Mistaria lawrencei (Roewer, 1955) Roewer, 1955

Kioko, Grace M., Jaeger, Peter, Kioko, Esther N., Ji, Li-Qiang & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, On the species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 studied by Roewer (1955) from Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 109-132 : 109

Mistaria lawrencei (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. Figs 6, 12I, 13

Agelena lawrencei Roewer, 1955: 60.

Type material examined.

Holotype ♀, Zimbabwe, near Salisbury [=Harare], 1953, Coll. C.F. Roewer (SMF 9906638).

Diagnosis.

M. lawrencei comb. nov. and M. mossambica comb. nov. share characteristics such as the shape of the anterior lobe, triangular centrally projected copulatory ducts and wide concave epigyne anterior delimiting edge (Figs 6B, 8B). The two species can be distinguished by the shape of the epigynal teeth which are thick in M. lawerencei comb. nov. (Fig. 6A) compared and slender in M. mossambica comb. nov. (Fig. 8A). The copulatory ducts are also large and close together in M. mossambica comb. nov. (Fig. 8B) compared to smaller and further apart in M. lawrencei comb. nov. (Fig. 6B). The two species can also be separated by the length to width size ratio of the epigyne which is 0.6:0.6 in M. lawrencei compared to 0.7:0.5 in M. mossambica comb. nov.

Redescription.

Total length 9.62. Carapace 4.49 long 3.85 wide. Abdomen 5.13 long 3.21 wide. Habitus as in Fig. 12I. Carapace longer than wide, yellow, four lateral black lines. Fovea long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.25, ALE 0.27, PME 0.20, PLE 0.25, AME–AME 0.09, AME–PME 0.31, ALE–PLE 0.12, PME–PME 0.19, PME–PLE 0.28. Chelicerae brown-yellow. Labium 2/3 length of endites, yellow. Endites yellow. Sternum shield shaped, yellow. Legs yellow numerous spines. Leg measurements: I 14.43 (3.85, 4.81, 3.53, 2.24), II 15.07 (4.17, 5.13, 3.53, 2.24), III 13.15 (3.85, 4.17, 3.21, 1.92), IV 16.67 (4.81, 5.13, 4.49, 2.24). Abdomen ovoid, creamish-yellow, two parallel black lines. Spinnerets yellow.

Epigyne as in Fig. 6A, B. Teeth same length as lateral notches, wide at proximal end and thin distally. Anterior delimiting edge concave, epigyne opening rectangular. Vulva anterior delimiting edge slightly concave. Septum present (Fig. 6A). Copulatory ducts central origin, widely separated. Spermathecal lobes decreasing in size posteriorly, anterior lobe roundish.

Male unknown.

Distribution.

Zimbabwe (Fig. 13).