Hortipes anansiodatus, BOSSELAERS & JOCQUÉ, 2000

BOSSELAERS, JAN & JOCQUÉ, RUDY, 2000, Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (256), pp. 4-4 : 4-

Hortipes anansiodatus , new species Figures 31d , 35b ; Map 5

TYPES: Female holotype in pitfall trap in rain forest, 1600 m, Mt. Koupe´ , Cameroon (31 January 1983; R. Bosmans) ( MRAC) .

ETYMOLOGY: The species’ epithet means dedicated to Anansi. Anansi is a West African spidergod.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the large first stretches of the IDs surrounded by the coiled duct itself and by the globular ST1 positioned posterior to these and touching each other.

MALE: Unknown.

of fe: I 1.08, II 1.13, III 0.92, IV 1.32. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 3; IV plt 1 rlt 1; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1; IV plt 1 vt 2 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace orange brown. Sternum, chelicerae and legs yellow brown. Abdomen peach, no pattern. Genitalia. Vulva: entrance of ID heavily sclerotized, first stretch wide and thick walled, associated with gland, surrounded by two coils of ID, in turn connected to dorsal side of globular ST1 through diagonal, inward­running stretch. Spermathecae 1 touching each other (figs. 31d; 35b).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Map 5. Distribution of Hortipes species in Cameroon. Hortipes abucoletus *, H. alderweireldti, H. anansiodatus •, H. architelones Δ, H. bosmansi v, H. calliblepharus ^, H. chrysothemis n, H. depravator, H. fortipes., H. hormigricola V, H. puylaerti D, H. robertus h, and H. sceptrum O.

Fig 35. a. Hortipes hormigricola, new species, vulva, ventral view. b. Hortipes anansiodatus, new species, vulva, ventral view. c. Hortipes exoptans, new species, vulva, ventral view. Scale line: 0.1 mm.

Fig. 31. a–c. Hortipes architelones, new species. a, b. Male left palp, partly expanded, ventral and retrolateral views. c. Epigyne. d. Hortipes anansiodatus, new species, epigyne. Scale line: 0.25 mm.