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
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98ZPZ
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
Rodrigues & Rheims
2020
[151,339,909,936]
Arachnida
Prodidomidae
Eleleis
Animalia
Araneae
35
36
Arthropoda
species
solitaria
sp. nov.
Figs 1A, 11D, E, 12G, 23G–I
Type material. Female holotypefrom Cape Verde, St Vicent Island, Mindelo, 16°53’N 24°59’W, 11 November 1998, W. Tavernierleg., deposited in MRAC 208392.
Etymology.The specific name is a Latin adjective meaning “alone”, in reference to the isolated distribution of the species.
Diagnosis.Females of Eleleis solitaria sp. nov.resemble those of E. etosha sp. nov.and E. haddadi sp. nov.by the the median atrium larger than posterior median excavation, but differ by atrium large and round (subrectangular in E. haddadi sp. nov.and bullet-shaped in E. etosha sp. nov.) ( Fig. 23G). Males are unknown.
Description.Female. Total length: 3.03. Carapace 0.95 long, 0.77 wide; Abdomen 1.90 long, 1.02 wide; Sternum 0.71 long, 0.56 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.21 long, 0.14 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.04, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06; interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, PME–PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.29 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.52 (0.74, 0.40, 0.56, 0.42, 0.40); II: 2.13 (0.62, 0.37, 0.39, 0.40, 0.35); III: 1.85 (0.56, 0.30, 0.33, 0.38, 0.31); IV: 2.56 (0.74, 0.41, 0.46, 0.52, 0.43). Epigyne: posterior median excavation three times longer than wide, with lateral margins converging posteriorly ( Fig. 23G). Vulva: copulatory and connecting ducts with few folds; proximal part of copulatory duct laterad; secondary spermathecae arising posteriorly from reniform bulbous part of duct; fertilization ducts arising posteriorly from primary spermathecae ( Fig. 23H). Male.Unknown.
Distribution. Cape Verde, only known from the typelocality ( Fig. 25).
2636225357
1998-11-11
MRAC
W. Tavernier
Cape Verde
Mindelo
16.883333
Female
1280
-24.983334
St Vicent Island
35
36
MRAC 208392
1
holotype