An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. Rheims, Cristina A. Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-16 4799 1 1 80 98ZQ9 Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 Rodrigues & Rheims 2020 [151,388,153,180] Arachnida Prodidomidae Purcelliana Animalia Araneae 45 46 Arthropoda species khabus sp. nov.   Figs 33A–F   Type material. Male holotypefrom Namibia, Keetmanshoop, Khabus146, 26°17’S 18°14’E,  7 December 1987–  17 January 1988, N. Olivierleg., deposited in SMN 40749.  Paratypes: 1 malefrom same locality as holotype, 28°18’S 18°13’E,  14 April 1988, N. Olivierleg., ( SMN 42020);  1 femalefrom Namibia, Mariental, Berseba170, 25°12’S 18°03’E,  7–29 November 1992, E. Maraisleg., ( SMN 42879).   Etymology.The specific name refers to the typelocality, noun in apposition.   Diagnosis.  Purcelliana khabus  sp. nov.resembles  P. kamaseb  sp. nov.in having the carapace reddish-brown and strongly rugose ( Figs 26A, B), and by the male palp with the embolus curved retrolaterally ( Figs 32B, 33B). The males are distinguished by the palps with vRTA rounded in ventral view (pointed in  P. kamaseb  sp. nov.) and by the dRTA bent dorsally (ventrally in  P. kamaseb  sp. nov.) ( Figs 33B, C); females are distinguished from  P. kamasebby the epigyne with V-shaped copulatory openings converging (diverging in  P. kamaseb  sp. nov.) and by the posterior-median depression without longitudinal grooves (present in  P. kamaseb  sp. nov.) ( Fig. 33D). Both males and females are markedly smaller than those of  P. kamaseb  sp. nov.   Description.Male (SMN 40749). Legs orange and abdomen pale yellow. Total length: 1.68. Carapace 0.72 long, 0.71 wide; Abdomen 0.82 long, 0.51 wide; Sternum 0.56 long, 0.44 wide; Spinnerets: ALS 0.08 long, 0.07 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.05, ALE 0.06, PME 0.06, PLE 0.08; interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, PME–PME 0.05. Chelicerae 0.24 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.56 (0.67, 0.40, 0.63, 0.44, 0.40); II: 1.72 (0.48, 0.22, 0.39, 0.31, 0.32); III: 1.53 (0.44, 0.25, 0.30, 0.27, 0.27); IV: 2.40 (0.67, 0.38, 0.53, 0.51, 0.32). Palp: conductor distally widened; vRTA larger than dRTA ( Figs 33A–C).  Female(SMN 42879). Total length: 1.92. Carapace 0.83 long, 0.75 wide; Abdomen 1.03 long, 0.6 wide; Sternum 0.64 long, 0.48 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.08 long, 0.06 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.07; interdistances: AME–AME 0.04, PME–PME 0.03, AME–ALE contiguous, PME–PLE contiguous, ALE–PLE contiguous. Chelicerae 0.23 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.76 (0.71, 0.49, 0.62, 0.48, 0.46); II: 2.10 (0.59, 0.36, 0.44, 0.38, 0.33); III: 1.82 (0.52, 0.28, 0.39, 0.34, 0.29); IV: 2.67 (0.70, 0.40, 0.60, 0.54, 0.43). Epigyne: see species diagnosis.  Variation.Total length ( 2 males): 1.68–1.90.   Distribution: NamibiaOnly known from the typelocality ( Fig. 34). 2636225371 1987-12-07 1988-01-17 1987-12-07 SMN N. Olivier Namibia -26.283333 Keetmanshoop 1242 18.233334 Khabus 45 46 40749 1 1 1 holotype 2636225393 1988-04-14 1988-01-17 1987-12-07 SMN N. Olivier Namibia -26.283333 Keetmanshoop 1242 18.233334 Khabus 45 46 42020 1 1 1 paratype 2636225396 1992-11-07 1992-11-29 1992-11-07 SMN E. Marais Namibia -26.283333 Mariental 1242 18.233334 Berseba 45 46 42879 1 1 1 holotype