Hortipes platnicki, 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 platnicki , new species Figures 9a , 11a ; Map 2

TYPES: Female holotype: Chenzema , elev. 1700 m, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania, S7°10', E37°40' (2–22 July, 1971; L. Berger, N. Leleup, and J. Debecker) ( MRAC 141.099 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The species’ epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. Norman Platnick, who mentioned the existence of the present genus for the first time (Platnick and Baptista, 1995).

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by a piriform ST1 connected on its dorsal side to a short and wide ID, which is inflated and globular at the entrance.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.78; carapace 1.16 long, 0.95 wide; length of fe: I 1.03, II 1.16, III 0.89, IV 1.22. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 3–4; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 2 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow with darker yellow brown radial striae running between bases of legs and a brown longitudinal stripe at fovea. Chelicerae yellow, sternum yellowish white. Legs I and II brownish yellow, legs III and IV yellow. Abdomen peach, no pattern. Genitalia. Epigyne a hooded scape in front of a shallow depression showing the piriform ST and globular, widened ID entrance parts (fig. 9). Vulva: ID short, stout, and wide, inflated and globular at the site of the small, circular entrance hole; running in

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. 9. a. Hortipes platnicki, new species, epigyne. b–e. Hortipes pollux, new species. b. Male palpal pa and ti, dorsal view. c, d. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. e. Epigyne. f–i. Hortipes castor, new species. f. Male palpal pa and ti, dorsal view. g, h. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. i. Epigyne. j–l. Hortipes salticola, new species. j, k. Male right palp, ventral and retrolateral views. l. Epigyne. m. Hortipes exoptans, new species, epigyne. Scale lines: 0.25 mm.

Fig. 11. a. Hortipes platnicki, new species, vulva, ventral view. b. Hortipes castor, new species, vulva, ventral view. Arrows indicate ID entrances. c. Hortipes pollux, new species, vulva, ventral view. d. Hortipes ostiovolutus, new species, vulva, ventral view. e. Hortipes salticola, new species, vulva, ventral view. Arrows indicate ID entrances. f. Hortipes fastigiensis, new species, vulva, ventral view. Scale line: 0.1 mm.