Mistaria teteana (Roewer, 1955) Roewer, 1955

Kioko, Grace M., Jaeger, Peter, Kioko, Esther N., Ji, Li-Qiang & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, On the species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 studied by Roewer (1955) from Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 109-132 : 109

Mistaria teteana (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. Figs 10, 12C, 13

Agelena teteana Roewer 1955: 59.

Type material examined.

Holotype ♂, Mozambique, Tete, 1953, Coll. C.F. Roewer (SMF 9909996, SMF 13666, microscopic slide: left palp).

Diagnosis.

Mistaria teteana comb. nov. can be distinguished from M. nairobii by the size ratio of the retrolateral tibial apophysis to lateral tibial apophysis which is 5:1 (Fig. 10B) compared to 3:1 in the latter (see fig. 2B in Kioko et al. 2018). It can be separated from M. leucopyga by the thick and rounded cymbium (Fig. 10 A, B) compared to long and slender in the latter species (see figs 1, 2 in Santos and van Harten 2007).

Redescription.

Total length 6.74. Carapace 2.89 long 2.24 wide. Abdomen 3.85 long 1.92 wide. Habitus as in Fig. 12C. Carapace brownish-yellow, four pairs of brown lateral bands, cephalic region dark brown. Fovea short. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.17, ALE 0.20, PME 0.16, PLE 0.19, AME–AME 0.13, AME–PME 0.20, ALE–PLE 0.06, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.06. Chelicerae dark brown. Labium 2/3 length of endites. Labium and endites brownish-yellow. Sternum brown-yellow. Legs yellow. Leg measurements: I– (3.21, 4.49, 321,-), II 10.57 (2.56, 3.53, 2.56, 1.92), III 10.25 (2.56, 3.21, 2.56, 1.92), IV 12.19 (3.21, 3.85, 3.53, 1.60). Tarsi of leg I missing. Abdomen ovoid, cream colored, two faded horizontal parallel black lines present. Spinnerets cream colored (Fig. 12C).

Palp as in Fig. 10A, B. Cymbium 1.2 long, thick and rounded distally. Sub-tegulum edge raised at point of attachment to the fulcrum (Fig. 10A). Ratio of the retrolateral tibial apophysis to the lateral tibial apophysis 5:1, retrolateral tibial apophysis large with a rounded apex (Fig. 10B). Patella apophysis cone-shaped, pointed apex, 1/2 length of tibia. Patella twice the length of tibia. Median apophysis non-sclerotized. Embolus origination centrally, thick, pointed tip (Fig. 10B).

Female unknown.

Distribution.

Mozambique (Fig. 13).