of hairs between anterior eyes. Clypeus low, brown with white hairs. Two diagonal light lines below posterior lateral eyes, on lateral surface of carapace. Chelicerae light brown, labium and gnathocoxae orange, sternum yellow. Stridulatory apparatus present, typical for the genus (of Ieg-carapace type). Abdomen elongated, greyish beige, darker at the end, with two pairs of light patches in posterior half and poorly contrasted lighter area in centre, anterior margin and sides whitish ( Fig. 61). Dense light hairs on abdomen. Venter whitish with silver patches composed of translucent guanine crystals. Spinnerets grey. Legs yellow, first pair slightly thicker than remaining, on prolateral surface of tibia 0 -0 - 1 - 1 spines, on metatarsus ventrally 2-2. Leg hairs brown. Epigyne with two long pockets in anterior part, placed close to each other ( Fig. 62). Internal structure as shown in Figure 63, seminal ducts weakly sclerotised in initial part, long, composed a few loops, receptacles large.

Etymology: The specific name is a noun in apposition, referring to the type locality.