Ero comorensis Emerit, 1996 (Figs. 39-40)

Ero comorensis Emerit, 1996: 102, f. 7D,9&11C (Dm).

Material examined: Silhouette: La Passe, 1f 1j., 15.01.1999, M. Saaristo leg. (MZT AA 0.702) and 1f, 1994, USSR. Zool. Exped. (ZMMU) .

Diagnosis: This rather small species (TL = 2.3) is easily recognised by the two pairs of dorsal tubercles on the abdomen; also the densely freckled legs are characteristic.

Description: Female (male well described by Emerit 1996): Somatic characters as in male. Epigyne protruding, with a pair oflarge, rounded openings; seminal receptaculae conspicuously large, bipartite, almost touching in the midline

Discussion: No male has been collected from Seychelles while Emerit (1996) had only a single male at his disposal when describing E. comoremis . However, as the Seychelles females resemble the Comores male in having four prominent dorsal abdominal tubercles, it is provisionally considered to belong to the same taxon.

Distribution: Previously known only from Comores (Emerit 1996). This is the first record from Seychelles and so far found only from Silhouette.