Cyrba lineata Wanless, 1984

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Cyrba lineata Wanless, 1984

Figs 1–13

Cyrba lineata: Wanless 1984 b: 465–468, figs 13 A–H; Wesołowska 2006: 618, figs 1–5 (sub C. armata );

Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 26–27, figs 24, 25, 239.

Description:

Male (from Blyderivier Canyon, Botanic Reserve).

Measurements: Carapace: length 2.80, width 1.70, height at PLE 1.40. Ocular area: length 1.00, width anteriorly 1.20, width posteriorly 1.10. Diameter of AME 0.45. Abdomen: length 2.90, width 1.70. Clypeal height: 0.15. Cheliceral length: 0.80. Length of leg segments: I 1.65 + 0.85 + 1.20 + 1.10 + 0.65; II 1.45 + 0.80 + 1.05 + 1.05 + 0.60; III 1.50 + 0.70 +1.00+1.00+ 0.60; IV 1.85 + 0.85 + 1.60 + 1.85 + 0.70.

Leg spination: I Fm d 1 - 1-4, Pt pr and rt 1, Tb pr 1 - 1 v 2 - 2 - 2 ap, Mt pr and rt 0-1 -0 v 2 - 2 ap; II Fm d 1 - 1-4, Pt pr and rt 1, Tb d 0-1 -0 pr and rt 1 - 1 v 1-2 - 2 ap, Mt pr and rt 0-1 - 1 ap v 2 - 2 ap; III Fm d 1 - 1-5, Pt pr and rt 1, Tb d 1 - 1 pr and rt 1 - 1 v 2 - 2 - 2 ap, Mt pr 0-1 - 2 ap rt 1 - 1-2 ap v 2 - 0-2 ap; IV Fm d 1 - 1-4, Pt pr and rt 1, Tb d 1 - 1 pr and rt 1 - 1 v 1-2 - 2 ap, Mt pr and rt 1 - 1 - 1 v 2 - 0-2 ap or 1 - 1-2 ap.

Colouration ( Figs 4, 5): Carapace yellow-brown, with yellow-white ocular area and black around eyes, covered with brown narrow scales. White scales above anterior row of eyes. Sternum yellow. Clypeus yellow, covered with white hairs. Chelicerae yellow, covered with short brown hairs. Abdomen: dorsum brown, covered with brown hairs and scales, and with a narrow medial yellow stripe ( Figs 4, 10); sides and venter yellow. All legs yellow, but metatarsi and tarsi dark brown; all segments covered with brown scales. Palpal femora and patella yellow, covered with white hairs; tibia and cymbium brown, covered with dark brown hairs. Palpal structure as in Figs 6–9.

Female (from Blyderivier Canyon, Botanic Reserve).

Measurements: Carapace: length 2.90, width 2.00, height at PLE 1.45. Ocular area: length 1.20, width anteriorly 1.90, width posteriorly 1.80. Diameter of AME 0.65. Abdomen: length 2.90–4.40, width 2.1–2.60. Clypeal height: 0.15. Cheliceral length: 0.90. Length of leg segments: I 1.60 + 0.95 + 1.15 + 1.10 + 0.65; II 1.50 +1.00+ 1.05 +1.00+ 0.45; III 1.50 + 0.85 + 1.10 + 1.15 + 0.60; IV 1.90 + 0.90 + 1.75 + 1.90 + 0.70.

Leg spination: I Fm d 1 - 1-4, Tb v 2 - 2 - 2 ap, Mt v 2 - 2 ap; II Fm d 1 - 1-4, Tb v 1-2 - 2 ap, Mt v 2 - 2 ap; III Fm d 1 - 1-4, Pt pr & rt 1, Tb d 0-1 pr and rt 1 - 1 v 1-2 - 2 ap, Mt d 1 -0 pr and rt 0-1 - 2 ap v 2 - 2 ap; IV Fm d 1 - 1-4, Pt pr and rt 1, Tb d 1 - 0-1 pr and rt 1 - 1 v 1-2 - 2 ap, Mt pr and rt 1-2 - 2 ap v 2 - 0-2 ap.

Colouration ( Figs 1–3): Carapace yellow-brown, with black around eyes, covered with brown narrow scales. White scales above anterior row of eyes. Sternum yellow to brown-yellow. Clypeus yellow-brown to brown, covered with short white hairs. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Abdomen yellow-grey, but dorsum dark brown, covered with brown hairs and scales and with narrow medial yellow stripe ( Figs 1, 2). Book lungs grey. Spinnerets brown. All legs yellow-brown, but tibiae and metatarsi brown; all segments covered with brown scales. Palpal femora and patellae yellow; tibiae and cymbium brown. Epigyne and spermathecae as in Figs 11–13.

Holotype (examined): ♀ (without the epigyne) SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Pinetown (Durban) , ca 29 ° 48 'S: 30 ° 54 'E, iii. 1979, M.E. Baddeley ( MRAC, 152164 ) .

Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: 2 ♀ ( NCA, 2009 /2167, 2009/ 2164 ), Little Leigh , 22 ° 94 'S: 29 ° 86 'E, leaf litter sifting, gallery forest, 19.iii. 2006, N. Hahn ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( NCA, 2009 / 2165 ), same locality, 22 ° 93 'S: 29 ° 88 'E, leaf litter sifting, Pterocarpus rotundifolius , 22.iii. 2006, S. Foord ; 1 ♂ ( NCA, 2009 / 2169 ), same locality, 22 ° 94 'S: 29 ° 86 'E, below the knee, gallery forest, 19.iii. 2006, S. Foord ; 3 ♂ 2 ♀ ( NCA, 2009 /2168, 2009/2170, 2009/ 2166 ), same locality, 22 ° 94 'S: 29 ° 86 'E, leaf litter sifting, gallery forest, 19.iii. 2006, E. Stam & N. Hahn ; 1 ♂ ( NCA, 2009 / 2163 ), same locality, 22 ° 93 'S: 29 ° 89 'E, below the knee, Burkea africana , 20.iii. 2006, S. Foord ; 1 ♂ ( NCA, 2009 / 2162 ), same locality, 22 ° 94 'S: 29 ° 86 'E, sifting, gallery forest, 38795, S. Spengler ; 1 ♀ ( MRAC, 210122 ), Blyderivier Canyon, Botanic Reserve , 24 ° 16 'S: 30 ° 50 'E, dry river bed, under stones, 7.iv. 2001, R. Jocqué ; 1 ♂ ( MRAC, 210136 ), same locality, swampy woodland, sieved litter, 9.iv. 2001, R. Jocqué ; 1 ♂ ( MRAC, 210156 ), same locality, on outside wall of house, 5.iv. 2001, R. Jocqué .

Distribution: To date, the species has been known only from South Africa (Wanless 1984 b; Wesołowska & Haddad 2009; present work).

Comments:The species has an easily recognizable epigyne, particularly the acute lobes of its rear edge and a pair of well-marked epigynal pockets (see Wanless 1984 b, figs 13 F, G). The samples examined by us contain both sexes collected together and therefore we are able to confirm the synonymy of C. armata Wesołowska, 2006 with C. lineata proposed by Wesołowska & Haddad (2009; cf. Figs 6–9 and figs 3–5 in Wesołowska 2006).