Guhua kakamegaensis Zhao & Li

Song, Yang, Zhao, Huifeng, Luo, Yufa, Kioko, Grace M., Kioko, Esther N. & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, The first record of Telemidae from Kenya, with the description of two new species (Arachnida, Araneae), ZooKeys 725, pp. 1-15 : 3

Guhua kakamegaensis Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (NMK): Kenya: Kakamega County: Kakamega Town, Kakamega Forest, N00°21.13', E34°52.65', 1542 m, 5.VIII.2016, G.M. Kioko, Q.Y. Zhao & Z.Y. Yao. Paratypes: 1♂ and 3♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

See genus diagnosis.

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 1.68. Carapace 0.65 long, 0.58 wide. Abdomen 1.01 long, 0.70 wide. Carapace yellow, with dark spots in the mid-thoracic area and distinct radial stripes around it (Fig. 1A). Chelicerae and legs yellow, with dark brown pattern. Six eyes, all well-developed with black rings around them, clypeus 0.08 long. Cheliceral promargin with two large teeth and four tiny granulous denticles, retromargin with four triangular denticles. Labium, endites, and sternum dark brown. Leg measurements: I 4.56 (1.28, 0.22, 1.41, 1.01, 0.64); II 3.98 (1.18, 0.21, 1.19, 0.85, 0.55); III 3.01 (0.90, 0.20, 0.84, 0.63, 0.44); IV 3.97 (1.20, 0.17, 1.14, 0.90, 0.56). Two trichobothria and one seta on tibia IV (Fig. 8A). Tibial glands distinct and belt-shaped (Fig. 8 B–C), the arrangement of secretory orifices is wave-shaped within a smooth striped tegument (Fig. 8B). Lorum and lateral abdominal plates distinct (Fig. 1A). Abdomen dark green, with dense hairs (Fig. 1A).

Palp: tibia 1.8 times longer than patella, cymbium bent and slender and 2.4 times longer than tibia. Bulb kidney shaped, with a few wrinkles and papillae basally (arrowed on Fig. 2 A–B). Embolus cylindrical, with a complex membranous apex (Figs 1 B–D, 2 A–D), its retrolateral surface rough and covered by many thorn-shaped structures (arrowed on Fig. 2D).

Female. Total length 1.82. Carapace 0.61 long, 0.56 wide. Abdomen 1.14 long, 0.95 wide. Eyes encircled by black rings, clypeus 0.08 long. Other coloration and pattern same as in male (Fig. 3 A–B). Abdomen dark brown, with few hairs. Leg measurements: I 3.92 (1.11, 0.19, 1.21, 0.82, 0.59); II 3.44 (0.98, 0.19, 1.05, 0.71, 0.51); III 2.57 (0.75, 0.17, 0.70, 0.53, 0.42); IV 3.62 (1.09, 0.19, 1.06, 0.77, 0.51). Receptacle arch-shaped, sclerotized, with a sclerotized scape arising inward mesally (Fig. 3 C–D).

Habitat.

Leaf litter in rainforest.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 10).