Cybaeodes alicatai, Platnick & Di Franco, 1992

Platnick & Di Franco, 1992, On The Relationships of the Spider Genus Cybaeodes (Araneae, Dionycha), American Museum Novitates 3053, pp. 1-9 : 8

Cybaeodes alicatai , new species

Figures 21, 22

TYPE: Female holotype from Oued Zeed (Ain Draham) , Tunisia (June 13, 1969; P. Alicata), deposited in MCSN .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the small, curved anterior epigynal ridge and the lateral, sac-shaped spermathecae ( Figs. 21, 22 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 4.07. Carapace 1.55 long, 1.03 wide. Femur 11 1. 15 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.07, PME 0.06, PLE 0.09; AME-AME 0.02, AME- ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.06, ALE-PLE 0.02; MOQ length 0. 14, front width 0.09, back width 0.16. Leg spination: tibiae II v 1-2 -1. Epigynum with long, sinuous posteromedial ridges ( Fig. 21 ); vulva with lateral sac-shaped spermathecae ( Fig. 22 ).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: TUNISIA: Col des Ruines (Ain Draham) , June 13, 1969 (P. Alicata, AMNH), 19 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Tunisia.

Figures

Figs. 19-22. 19, 20. Cybaeodes carusoi, new species. 21, 22. C. alicatai, new species. 19. Left male palp, ventral view. 20. Same, retrolateral view. 21. Epigynum, ventral view. 22. Same, dorsal view.