Pseudocorinna perplexa, Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011

Jocqué, Rudy & Bosselaers, Jan, 2011, Revision of Pseudocorinna Simon and a new related genus (Araneae: Corinnidae): two more examples of spider templates with a large range of complexity in the genitalia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (2), pp. 271-350 : 312-313

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491939
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D257-FF8B-57BA-F9950E15F9D2
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Pseudocorinna perplexa
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

PSEUDOCORINNA PERPLEXA View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 33A, B View Figure 33 , 40 View Figure 40 )

Type material: Holotype: male: NIGERIA: Benin City , Asaba, 06°10′N, 06°45′E, 3.i.1949, B. Malkin ( CAS). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis: Males of P. perplexa are recognized by the very long whip-shaped embolus in combination with a large T-shaped MA.

Etymology: The species name is an adjective referring to stunning structure of the male palp.

Description: Male (holotype, CAS). Total l 4.85.

Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.60; w: 2.10. Sternum warted, l: 1.15; w: 1.30. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 85% of do abdominal surface area.

Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

Leg spination (leg I missing): fe: III do 0-0-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; IV plv 0-1-0; mt: II ve 2-2-2-2; III ve 0-2-0; IV rl 1-0-0 ve 1-1-1.

Male palp ( Fig. 33A, B View Figure 33 ): RTA broad, short, blunt, pointing downward, with ve tooth at base. PTA simple, short, slender, sharp, situated far backward. Embolus long, slender, whip-shaped, running from base of prolateral side to proximal part of retrolateral side. MA large, roughly T-shaped, attached at centre of transverse bar. FC absent. Proximal part of tegulum slightly extended forward with frontal part wide, rounded. PAPT large, triangular, tooth-shaped, pointing outward. RAPT absent. CAPT broad, with longitudinal fold, rounded at tip.

Female unknown.

Known geographical distribution: Nigeria ( Fig. 40 View Figure 40 ).