Geraesta mkwawa, SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011

SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3080, pp. 1-108 : 17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1049440

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6186519

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03978793-FFAF-E129-41E6-FD03FB6B0AFF

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scientific name

Geraesta mkwawa
status

sp. nov.

Geraesta mkwawa View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 E, 6F, 44A–D, 45A–F, 46A–F

Type material: Holotype: male from TANZANIA: Iringa District: Uzungwa Scarp Forest reserve, 11 km SE Masisiwe, Kihanga Strm. 8°22’5.7’’ S 35°58’41.6’’ E, 1800 m, 17–27 May 1997, understory, ZMJC-SI Exp. 1997 ( USNM, more specimens are available in USNM and CAS).

Paratypes: 3 male 3 females, same data as holotype.

Etymology. Named after Tanzanian tribal Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (1855 –1898) commonly known as Chief Mkwawa . He was a tribal leader in German East Africa ( Tanzania) who opposed the German colonization. Mkwawa , meaning "conqueror of many lands" was a very early user of guerrilla warfare. Used as a noun in apposition.

Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 4.0; prosoma length: 2.0, width: 1.7. Leg I: femur 4.0, patella 0.8, tibia 3.8, metatarsus 3.2, tarsus 1.8. Prosoma light yellow, laterals darker. Opisthosoma brown-yellow with white and black patches as in Fig 6 View FIGURE 6 E. AER and PER recurved. AME smaller than the rest. Palp as in Figs 44 View FIGURE 44 A, 45A–F. Female: Total length: 5.4; prosoma length: 2.4, width: 2.2. Leg I: femur 3.6, patella 1.2, tibia 3.2, metatarsus 2.4, tarsus 1.2. Color and markings as in male. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 44 View FIGURE 44 C, 44D, 46D.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Geraesta

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