Smeringopus saruanle, Huber, 2012

HUBER, BERNHARD A., 2012, Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae), Zootaxa 3461 (1), pp. 1-138 : 41-43

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3461.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6418716

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scientific name

Smeringopus saruanle
status

sp. nov.

Smeringopus saruanle View in CoL new species

Figs. 175–176, 182 View FIGURES 169–183 , 190–191 View FIGURES 184–193 , 200–201 View FIGURES 194–203 , 231–237 View FIGURES 231–237

Type. Male holotype from Somalia, Sar Uanle [~ 0°29’S, 42°25’E], 30.x.1971 “S.B.S. (P.L.)”, in MZF GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The name is a noun in apposition, derived from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Easily distinguished from similar congeners (other species of the arambourgi species group) by procursus (short thick shaft, details of tip; Figs. 231–233 View FIGURES 231–237 ), shapes of bulbal processes ( Figs. 234, 235 View FIGURES 231–237 ), and epigynum shape ( Fig. 200 View FIGURES 194–203 ; similar S. arambourgi and S. oromia ).

Male (holotype). Total body length 3.6, carapace width 1.2. Leg 1: 25.5 (6.9 + 0.5 + 6.4 + 10.3 + 1.4), tibia 2: 4.5, tibia 3: 3.5, tibia 4: 5.3; tibia 1 L/d: 56. Habitus as in Fig. 175 View FIGURES 169–183 . Carapace ochre-yellow, without dark pattern, clypeus with distinct pair of dark marks, sternum light brown with large light marks, legs monochromous ochreyellow, abdomen ochre-gray, dorsally only above spinnerets some dark marks, ventrally with pair of black lines in front of spinnerets. Distance PME-PME 135 µm, diameter PME 125 µm, distance PME-ALE 45 µm, distance AME-AME 45 µm, diameter AME 105 µm. Ocular area slightly elevated, secondary eyes with barely visible ‘pseudo-lenses’; small thoracic pit. Chelicerae as in Fig. 236 View FIGURES 231–237 , with pair of small distal apophyses. Palps as in Figs. 190 and 191 View FIGURES 184–193 , coxa without retrolateral apophysis, trochanter barely modified, femur with retrolateral furrow, proximal rim slightly more distinct, cymbium without projection near tarsal organ, procursus short and thick, with distinctive tip ( Figs. 231–233 View FIGURES 231–237 ), bulb with sclerotized embolus and slender partly sclerotized dorsal process ( Figs. 234, 235 View FIGURES 231–237 ). Legs with two rows of spine-like ventral hairs distally on femora 1, few vertical hairs, with curved hairs ventrally on tibiae and metatarsi 1–2, retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 3%; prolateral trichobothrium present on tibia 1.

Variation. Tibia 1 in 3 other males: 6.1, 6.3, 8.1.

Female. In general similar to male; tibia 1 in 2 females: 5.0, 7.6. Epigynum a simple flat plate without pockets, lateral whitish areas separated from median part by black marks, posterior part with indistinct darker areas ( Fig. 200 View FIGURES 194–203 ); internal genitalia as in Figs. 201 View FIGURES 194–203 and 237 View FIGURES 231–237 .

Distribution. Only known from type locality in southern Somalia ( Fig. 204 View FIGURE 204 ).

Material examined. SOMALIA: Sar Uanle: 1♂ holotype above; same locality, 2.vi.1973, 1♂ in MZF ; 18.vi.1973, 1♂ in MZF ; 19.x.1971, 1♀ in MZF .

Dubious locality (or mislabeled specimens): “Le Para (Mth)”, E. Simon collection 2587, 1♂ 1♀ in MNHN ( AR 10352 View Materials ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Genus

Smeringopus

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