Hortipes klumpkeae, BOSSELAERS & JOCQUÉ, 2000

BOSSELAERS, JAN & JOCQUÉ, RUDY, 2000, Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (256), pp. 4-4 : 4-

Hortipes klumpkeae , new species Figures 12k , 13b ; Map 2

TYPES: Female holotype and 1♀ paratype: in pitfall trap at elev. 1900 m, Lupanga West , Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania (1 July 1981; M. Stoltze and N. Scharff) ( ZMUC) .

ETYMOLOGY: The species’ name is a patronym in honor of Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942), astronomer known for her work on Saturn’s rings and for her contributions to the Carte du Ciel program.

DIAGNOSIS: Females are closest to those of H. leno but can be distinguished from them by the inward­running stretch of the ID, which is angular instead of continuously curved.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.11; carapace 1.00 long, 0.81 wide; length of fe: I 0.89, II 0.95, III 0.70, IV 1.00. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace orange yellow, lighter at the fovea. Chelicerae pale yellow, sternum, and legs yellow. Abdomen peach, no pattern. Vulva very simple, ID making sharp outward bend, followed by inward­run­

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Map 2. Distribution of Hortipes species in Tanzania. Hortipes angariopsis z, H. bjorni v, H. castor •, H. creber h, H. cucurbita ^, H. delphinus., H. exoptans, H. fastigiensis #, H. narcissus Δ, H. leno, H. libidinosus * H. mulciber, H. ostiovolutus n, H. platnicki D, H. pollux O, H. salticola V, H. scharffi, and H. stoltzei y.

Fig. 12. a–c. Hortipes cucurbita, new species. a, b. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. c. Epigyne. d. Hortipes hesperoecius, new species, epigyne. e–g. Hortipes silvarum. e, f. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. g. Epigyne. h–j. Hortipes aurora, new species. h, i. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. Arrow indicates insertion of MA on tegulum. j. Epigyne. k. Hortipes klumpkeae,

Fig. 13. a. Hortipes scharffi, new species, vulva, ventral view. b. Hortipes klumpkeae, new species, vulva, ventral view. c. Hortipes cucurbita, new species, vulva, ventral view. d. Hortipes silvarum, vulva, ventral view. e. Hortipes aurora, new species, vulva, ventral view. Arrow indicates ID entrance. f. Hortipes hesperoecius, new species, vulva, ventral view. Scale line: 0.1 mm.