Selenops viron, Corronca, J. A., 2002

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 30

Selenops viron sp. nov. ( Figs. 79­80 )

Type. Female holotype from Kenya, Turkana, Kanapoi, 1­5­IX­1966, deposited in MCZ.

Etymology. The specific epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Diagnosis. The females of this species resemble S. lumbo , but in S. viron sp. nov. the pockets of the epigynum are situated behind the midline and are more elongated than in S. lumbo ( Fig. 79 ). The course of the internal duct system of the spermathecae also differs ( Fig. 80 ).

Female holotype: Total length 9.90. Prosoma length 4.26, width 4.58. Opisthosoma length 5.62, width 7.07. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.09, PME 0.28, PLE 0.35, AME­AME 0.30, AME­ALE 0.54, AME­PME 0.12, PME­PME 1.12, PME­PLE 0.56, PLE­PLE 2.12, ALE­ALE 1.68. Leg formula 2341. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 4.47, Pat+Tib 5.62, Mt 2.81, Ta 1.35, total 14.25; II­ 4.99, 6.24, 3.02, 1.35, total 15.60; III­ 4.89, 6.14, 3.02, 1.35, total 15.40; IV­ 4.99, 5.62, 3.22, 1.35, total 15.18. Leg spination: Fe. I­ pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt1.0.1, II­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt1.0.1, III­ pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt1.1.1, IV­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.0.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, III­IV­ v2.2.0; Mt. I­III­ v2.2, IV­ v2.1. Prosoma pale brown­red. Chelicerae brown­red. Legs brown, femora I with a longitudinal prolateral grey band. Opisthosoma yellowish­grey without spots, posterior half with small pale grey spots, venter yellowish. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 79­80 .

Male. Unknown

Known distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 74 ­ 83. 74 ­ 78. Selenops vigilans Pocock, Fig 74. Male palp, lateral view. 75. Male palp, ventral view. 76. Epigynum, ventral view. 77. Vulva, dorsal view. 78. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 79 ­ 80. Selenops viron sp. nov., female holotype, 79. Epigynum, ventral view. 80. Vulva, dorsal view. 81 ­ 83. Selenops zairensis Benoit, female holotype, 81. Epigynum, ventral view. 82. Vulva, dorsal view. 83. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.