Zelotibia major Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005 : 109
An of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine Rift
Nzigidahera, Benoît
Jocqué, Rudy
ZooKeys
2009
2009-07-03
13
13
1
28
5CZVP
Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005: 109
Russell-Smith & Murphy
109
2005
[140,770,166,193]
Arachnida
Gnaphosidae
Zelotibia
Animalia
Araneae
17
18
Arthropoda
species
major
Figs 9, 24, 34, 40
Materialexamined. Type material. Holotype. Male. BURUNDI: Rusarenda, 3°07’S 29°33’E 27.V.2002, mountain forest, by hand, Nzigidahera Benoît ( MRAC 213753). Othermaterial. Allfrom BURUNDI, Parc National de la Kibira, Rwegura, Mt Musumba, 02°52’S 029°30’E, Nzigidahera B.site 7, 2100 m, tea plantation: 1♁: 25.V.2008( INECN); 1 ♁: 25.V.2008( MRAC 226241); 2♀: 10.II.2008, (IN- ECN); 1♀: 26.I.2008, ( INECN); 1♁: 25.X.2008( INECN); 1 ♀: 25/5/2008( MRAC 226241); 1 ♁: 10.IV.2008( MRAC 226332); 1 ♁: 25.IV.2008( MRAC 226333); 3 ♁: 10.III.2008( MRAC 226334); 1 ♀: 10.IV.2008( MRAC 226335); 1 ♀: 25.III.2008, ( MRAC 226336); 1 ♁: 25.XI.2008( MRAC 226337); 2 ♁: 25.II.2008( MRAC 226338); 2 ♁: 10.VI.2008( MRAC 226339); 2 ♀: 25.II.2008( MRAC 226340).
Diagnosis.Females of Zelotibia majorare recognized by the large copulatory openings, connectd by a transverse groove, in the centre of the epigyne.
Description. Female.(MRAC 226241) ( Fig. 9): Total length 6.40, Carapace2.40 long and 1.76 wide. Carapace dark chestnut brown suffused with black and with darker almost black grey striae radiating from fovea. EyesAME area dark, anterior row recurved, posterior row straight. AME: 0.08; ALE: 0.11; PME: 0.11; PLE: 0.11; AME-AME: 0.07; AME-ALE: 0.02; PME-PME: 0.07; PME-PLE: 0.05. Cheliceraechestnut brown, outer margin with three 3 small teeth, bordered by dark bristles, inner margin with four larger teeth. Sternumdark chestnut brown, with dense cover of dark bristles along margin. Labiumcoloured dark chestnut brown. Legswith its of femora, patellae and tibiae dark with yellow stripes; tarsi and metatarsi yellowish brown. Metatarsi III and IV with ventral preening comb at tip. AbdomenDorsum very dark grey, densely covered with setae and tuft of long bristles at anterior end; venter grey. Spinneretspale brown suffused with grey. Epigyne( Figs 24, 34) with two large copulatory openings connected by groove in centre. Copulatory ducts composed of almost straight short ducts and slightly curved, less thick ducts, leading into medium sized, globular, adjacent spermathecae.
Distribution. Known only from the typelocality, Rusarenda and Musumba in Kibira National Park, Burundi( Fig. 40).
2608994620
2002-05-27
MRAC
Burundi
-3.1166666
Rusarenda
1307
29.55
17
18
MRAC 213753
1
holotype
2608994625
2008-05-25
INECN
Nzigidahera B.
Burundi
Mt Musumba
2100
-2.8666668
All
1307
29.5
Rwegura
17
18
1
2608994623
[448,841,448,476]
2008-05-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226241
1
2608994619
[223,507,483,510]
2008-01-26
INECN
Burundi
17
18
1
1
2608994610
[518,808,483,511]
2008-10-25
INECN
Burundi
17
18
1
2608994636
2008-05-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226241
1
1
2608994604
[251,640,518,546]
2008-04-10
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226332
1
2608994630
[650,1039,518,546]
2008-04-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226333
1
2608993600
2008-03-10
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226334
1
2608994615
[495,887,553,580]
2008-04-10
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226335
1
1
2608994626
2008-03-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226336
1
1
2608994618
[365,785,589,617]
2008-11-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226337
1
2608994643
2008-02-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226338
1
2608994614
[252,648,624,652]
2008-06-10
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226339
1
2608994601
[660,1046,624,651]
2008-02-25
MRAC
Burundi
17
18
MRAC 226340
2
2