Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966

Gonzalez-Filho, Hector M. O., Colpani-Sartori, Maria Tereza, Henrard, Arnaud, Guadanucci, José Paulo L. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Illustrated Catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae), Zoosystema 46 (26), pp. 671-695 : 693

Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966

( Figs 21 ; 22 )

Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966: 237 , figs 34-36 (description ♀).

Sipalolasma kissi Benoit, 1966: 240 , figs 40-41 (description ♀), n. syn.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. DR Congo • 1 ♀; Ituri , Mongbwalu, camp Mundu; [1°55’51.1”N, 30°03’00.8”E]; XI.1939; Mme Lepersonne leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.57324 .

Paratypes. DR Congo • 1 ♀; Mongbwalu , Mundu; [1°55’51.1”N, 30°03’00.8”E]; XI.1939; Mme. Scheitz leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.3489 • 3 ♀; Kivu-S, Uvira , vallée du lac Tanganyika; alt. 700 m; [03°25’00”S, 29°08’00”E]; VIII.1961; R. Kiss leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.128137 . • 2 ♀; Uvira , Kalimabenge et Kambekulu; [03°15’00”S, 28°50’00”E]; V. 1962; R. Kiss leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.122789 .

TYPE MATERIAL OF SIPALOLASMA KISSI . — Holotype. DR Congo • 1 ♀; Kivu , Territory Uvira , Mugesera; [03°25’S, 29°08’E]; 20.X.1961; R. Kiss leg.; route de Kabindula; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.12005 . Paratype. DR Congo • 1 ♀; Territory Kabare, Fizi ; [04°18’S, 28°57’E]; 11.I.1952; R. Kiss leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.93111 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.120344 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Democratic Republic of the Congo.

REMARK

Based on the similarity of the female spermatheca, we considered Sipalolasma kissi Benoit, 1966 ( Fig. 22 ) a junior synonym of S. warnantae Benoit, 1966 ( Fig. 21 ).

Figures

FIG. 21. — Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966: A-D: holotype, ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.57324): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, spermatheca, dorsal view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 0.5 mm; D, 1 mm.

FIG. 22. — Sipalolasma kissi Benoit,1966: A-D: holotype,♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.120051): A, habitus dorsal;B, idem,ventral;C, spermatheca,dorsal view;D, eye tubercle, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 0.5 mm; D, 1 mm.