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