Eleleis himba, Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2020, An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4799 (1), pp. 1-80 : 31-33

Eleleis himba sp. nov.

Figs 12D , 22 A–C

Type material. Male holotype from Namibia, Kaokoland , Kunene region, 17°37’S 12°12’E, 13–16 October 1988, E. Griffin leg., deposited in SMN 40838 .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the most represented ethnic group from the type locality, Kaokoland (actual name Kunene), noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Males of Eleleis himba sp. nov. resemble those of E. etosha sp.nov. by RTA mostly straight with a ventral tip bent distally in retrolateral view, but differ by the tegular excavation located very close to the conductor (away from the conductor in E. etosha sp. nov.) ( Figs 22B, C ). Females are unknown.

Description. Male. Total length: 2.04. Carapace 0.92 long, 0.79 wide; Abdomen 1.05 long, 0.61 wide; Sternum 0.66 long, 0.56 wide; Spinnerets: ALS 0.15 long, 0.10 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.04, PME 0.06, PLE 0.05; interdistances: AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.04. Chelicerae 0.29 long. Leg measurements: II: 2.60 (0.77, 0.41, 0.51, 0.46, 0.45); III: 2.28 (0.67, 0.24, 0.44, 0.48, 0.45); IV: 3.34 (0.94, 0.46, 0.73, 0.66, 0.55). Leg I lost. Palp: see species diagnosis.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Namibia, only known from the type locality ( Fig. 25 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Habitus, dorsal view: (A) Eleleis limpopo sp. nov., male; (B) E. okavango sp. nov., male; (C) E. etosha sp. nov., male; (D) E. himba sp. nov., male; (E) E. leleupi sp. nov., male; (F) E. haddadi sp. nov., female; (G) E. luderitz sp. nov., female; (H) E. solitaria sp. nov., female.

FIGURE 22. Eleleis himba sp. nov., male palp: (A) prolateral view; (B) ventral view; (C) retrolateral view. E. leleupi sp. nov., male palp: (D) prolateral view; (E) ventral view; (F) retrolateral view. C—conductor; E—embolus; MA—median apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 25. Known distribution records of species of E. etosha sp. nov., E. himba sp. nov., E. luderitz sp. nov. and E. solitaria sp. nov. from Africa.