Crinopseudoa elisabethae Pett & Jocqué, 2024

Pett, Brogan L., Pashkevich, Michael D., Freeman, Benedictus, Timperley, Jonathan H. & Jocqué, Rudy, 2024, Four new species of Crinopseudoa (Araneae: Corinnidae) from West Africa, Zootaxa 5523 (1), pp. 70-82 : 71-72

Crinopseudoa elisabethae Pett & Jocqué sp. nov.

Figure 1

Type material. Holotype: ♂: IVORY COAST: Kossou , 06°57’N, 04°57’W, 9 June 1974, leg. R. Jocqué ( RMCA _ 151783).

Diagnosis. Crinopseudoa elisabethae sp. nov. is easily separated from congeners by a combination of the small, very broad (i.e. nearly as broad as long), medially directed RTA, very short embolus, and proximal part of the tegulum that does not project ventrad ( Figs 1B–E ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a genitive matronym in honour of Elisabeth Tybaert, who operated pitfall traps in Kossou (Central Ivory Coast) in 1974 and 1975, representing one of the first pitfall campaigns in a tropical forest.

Description. Male (holotype; RMCA_151783) TL 4.44, CL 1.88, CW 1.76, SL & SW not taken due to brittle holotype, AL 2.56, AW 1.48. (ethanol c. 1974) Carapace brownish with darker mottling corresponding to small wart network. Sternum smooth. Legs all generally pale yellow. Abdomen very dried out and damaged, but dorsal scutum appeared to cover around 60% of abdomen.

Pedipalp ( Figs 1B–E ): RTA moderately short, very broad and subrectangular, almost as wide as long, blunt oblique angled apex protrudes from a small ventral edge, small sharp excrescence on prolateral margin visible in ventral view. PTA short, sharp, triangular, projected at 10h45 position. RAPT and CAPT both project a small distance from tegulum at the same level, without depression between them, both with rounded apices, PAPT thumb-like, rounded apex, of moderate size and projected at 10h45 position. Embolus very short and almost immediately directed posteriorly, barely reaching ¼ across width of MA. MA small, sub-rectangular.

Leg spination: I: F- d1 pl1, Ti- v6-6, Mt- v4-4. II: F- d1, Ti- v6-6, Mt- missing. III: Ti- pl1, v1-1, Mt- v2-2. IV: missing. Note: Both leg IVs detached, Mt and tarsus missing from left leg II, right legs II & III, right leg III detached from patella, but leg clearly identifiable in vial.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Crinopseudoa elisabethae sp. nov. Holotype male RMCA_ 151783. A. Habitus, dorsal. B, C. Male palp, ventral view. D, E. Male palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A: 1 mm; B, D: 0.2 mm; C, E: 0.5 mm.