Crinopseudoa catharinae, Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011

Jocqué, Rudy & Bosselaers, Jan, 2011, Revision of Pseudocorinna Simon and a new related genus (Araneae: Corinnidae): two more examples of spider templates with a large range of complexity in the genitalia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (2), pp. 271-350 : 335-336

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491947
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D23E-FFE0-575C-FF490A67F8B0
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Crinopseudoa catharinae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

CRINOPSEUDOA CATHARINAE View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 45E, F View Figure 45 , 52A–D View Figure 52 , 59D View Figure 59 , 62 View Figure 62 )

Type material: Holotype: male: GUINEA: Forêt Classée de Ziama 08°24′N, 09°17′W, 14.vi.1998, pitfalls, forest, Flomo D. ( MRAC 227283 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: same data as holotype: 1 ♂: 21.i.1999 ( MRAC 217403 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂: 9.i.2000 ( MRAC 217414 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀: 13.vii.1999 ( MRAC 217423 View Materials ) ; 2 ♂: 1.vi.1998 ( MRAC 227276 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: 22.iv.1998 ( MRAC 227284 View Materials ) . LIBERIA: 1 ♂: Bong Range Forest , 06°49′N, 10°17′W, 8.iv.2005, pitfalls in rain forest, Flomo D. ( MRAC 216628 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Other material: LIBERIA: 1 ♂: Fuamah Forest , 06°58′N, 10°12′W, 10.v.2008, Flomo D. ( MRAC 228043 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis: Males of P. catharinae are characterized by the short bifid RTA, the large cup-shaped MA, and the FC with twisted extremity. Females are recognized by the series of three wide, shallow folds along the frontal margin of the epigyne and the shallow, circular, central impression in front of its posterior margin.

Etymology: The species name is a patronym in honour of the biologist Katrien Bosselaers MSc, daughter of the second author.

Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 227283). Total l 4.55.

Carapace chestnut brown with a black network of striae, covered by weak, dispersed warts ( Fig. 45E, F View Figure 45 ). Carapace l: 2.00; w: 1.75. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum smooth, l: 1.03; w: 1.06. Abdomen greyish brown, with a weak, poorly defined, orangebrown dorsal scutum covering 25% of do abdominal surface area.

Legs orange-brown, not warted.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-1 do 0-1-0; II do 0-1-0; III do 0-1-0; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 0-2-0; IV pl 0-1-1 rl 0-1-1 ve 0-2-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2.

Male palp ( Fig. 52A, B View Figure 52 ): RTA large, bifid, with two short, blunt prongs. PTA large, with rounded tip. Embolus with broad base with large tooth pointing outward, distal part narrow, sickle-shaped. MA cupshaped; FC flattened and wide, with twisted tip, accommodating embolus. Basal part of tegulum with ve extension, rounded at tip; PAPT large and rounded; CAPT small.

Female (MRAC 227284). Total l 5.35.

Carapace as in male, l: 1.88; w: 1.60. Sternum smooth, l: 0.95; w: 1.04. Abdomen greyish brown, without dorsal scutum. Legs orange-brown, not warted.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-0-1-1 do 0-1-0 rlv 0-0-0-0-1; II do 0-1-0; III do 0-1-0; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2- 2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 0-2-0; IV pl 0-1-1 rl 0-1-1 ve 1-2-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2.

Epigyne ( Figs 52C, D View Figure 52 , 59D View Figure 59 ): a broad dark area with three wide, shallow folds along the frontal margin; shallow, circular, central impression in front posterior margin. Copulatory openings near posterior margin, far apart; spermathecae large, near posterior margin; with large lobate ducts dorsal of spermathecae.

Known geographical distribution: Guinea, Liberia ( Fig. 62 View Figure 62 ).