Phintella brevis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022

Fig. 58

Phintella brevis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 75, fig. 43.

Diagnosis of female

The female can be distinguished from all congeners by the V-shaped posterior epigynal edge and short copulatory ducts placed in front of large spermathecae.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♂; Masindi distr., Budongo Forest; 1°45′ N, 31°25′ E; dry season; 5–15 Jan. 1997; T. Wagner leg.; ZFMK 3014 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ZFMK 2997 • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 15–25 Jan. 1997; ZFMK 2900 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ZFMK 3000 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; ZFMK 2881 • 2 ♀♀; same locality as for preceding; 11–20 Jul. 1995; ZFMK 2900 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ZFMK 2913 • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 1–10 Jul. 1995; ZFMK 3016 .

Redescription

For description of male see Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2022).

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.0–2.1, width 1.6–1.7, height 0.9. Eye field length 1.0, anterior and posterior width 1.4. Abdomen length 1.7–2.0, width 1.3–1.4.

CARAPACE. Brown with darker eye field, dirty yellowish median streak on thoracic part. Anteriorly on eye field some white hairs, long bristles near eyes. Mouthparts and sternum brown.

ABDOMEN. Brownish with indistinct pattern consisting of two pairs of faintly marked rounded lighter patches and a few small marks. Brown hairs on abdominal dorsum. Venter yellowish.

LEGS. Yellow bearing transparent hairs and brown spines.

EPIGYNE. With strongly sclerotized V-shaped posterior border (Fig. 58A). Copulatory ducts short, lying in front of spherical large spermathece (Fig. 58B).

Distribution

Hitherto known only from Ivory Coast, this is the first record of this species from Uganda.

Remarks

The female is described here for the first time.