Carteronius simoni Bonaldo & Shimano, 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 : 363

Carteronius simoni Bonaldo & Shimano sp. nov.

Fig. 17 ; Map. 1

Holotype. ♀ from GABON: leg. Mocquery (No further data) (MNHN-17.436).

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym honoring French arachnologist Eugène Simon, who described Carteronius .

Diagnosis. Females of C. simoni sp. nov. are similar to those of C. lumumba sp. nov. by the inconspicuous lateral plates of the posterior epigynal sector ( Figs 16D , 17C ) but can be recognized by the wider, divergent copulatory ducts ( Fig. 17C ).

Description. Male. unknown. Female. (MNHN-17.436) Measurements: Total length 9.15, CL 4.14, CW 3.55, AL 4.99, AW 4.03, SL 1.68, SW 1.82. Eye diameters and interdistances:AME 0.35, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.25, PME 0.30, AME-AME 0.30, AME-ALE 0.40, ALE-ALE 2.15, PME-PME 0.56, PME-PLE 0.61, PLE-PLE 2.60. Length of leg segments: I 2.80+1.47+2.58+2.10+1.09=10.04; II 2.95+1.40+2.48+2.12+0.96=9.91; III 2.35+1.09+1.77+1.76+0.78 =7.75; IV 2.80+1.14+2.43+2.27+0.87=9.51. Chelicerae: promargin with three spaced teeth, median tooth largest; retromargin with two subequal teeth. Leg spination: tibiae: I ve 2-2-2-2-2, II ve 2-2-2-2, IV ve 0-0-1 p; metatarsi: I ve 2-2, II ve 2-2, III ve 2-1 p -2, IV pl 0-0-0-1 rl 0-1-0-1 ve 1 p -1 r - 1 p. Coloration: carapace, chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum reddish. All leg segments yellowish-red. Abdomen pale gray dorsally, with indistinct white spots ( Fig. 17A ). Epigynum: CDv long, straight, ST2 a small globe, anteriorly located, gland ducts inconspicuous, smaller than ST1; CDd large, S-shaped ( Fig. 17D ).

Other material examined. None.

Distribution. Only known from Gabon ( Map 1 ).

Figures

MAP 1. Distribution of Carteronius species and Bunyoronius femoralis sp. nov.

FIGURE 16. Carteronius lumumba sp. nov.: A male chelicerae, posterior view, B male palp, ventral view; C same, retrolateral view; D epigynum, ventral view; E same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: E, embolus; C, conductor; MA, median apophysis; VL, ventral lobe; ML, medial lobe; DL, dorsal lobe; AS, spur; CO, copulatory opening; CDv, ventral sector of the copulatory duct; CDd, dorsal sector of the copulatory duct; ST2 secondary spermatheca; ST1 primary spermatheca. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURE 17. Carteronius simoni sp. nov., female: A abdomen, dorsal view; B carapace, dorsal view; C epigynum, ventral view. D same, dorsal view; Abbreviations: CO, copulatory opening; CDv, ventral sector of the copulatory duct; CDd, dorsal sector of the copulatory duct; ST2 secondary spermathecae; ST1 primary spermathecae. Scales: 0.5 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C, D).