Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902

Figs 56–62

Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902: 392 –393; Prószyński, 1984: 29 (male holotype from Java, Mons Teugger, Fruhstorfer, MNHN, 20576, examined); World Spider Catalog 2015.

Additional material examined. Singapur: 2♂, Mandai Lake Road, 12–14 February 1988 (LKCNHM); 1♂, Enq Konq Garden, 31 October 1988; 1♂, Malmcolm Road, 18 September 1988 (LKCNHM).

Diagnosis. Distinguishable from all members of Cytaea for the brown transverse stripe on chelicerae (Fig. 57). Differs from C. carolinensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński for having a shorter embolus with one spiral and smaller anterior projection of the tegulum; also, RTA has a distal notch (Figs 61–62).

Redescription. Male (holotype). Cephalothorax dark-brown, covered with sparse white scales, more numerous on the sides. Eye surroundings black. Eye field wider than long, its length 51% of CL. PME halfway between PLE and ALE. Fovea short, located between PLE. Abdomen yellowish, with many gray-brown spots, anterior part covered with white scales, sides with brown hairs (Fig. 56). Spinnerets pale-yellow. Clypeus yellowish, narrower (38%) than AME diameter, covered with very long and dense white hairs (Fig. 57). Chelicerae slender, vertical, whitish, with long white hairs at the base (Fig. 57); promargin with three teeth, retromarginal tooth bicuspidate (Fig. 59). Sternum pale, elongate (Fig. 58). Venter greyish-brown. Pedipalps light-brown, tibia and patella prolaterally dark-brown, femur proximally greyish, with 1-1-1 dorsal spines. Cymbium with small posterior projection (Fig. 60). Seminal reservoir meandering. RTA short and wide, slightly hooked (Figs 60–62). Legs I brown, distal tibiae and patellae lighter; spination: fI: dorsal 1-1-5; pI: prolateral 1, retrolateral 1; tI: dorsal 1-0, prolateral 1-1, retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2-2; mI: prolateral 1-1, retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2. Other legs light brown. Dimensions. CL 2.72, CW 2.01, CH 1.52, AL 5.64, AW 3.06, EFL 1.39, AEW 2.03, PEW 1.88, leg I: 5,64 (1.60 + 0.96 + 1.39 + 1.15 + 0.54), leg II: 5.54 (1.63 + 0.94 + 1.27 + 1.15 + 0.55), leg III: 5.99 (1.79 + 0.97 + 1.20 + 1.51 + 0.52), leg IV: 6.03 (1.84 + 0.77 + 1.26 + 1.62 + 0.54).

Female. Unknown.