Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, 1940

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 29

Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, 1940 ( Figs. 69­71 )

Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, 1940 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):563, fig. 7. Female syntypes from South Africa, Gravelotte, N.E. of Transvaal, in TM N°2228, examined. Female lectotype (the bigger) and 2 female paralectotypes (here designated).

Diagnosis. The females of this species have a small circular depression medially and the lateral lobes of the epigynum are separated ( Fig. 69 ), and not fused as in S. brachycephalus ( Fig. 12 ). The complexity of the spermathecae is characteristic for this species ( Fig. 70 ). Female. The female was described by Lawrence (1940). Colour pattern of opisthosoma is shown in Fig. 71 and the epigynum and spermathecae in Figs. 69­70 .

Newrecord. ZIMBABWE:FortVictoria(1066m), 1female, 29/VI/72,E.RossCol.,CAS. Known distribution. South Africa ( Corronca 2000) and Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURES 62 ­ 73. 62 ­ 66. Selenops radiatus Latreille, 62. Epigynum, ventral view. 63. Vulva, dorsal view. 64. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 65. Male palp, ventral view. 66. Male palp, lateral view. 67 ­ 68. Selenops sabulosus Benoit, female holotype, 67. Epigynum, ventral view. 68. Vulva, dorsal view. 69 ­ 71. Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, female lectotype. 69. Epigynum, ventral view. 70. Vulva, dorsal view. 71. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 72 ­ 73. Selenops saldali sp. nov., female holotype, 72. Epigynum, ventral view. 73. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.

FIGURES 12 ­ 23. 12 ­ 13. Selenops brachycephalus Lawrence, female holotype, 12. Epigynum, ventral view. 13. Vulva, dorsal view. 14 ­ 15. Selenops cristis sp. nov., female holotype, 14. Epigynum, ventral view. Fig 15. Vulva, dorsal view. 16 ­ 17. Selenops camerun Corronca, female holotype, 16. Epigynum, ventral view. 17. Vulva, dorsal view. 18 ­ 20. Selenops dilamen sp. nov., female holotype, 18. Epigynum, ventral view. 19. Vulva, dorsal view. 20. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 21 ­ 23. Selenops dilon sp. nov., female holotype, 21. Epigynum, ventral view. Fig 22. Vulva, dorsal view. 23. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.