Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966

Gonzalez-Filho, Hector M. O., Colpani-Sartori, Maria Tereza, Henrard, Arnaud, Guadanucci, José Paulo L. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Illustrated Catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae), Zoosystema 46 (26), pp. 671-695 : 673-675

Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966

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Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966: 226 , figs 19-22 (description ♂, juvenile). — Blandin 1978: 26, fig. 8b (♂).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. DR Congo • 1 juvenile ♀; Kivu , Itombwe [03°30’S, 29°00’E]; XII.1961; R. Kissi leg.; 1200-1400 m, under stones in destroyed forest; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.120071 .

Paratype. DR Congo • 1 ♂; Kivu , Uvira; [03°25’S, 29°08’E]; V.1962; R. Kissi leg.; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.129769 (designated originally as allotype) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Democratic Republic of the Congo.

REMARK

Benoit (1966) considered the holotype of C. itombwensis to be an adult female. However, after examination of the specimen and dissection of the genital area, we found that no spermatheca were developed ( Fig. 3E ), demonstrating that this specimen was actually not an adult.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966: A-F, holotype, ♀ juvenile (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.120071): A, habitus dorsal; B, idem, ventral; C, labium and maxillae, ventral view; D, eye tubercle, dorsal view; E, spermatheca, dorsal view; F, spinnerets, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, D, 1 mm; E, F, 0.5 mm.

FIG. 4. — Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966:A-J, paratype, ♂ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.129769): A, habitus dorsal;B, idem, ventral; C-E, male palp,ventral view; D, idem, prolateral view; E, idem, retrolateral view; F, right tibia I, prolateral view; G, male palpal bulb, dorsal view; H, idem, ventral view; I, idem, prolateral view; J, idem, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C-E, 0.5 mm; F, 1 mm; G-J, 0.5 mm.