Pseudocorinna christae, 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 : 294-295

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545732
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D269-FFB9-54D6-FD940B98FE64
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Pseudocorinna christae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

PSEUDOCORINNA CHRISTAE View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 13D, E View Figure 13 , 19 View Figure 19 , 38G View Figure 38 )

Type material: Holotype: Female : IVORY COAST: Réserve de la Marahoué, east of Bouaflé, 06°50′N, 05°35′W, Deeleman C. ( RMNH). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis: Females of P. christae are characterized by the epigyne with a broad roughly quadrangular indentation and the large transverse lobate ducts.

Etymology: The species name is a patronym in honour of Christa Deeleman-Reinhold, who collected the type specimen.

Description: Female (holotype, RMNH). Total 3.76.

Carapace reddish brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 0.99; w: 1.21. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 0.99; w: 1.21. Abdomen white. Legs pale yellow, fe and ti orange.

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

Epigyne ( Figs 13D, E View Figure 13 , 38G View Figure 38 ): dark area with quadrangular central depression near posterior margin. Copulatory ducts short, simple, leading sideward towards long spermathecae with finely divided lumen; surrounded by large lobate ducts.

Male unknown.

Known geographical distribution: Ivory Coast ( Fig. 19 View Figure 19 ).