Pseudicius ghesquieri ( Giltay, 1935 )

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 : 110-112

Pseudicius ghesquieri ( Giltay, 1935)

Fig. 72

Heliophanus ghesquieri Giltay, 1935: 7 , fig. 5.

Pseudicius ghesquieri – Wesołowska 1986: 230, figs 857–861.

Diagnosis

The male of this species can be recognized by the shape of the tibial apophysis that is short and has a thin curved tip. The tibial apophysis is partly covered by a cymbial recess.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♂; Bundibugyo, Semliki Forest ; 0°44′ N, 29°57′ E; 670 m a.s.l.; 5–12 Feb. 1997; T. Wagner leg.; ZFMK 3824 .

Redescription

Male

General appearance as in Fig. 72A

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.0, width 1.3, height 0.7. Eye field length 0.8, anterior and posterior width 1.1.

CARAPACE. Oval, flat, dark brown, eyes with black rings, pair of black patches on eye field. Carapace covered with faint transparent hairs; eyes encircled by white hairs. Sternum and mouthparts brown. Chelicerae long, unidentati ( Fig. 72B ).

ABDOMEN. Damaged, greyish beige, clothed in brown hairs. Anterior spinnerets beige, posteriors dark grey.

LEGS. Yellowish, first pair longer, dark brown with yellowish distal segments.

PALP. Yellowish brown. Palpal structure as in Fig. 72C–J , bulb oval, embolus short, originates on bulb tip. Palpal tibia partly hidden in adjacent small cavity of cymbium, wide, short, with thin curved end ( Fig. 72E ).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Previously known only from Congo, this is the first record of this species from Uganda.

Remarks

This is the second known specimen of this species. Pseudicius ghesquieri has not been properly depicted up to now, apart from the original description ( Giltay 1935), some information on the holotype (short description and figures of the palpal organ) was also published by Wesołowska (1986).

Figures

Fig. 72. Pseudicius ghesquieri (Giltay, 1935), ♂ (ZFMK 3824). A. General appearance. B. Chelicera, C, F. Palpal organ, ventral view. D, G. Palpal organ, lateral view. E, J. Palpal organ, dorsal view. H. Palpal organ, dorsolateral view.