Asemonea wagneri, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024

Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data, European Journal of Taxonomy 952, pp. 1-171 : 6-8

Asemonea wagneri sp. nov.

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Figs 3–4

Diagnosis

The male of this species is related to Asemonea virgea Wesołowska & Szűts, 2003 , but differs from it by the shape of the palpal tibia, which has a strongly sclerotized outgrowth on the dorsum in A. wagneri sp. nov., while A. virgea has two smaller tubercles – compare Figs 3C , 4D with Wesołowska & Szűts (2003: fig. 7).

Etymology

This species is named after the German entomologist Thomas Wagner, who collected arthropods from the canopy in the Budongo Forest.

Material examined

Holotype

UGANDA • ♂; Masindi distr., Budongo Forest ; 1°45′ N, 31°25′ E; dry season; 19–30 Jun. 1995; T. Wagner leg.; ZFMK 3031 .

Paratype

UGANDA • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ZFMK 2897 . Specimen in poor condition.

Description

Male

Shape of body typical for members of Asemonea .

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.5, width 1.0, height 0.7. Eye field length 0.5, anterior width 1.0, posterior width 0.6. Abdomen length 1.5, width 0.9.

CARAPACE. Pear-shaped, longer than wide, moderately high with slightly elevated ocular area, eyes arranged in four rows, set on small tubercles. Carapace light brown, eyes surrounded by black area.

ABDOMEN. Slender, narrower than carapace, yellow with grey stains, clothed in long brown hairs.

LEGS. Long and thin, pale yellow, bearing light hairs.

PALP. As in Figs 3–4 , its femur with ventral furrow and large, cork-screw-shaped apophysis ( Figs 3E , 4E ). Retrolateral tibial apophysis big ( Figs 3C , 4C ), flat, strongly sclerotized bump on dorsal surface of tibia ( Figs 3B , 4D ), bulb rounded, spermophore meandering ( Figs 3D , 4B ).

Female

Unknown.

Figures

Fig. 3. Asemonea wagneri sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (ZFMK 2897). A. Palpal organ, prolateral view. B. Palpal organ, dorsal view. C. Palpal organ, retrolateral view. D. Palpal organ, ventral view. E. Palpal organ with femur, retrolateral view.

Fig. 4. Asemonea wagneri sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (ZFMK 2897), palpal organ. A. Ventroprolataral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. D. Dorsal view. E. Femoral apophysis.