Mistaria longimamillata (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 longimamillata (Roewer, 1955) comb. nov. Figs 12K, L, 13

Agelena longimamillata Roewer 1955: 58.

Type material examined.

Holotype ♀, Mozambique, Tete, 1953, Coll. C.F. Roewer (SMF 9909997).

Diagnosis.

M. longimamillata comb. nov. and M. zorica have the distal segment of posterior spinnerets twice the size of the anterior spinnerets. The two species can be distinguished by the swollen tarsi of the palp in M. longimamillata comb. nov (Fig. 12K, L) compared to straight in M. zorica (see fig. 4C in Kioko et al. 2018). M. zorica is also smaller compared to the medium sized M. longimamillata comb. nov.

Redescription.

Total length 8.34. Carapace 3.85 long 3.21 wide. Abdomen 4.49 long 2.56 wide. Habitus as in Fig. 12K, L. Carapace wider than long, yellow, lateral bands present. V-neck like pattern present with white flower-like pattern. Cephalic region brown. Tarsi of the palp wider than the rest of the palp. Fovea short. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.22, PME 0.16, PLE 0.17, AME–AME 0.09, AME–PME 0.23, ALE–PLE 0.08, PME–PME 0.17, PME–PLE 0.19. Chelicerae brown. Labium 2/3 length of endites. Labium, endites, sternum and legs yellow. Leg measurements: I 17.31 (4.81, 5.45, 4.17, 2.88), II 15.39 (4.81, 4.49, 3.53, 2.56), III 15.70 (5.12, 4.17, 3.85, 2.56), IV 19.87 (5.13, 5.77, 6.09, 2.88). Abdomen yellow with black spots on each sides, wide cream band at the center. Posterior spinnerets long, distal segment twice the length of the proximal segment.

Note.

The epigyne of this species was not available for redescription, it was missing in the vial. However, based on the diagram by Roewer 1955, the following deductions were made. Epigynal teeth long and pointed, longer than lateral notches, originating centrally. Anterior delimiting edge concave.

Male unknown.

Distribution.

Mozambique (Fig. 13).