Pulcherula magna, Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7225705 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D861CAE4-B058-4972-9227-406FE2CD76D1 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:D861CAE4-B058-4972-9227-406FE2CD76D1 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Pulcherula magna |
status |
gen. et sp. nov. |
Pulcherula magna gen. et sp. nov.
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Diagnosis
This species has a characteristic reddish fawn colouration. The male is distinguished by the unique form of the pedipalp with a very large anterior process of a complex shape and a strongly sclerotized retrolateral side of the bulb ( Fig. 57B View Fig ).
Etymology
The specific name is Latin, meaning ‘large’, and refers to the palpal size.
Material examined
Holotype IVORY COAST • ♂; Man , Mt Tonkoui; 7°27′ N, 7°38′ W; 900–1000 m a.s.l.; 4 Mar. 1975; “litière”; MNHN. GoogleMaps
Description
Male
MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.3, width 1.0, height 0.9. Eye field length 0.6, anterior and posterior width 0.9. Abdomen length 1.1, width 0.9. General appearance as in Fig. 56A–B View Fig . Very tiny spider with relatively large palps.
CARAPACE. High, with slope starting around middle of thoracic part, posteriorly carapace slope steep ( Fig. 56B View Fig ). Carapace clothed in dense reddish fawn hairs, thin whitish streak along edges, eyes surrounding by black area, anteriors encircled by fawn scales, long bristles at first row of eyes. Clypeus high, black with white hairs. Chelicerae dark yellow, long, with single tooth on retromargin and two teeth on promargin, fang short. Endites, labium and sternum light brown.
ABDOMEN. Oval, black and shining, with two transverse thin white streaks, anterior third clothed in dense orange reddish hairs, among them some long brown bristles ( Fig. 56A View Fig ). Venter yellowish. Spinnerets black.
LEGS. With femora and patellae brown, tibiae yellowish with brown rings at both ends, distal segments yellow. First leg with two spines on femur dorsally, tibia with four pairs of ventral spines (distal pair shorter), metatarsus with two pairs ventrally.
PEDIPALPS. Relatively large ( Fig. 56B View Fig ), densely covered with white hairs, their structure in Figs 56C–F View Fig , 57 View Fig . Cymbium with a narrow apical part, curved towards the bulb ( Fig. 56C View Fig ). With a single pointed tibial apophysis. Bulb large, strongly sclerotized retrolaterally ( Fig. 56E View Fig ), with a large peculiar outgrowth on the distal part ( Fig. 56C, E View Fig ) enveloping embolus ( Fig. 57B View Fig ).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Only known from the type locality, Mt Tonkoui, Ivory Coast.
MNHN |
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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