Pisenor selindanus ( Benoit, 1965 )

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 : 686-687

Pisenor selindanus ( Benoit, 1965) species inquirenda

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Urothele selindana Benoit, 1965: 37 , fig. 3 (description ♀ juvenile).

Pisenor selindanus – Raven 1985: 112.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Zimbabwe • ♀ juvenile; Selinda , Mount Selinda; [19°14’S, 32°14’E]; VII.1960; N. Leleup leg.; forêt ombrophile de Chirinda, dans I’humus; alt. 1250 et 1300 m; BE_RMCA_ARA. Ara.116120 .

REMARK

Benoit (1965) considered the type of P. selindanus to be an adult female. However, after examination of specimens and dissection of the genital area, we did not find any developed spermatheca ( Fig. 14E ), demonstrating that this specimen is a juvenile. For this reason, P. selindanus is herein considered as species inquirenda.

DISTRIBUTION. — Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIG. 15. — Pisenor selindanus (Benoit, 1965): A-F, holotype, juvenile ♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.116120): 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. 14. — Pisenor plicatus (Benoit, 1965): A-F, holotype,♀ (BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.92538): 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.