Pseudocorinna doutreleponti, 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 : 296-297

PSEUDOCORINNA DOUTRELEPONTI SP. NOV.

( FIGS 15A, B , 20 )

Type material: Holotype: male: CAMEROON: Bali , Bafuchu Mbu, Shum Laka, 05°51′N, 10°05′E, xii.1991 – ii.1992, 1600 m, pitfall, Doutrelepont H. ( MRAC 174796 ).

Paratypes: CAMEROON: 1 ♂: as holotype ( MRAC 174763 ) ; 1 ♂: as holotype ( MRAC 174770 ) ; 1 ♂: as holotype ( MRAC 174851 ) .

Diagnosis: Males of P. doutreleponti are characterized by the short RTA with sinuous dorsal margin and truncated tip in combination with the large ribbonshaped embolus and the large CAPT, which protrudes distally.

Etymology: The species name is a patronym in honour of Hugues Doutrelepont who collected the type specimens.

Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 174796). Total l 4.90.

Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.50; w: 2.10. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.10; w: 1.34. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 95% of do abdominal surface area.

Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Male palp ( Fig. 15A, B ): RTA broad at base, tapered to truncate tip. PTA large, with sharp tip. Embolus very large, ribbon-shaped, broad to rounded tip. MA membranous, broad and flattened. FC tooth-shaped, lying alongside embolus, tip bent in apical direction. Basal part of tegulum large with large, triangular CAPT; PAPT small.

Female unknown.

Known geographical distribution: Cameroon ( Fig. 20 ).

Figures

Figure 15. Pseudocorinna doutreleponti sp. nov., male holotype (MRAC 174796). A, B, right male palp, retrolateral and ventral views. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. CAPT, central apophysis of posterior part of tegulum; E, embolus; FC, functional conductor; MA, median apophysis; PAPT and RAPT, prolateral and retrolateral apophyses of posterior part of tegulum, respectively; PTA, prolateral tibial apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis.

Figure 20. Distribution of Pseudocorinna amicorum sp. nov. (A), Pseudocorinna bilobata sp. nov. (•), and Pseudocorinna doutreleponti sp. nov. (+).