Carteronius teke Bonaldo & Bosselaers, 2022

Eb. Bonaldo, Ramírez, Martín J., Om. Labarque, Shimano, Yulie, Silva-Junior, Cláudio J. & Haddad, Charles R., 2022, Switching identities: a revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Carteronius Simon 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae), senior synonym of Mandaneta Strand, 1932, with a new genus of the Pronophaea group, Zootaxa 5205 (4), pp. 343-373 : 359-361

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.3
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scientific name	Carteronius teke Bonaldo & Bosselaers
status	sp. nov.

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Carteronius teke Bonaldo & Bosselaers sp. nov.

Figs 13C, D, 14C, D; Map 1

Type. ♀ holotype from Kivu, Rwankwi [01°19’S, 29°22’E], DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, VI.1946, J. Leroy leg. ( MRAC 168.643 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the Teke people, one of the three kingdoms that ruled Congo before the arrival of Europeans.

Diagnosis. Females of Carteronius teke sp. nov. differ from all other species of Carteronius by the presence of completely straight epigynal transversal ridge ( Fig. 14C).

Description. Male. Unknown. Female. (MRAC 168.643) Measurements:Total length 13.45, CL 4.90, CW 4.39, AL 7.99, AW 5.24, SL 2.44, SW 2.15. Eye diameters and interdistances:AME 0.38, ALE 0.25, PLE 0.28, PME 0.25, AME-AME 0.36, AME-ALE 0.40, ALE-ALE 2.30, PME-PME 0.57, PME-PLE 0.67, PLE-PLE 2.81. Length of leg segments (sequence from femur to tarsus, and total): I 4.21+2.04+3.57+2.92+1.25=13.99; II 4.15+1.86+3.89+2.79 +1.19=13.88; III 2.83+1.43+2.52+2.20+1.04=10.02; IV 3.42+1.42+3.03+3.14+1.28=12.29. Chelicerae: promargin with three spaced teeth, median tooth largest; retromargin with two spaced teeth, subequal in size. Leg spination: femora: IV do 1-0-0; tibiae: I ve 1 p -2-2-2-2-2, II ve 0-0-2-2-2-2, III ve 0-0-1 p -0, IV ve 1 p -0-1 p -0; metatarsi: I ve 2-2-2-2, II ve 1 r -1 p -2-2, III ve 0-2-2-0, IV ve 0-2-2-0. Coloration: carapace and chelicerae dark reddish-brown. Endites, labium and sternum reddish-brown. Legs I and II reddish-brown, III and IV dark yellow. Abdomen dorsally pale gray, ventrally white with darker band converging at spinnerets ( Fig. 13C). Epigynum: CDv long, arched, ST2 tapering, medially located, gland ducts inconspicuous, much smaller than ST1; CDd folded ventrally ( Fig. 14D).

Other material examined. None.

Distribution. Only known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Map 1).