Pellenes purcelli Lessert, 1915

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 : 85-86

Pellenes purcelli Lessert, 1915

Fig. 54

Pellenes purcelli Lessert, 1915: 79 , pl. 3 fig. 73.

Pellenes purcelli – Prószyński 1984: fig. on p. 103.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♀; Mt Elgon , Swam River; 2000 m a.s.l.; under stones; 17 Feb. 1938; Å. Holm leg.; MEU .

Redescription

Male

Unknown.

Female

Dark coloured, hairy spider.

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.1, width 1.5, height 0.7. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.3, posterior width 1.4. Abdomen length 2.2, width 1.6. General appearance as in Fig. 54A.

CARAPACE. Oval, black, clothed in dense dark hairs, long brown bristles on front and sides of eye field. White patch between anterior median eyes. Two white stripes starting between anterior median and lateral eyes and extending to posterior edge of carapace, thin white line on margins of carapace – all formed by small scales. Mouthparts and sternum black. Clypeus covered with white hairs.

ABDOMEN. Ovoid, blackish with white median streak, band on anterior margin extending on sides, two pairs oblique submarginal spots. Dorsum of abdomen clothed in dense hairs corresponding with background colour. Venter light with two grey streaks. Posterior spinnerets black, anterior dirty yellow.

LEGS. First pair black, others brown. Legs bearing dense brown hairs, scarce white scales on femora. Palps dark yellow.

EPIGYNE. As in Fig. 54B–C , with median septum.

Distribution

Previously known only from the type locality, Entebbe in Uganda.

Remarks

This species was known only from the holotype, so this is the second known specimen.

Figures

Fig. 54. Pellenes purcelli Lessert, 1915, ♀ (MEU). A. General appearance. B–C. Epigyne.