Pseudicius mushrif Wesolowska & van Harten

Wesolowska, W. & van Harten, A., 2010, Order Araneae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE, Abu Dhabi: Dar Al Ummah, pp. 27-69 : 50-51

Pseudicius mushrif Wesolowska & van Harten nov. spec. Figures 64-66

Specimens examined: Holotype: ♀, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Mushrif Park , 25 ° 17'N 55 °28 'E, 6. ill.2oo5, hand-collected, leg. A. van Harten ( MRAC) .

Diagnosis: The species is closely related to Pseııdíciııs wadís Prószynski, 1989, differs in abdominal pattern and details of epigynal structure; epigyne is shorter and wider, With more distant pockets, seminal ducts are clearly shorter, accessory glands have different shape (compare Figure 66 herein with Figure 69 in Prószyñski, 1989).

Description: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 2.0, Width 1.5, height 0.6. Abdomen length 3.9, Width 2.2. Eye field length 0.9, anterior 1.1, posterior Width 1.2.

Male unknown.

Female. Carapace low, oval, reddish brown, black in vicinity of eyes, covered with delicate whitish hairs. Two diagonal light lines below posterior lateral eyes, on lateral surface of carapace. Chelicerae brown, clypeus with light hairs. Stridulatory apparatus present; a row of thick bristles on carapace under lateral eyes and a few small protuberances on femur of first leg apically on prolateral surface. Abdomen oval, greyish brown, darker posteriorly, with poorly contrasted pattern composed of a few median lighter spots and two transverse whitish stripes in posterior part ( Fig. 64). Delicate clinging hairs cover abdominal dorsum. Venter yellowish. Spinnerets light. First leg longer and thicker than remaining, orange, tibia slightly swollen, prolaterally with 0 - 1 - 1 short strong spines, metatarsus with two pairs ventrally. Legs II-IV yellow. Epigyne with two long pockets anteriorly, placed far from each other ( Fig. 65). Internal structure as in Figure 66, accessory gland tubular, long.

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

Figures

Figures 67 - 73. Rafalus arabicus nov. spec. 67: First leg; 68: Palpal in ventral view 69: in organ; Same lateral view; 70, 71: Epigynes; 72: Internal structure of epigyne; 73: Diagrammatic of seminal course (IU duct CI.