Pseudocorinna lanius, 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 : 306-307

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491929
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D25D-FF85-5521-FF4908E1FE4F
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Pseudocorinna lanius
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

PSEUDOCORINNA LANIUS View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 26A–F View Figure 26 , 30 View Figure 30 , 38P View Figure 38 )

Type material: Holotype: male: IVORY COAST: Bettié , forêt de Mabi, 06°05′N, 03°30′W, 18.iii.1993, rainforest, Mühlenberg M. ( MRAC 177085 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: IVORY COAST: 1 ♀: Appouesso , Forêt Classée Bossematié, 06°35′N, 03°28′W, 15.i.1995, forest, pitfall, Jocqué R GoogleMaps . & Tanoh ( MRAC 204342 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀: same locality, 18.xii.1995, forest, pitfall, Jocqué R . & Tanoh ( MRAC 204343 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂: Bettié , Forêt Classée. Mabi, 06°05′N, 03°30′W, 24.iii.1997, grappe 3, along road, Steyn T. ( MRAC 207390 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Other material: LIBERIA: 1♀: Bong Range Forest , 06°49′N, 10°17′W, 21.iv.2005, pitfalls in rain forest, Flomo D. ( MRAC 216614 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1♀: 8.iv.2005 ( MRAC 216638 View Materials ) ; 1♀: 21.iv.2005 ( MRAC 216652 View Materials ) ; 1♀: 13.iii.2005 ( MRAC 216731 View Materials ) ; 1♂: 30.v.2005 ( MRAC 216940 View Materials ) ; 1♀: 8.vii.2005 ( MRAC 217093 View Materials ) ; 1♀: 11.ix.2005 ( MRAC 217614 View Materials ) ; 1♂: 2–7.x.2005 ( MRAC 217657 View Materials ) ; 1♂: 1–24.x.2005 ( MRAC 217750 View Materials ) . GUINEA: 1♂: F.C. de Ziama, 08°24′N, 09°17′W, 8.viii.1999, rain forest, pitfalls, Flomo D. ( MRAC 218109 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1♀: 21.viii.1999 ( MRAC 218110 View Materials ) ; 1♂: 4.xi.1998 ( MRAC 218111 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis: Males of P. lanius are characterized by the large bifid RTA with two fairly long pointed prongs and by the massive proximal part of the tegulum that partly hides the long slender embolus. Females are recognized by the epigyne with dark mushroomshaped pattern with the internal structure narrowing towards the front.

Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition and refers to a bird ( Lanius excubitor) that was recognized in the shape of the RTA by Alain Reygel, the artist who created most of the drawings for this article.

Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 177085). Total l 5.05.

Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.65; w: 2.15. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.15; w: 1.35. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 85% of do abdominal surface area.

Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Male palp ( Fig. 26A–D View Figure 26 ): RTA large, broad, with two large slightly diverging terminal prongs; PTA a short, thick, pointed knob. Bulbus broad. Embolus with broad base and thin, strongly curved distal part. MA broad, membranous, widely incised at tip; FC large, fan-shaped at extremity. Proximal part of tegulum massive, CAPT extending far forward, hiding most of bulbus structure in ve view; wide central part with thin, spine-shaped retrolateral excrescence; triangular PAPT pointing prolaterally.

Female (paratype, MRAC 204342). Total l 4.85.

Carapace as in male, l: 2.20; w: 1.85. Sternum warted, l: 1.10; w: 1.25. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Epigyne ( Figs 26E–F View Figure 26 , 38P View Figure 38 ): a mushroom-shaped darkened area with internal structure visible in transparency. Copulatory openings near posterior rim; copulatory ducts almost straight, leading to closely set spermathecae; with large lobate ducts along copulatory ducts.

Known geographical distribution: Ivory Coast ( Fig. 30 View Figure 30 ).