Myrmarachne luachimo Wanless, 1978

Fig. 51

Myrmarachne luachimo Wanless, 1978a: 37, figs 14c–e, g, 15b–e, h, 16a–c, g.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♀; Rubaga; 0°18′ N, 32°33′ E; Jun.–Aug. 1994; D. Penney leg.; NHM .

Redescription

For description of male see Wanless (1978a).

Female

General appearance as in Fig. 51A–B.

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.0, width 1.4, height 1.0. Eye field length 1.1, anterior and posterior width 1.4. Abdomen length 3.1, width 1.8.

CARAPACE. Dark brown, clothed in thin colourless hairs, some white hairs and two long trichobotria in constriction. Cephalic and thoracic parts of equal length, thoracic part with large hump. Eye field black, pitted, with metallic shine; thoracic part brown. Sternum light brown, mouthparts darker.

ABDOMEN. Ovoid, grey, darker posteriorly, covered with faint hairs, venter grey, spinnerets dirty yellow.

LEGS. First pair yellow with brown streak along sides of femur, patella and tibia, metatarsus and tarsus brown, with one pair of ventral spines on patella, five pairs on tibia and two pairs on metatarsus (Fig. 51C). Leg II yellow, brown streak along patella and tibia. Leg III yellow, only tarsus yellow. Leg IV brown, only trochanter and basal part of patella yellow.

EPIGYNE. Posteriorly with pair of pockets and two oval ‘windows’ (Fig. 51D). Internal structure as in Fig. 51E–F, copulatory ducts arranged in twisted ‘eight’.

Distribution

Previously known only from Angola, this is the first record in Uganda.