Selenops sabulosus Benoit, 1968

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 28

Selenops sabulosus Benoit, 1968 ( Figs. 67­68 )

Selenops sabulosus Benoit, 1968 . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1­2):139, fig. 29. Female holotype from Somalie Francaise, Obock, 1966, P. Cannon Col., in MRAC N°131.250, examined.

Diagnosis. The females of S. sabulosus differ from other Selenops species by the distinct shape of the depression of the epigynum having a central constriction ( Fig. 67 ) and the shape of the spermathecae ( Fig. 68 ).

Female. The female was described by Benoit (1968). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 67­68 .

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality

Figures

FIGURES 62 ­ 73. 62 ­ 66. Selenops radiatus Latreille, 62. Epigynum, ventral view. 63. Vulva, dorsal view. 64. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 65. Male palp, ventral view. 66. Male palp, lateral view. 67 ­ 68. Selenops sabulosus Benoit, female holotype, 67. Epigynum, ventral view. 68. Vulva, dorsal view. 69 ­ 71. Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, female lectotype. 69. Epigynum, ventral view. 70. Vulva, dorsal view. 71. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 72 ­ 73. Selenops saldali sp. nov., female holotype, 72. Epigynum, ventral view. 73. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.