Ocyale Audouin, 1823

Jocque, Merlijn, Wellens, Siel, Andrianarivosoa, J. D., Rakotondraparany, F., Seing, Sam The & Jocqué, Rudy, 2017, A new species of Ocyale (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Madagascar, with first observations on the biology of a representative in the genus, European Journal of Taxonomy 355, pp. 1-13 : 3-5

Ocyale Audouin, 1823

Key to the Afrotropical species of Ocyale

Letters refer to characters shown by arrows in key figures.

Species included:

O. dewinterae Alderweireldt, 1996 ♂ ♀

O. discrepans Roewer, 1960 ♀

O. ghost Jocque M. & Jocqué R. sp. nov. ♂ ♀

O. grandis Alderweireldt, 1996 ♂ ♀

O. guttata Karsch, 1878 ♂ ♀

O. pilosa Roewer, 1960 ♂ ♀

1. Males ................................................................................................................................................. 2

– Females ............................................................................................................................................. 6

2. Small species: TL 6–8 mm; distal part of cymbium shorter than bulbus (b) and bulbus clearly broadened (a) .............................................................................. O. dewinterae Alderweireldt, 1996

– Larger species, TL> 16 mm; distal part of cymbium longer than bulbus (c) and bulbus clearly not broadened (d) .................................................................................................................................... 3

3. Distal prong of palea much narrower than proximal prong (e); ventral process of MA subrectangular with long parallel margins (f) ............................................ O. ghost Jocque M. & Jocqué R. sp. nov.

– Prongs of palea of similar size (g); long margin of ventral MA process with bulge (h) .................. 4

4. Lateral process of MA slender, tapered to sharp tip (i); TL> 23 mm ................................................ ........................................................................................................... O. grandis Alderweireldt, 1996

– Lateral process of MA, shorter and broader, blunt (j); TL <23 mm ................................................ 5

5. Sperm duct near proximal margin of tegulum, partly hidden by subtegulum (k); long margin of ventral MA process with deep long incision before bulge ........................... O. guttata Karsch, 1878

– Sperm duct further from proximal margin of tegulum, not hidden by subtegulum (l); long margin of ventral MA process with shallow, short incision before bulge (m) ............... O. pilosa Roewer, 1960

6. Epigyne surrounded but not covered by white setae (n) .... O. ghost Jocque M. & Jocqué R. sp. nov.

– Epigyne almost completely covered by white setae (o) ................................................................... 7

7. Large species, TL> 23 mm; epigyne with small and short septum (p)............................................... ........................................................................................................... O. grandis Alderweireldt, 1996

– Smaller species, TL <23 mm; epigyne with well-developed inverted T-shaped septum (q, r) ........ 8

8. Longitudinal part of inverted T longer than transverse part (q); colour pattern uniform .................... ..................................................................................................... O. dewinterae Alderweireldt, 1996

– Longitudinal part of inverted T as long as or shorter than transverse part (r); brown to yellow carapace pattern (in ethanol) ............................................................................................................................ 9

9. Lateral epigyne margins along median septum swollen and shiny; longitudinal part of inverted T slender, longer than transverse part .............. O. guttata Karsch, 1878 , O. discrepans Roewer, 1960

– Lateral epigyne margins along median septum not swollen and shiny; longitudinal part of inverted T broad, only half as long as transverse part (r) ................................................ O. pilosa Roewer, 1960