Pseudomicrommata mary, Moradmand, 2015

Moradmand, Majid, 2015, Revision of the grass huntsman spider genus Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 1914 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in the Afrotropical Region, African Invertebrates 56 (2), pp. 425-425 : 436-440

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0213
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914306
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pseudomicrommata mary
status	sp. nov.

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Pseudomicrommata mary View in CoL sp. n.

Figs 23–32 View Figs 23–27 View Figs 28–30 View Figs 31–32

Etymology: This species is dedicated to my wife Maryam (nickname: Mary), for all her love and support; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis: Males distinguished easily from other congeners by the EA narrow proximally, widened medially and pointed distally in ventral view (embolus tip is not as bifid as in P. longipes ) ( Figs 23, 25 View Figs 23–27 ); in females, epigyne with PMP longer than AMP ( Figs 28 View Figs 28–30 , 31 View Figs 31–32 ) and vulva clearly with additional GPO on sTL (besides those on fTL) ( Figs 29, 30 View Figs 28–30 , 32 View Figs 31–32 ), currently unique amongst the known species.

Description:

Male (ranges: n =11, single measurements: holotype).

Measurements (holotype largest): Medium sized; total length 10.9–12.9, prosoma length 4.5–4.8, prosoma width 4.2–4.7, anterior width of prosoma 2.0–2.2, opisthosoma length 5.4–6.1, opisthosoma width 2.5–3.2. Eye diameters:AME 0.22, ALE 0.38, PME 0.34, PLE 0.33; eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.38, PME–PLE 0.34, AME–PME 0.64, ALE–PLE 0.28, clypeus height at AME 0.24, clypeus height at ALE 0.31.

Chelicerae: With 2 anterior and 4 posterior teeth (first two larger with two additional smaller ones) ( Fig. 27 View Figs 23–27 ).

Legs: Leg formula: IV II I III. Palp 6.1 [1.8, 0.7, 1.0, 2.6], I 17.8 [5.1, 2.4, 4.3, 4.4, 1.6], II 19.1 [5.6, 2.4, 4.7, 4.7, 1.7], III 16.9 [5.2, 2.1, 4.1, 3.9, 1.6], IV 19.3 [5.8, 1.9, 4.7, 5.2, 1.7].

Spination: Palp 131, 101, 2121/2111; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321/322; Patella I–IV 000/101; Tibia I–IV 2126 /2226; Metatarsus I–III 2024, IV 3036.

Palp: As in diagnosis, with cymbium nearly three times longer than tibia, dRTA distally pointed, vRTA distally hump-like, subtegulum not visible ( Figs 23, 24 View Figs 23–27 ); EA membranous and hyaline proximally, hard and sclerotized distally ( Fig. 25 View Figs 23–27 ).

Female (ranges: n=8, single measurements: SD 1105).

Measurements: Medium sized; total length 11.8–15.9, prosoma length 4.5–5.1, prosoma width 3.7–4.2, anterior width of prosoma 2.1–2.4, opisthosoma length 7.3–10.8, opisthosoma width 3.1–5.7. Eye diameters:AME 0.25, ALE 0.38, PME 0.36, PLE 0.34; eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.18, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.37, PME–PLE 0.32, AME–PME 0.68, ALE–PLE 0.32, clypeus AME 0.16, clypeus ALE 0.22.

Chelicerae: As in males.

Legs: Leg formula: IV II I III. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp 5.3 [1.4, 0.9, 1.1, 1.9], I 15.0 [4.4, 2.1, 3.5, 3.6, 1.4], II 16.1 [4.9, 2.2, 3.8, 3.7, 1.5], III 14.2 [4.5, 1.8, 3.3, 3.2, 1.4], IV 16.2 [5.0, 1.8, 3.8, 4.1, 1.5].

Spination: Palp 131, 001/101, 2121, 1113; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321/322; Patella I–IV 000/101; Tibia I–IV 1016 /2026; Metatarsus I–III 0004/2024, IV 3036.

Epigyne/vulva:As in diagnosis, with EF nearly as wide as long; AMP bending posteriorly ( Fig. 28 View Figs 28–30 ), sTL extending beyond fTL in lateral view ( Figs 29 View Figs 28–30 , 32 View Figs 31–32 ) (for more details see the genus redescription).

Holotype ♂: GUINEA: Prefecture de Lola : Mount Nimba, SE Gbakole, Plateau de Zouguépo, 07°43'N, 08°24'W, 500 m, 26.i.1952, leg. M. Lamotte, Nº 19 ( SMF). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 2♀ ( SMF) GoogleMaps ; Same data as holotype but 15.iii.1957, Nº 50, 4♂ 4♀ ( SMF) GoogleMaps ; Same data as holotype but 21.i.1957, Nº 18, 2♂ ( SMF) GoogleMaps ; Mount Nimba , Ga forest, 746 m, 6.ii.2012, leg. A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou & M. Sidibé, sieving soil litter, primary forest, 1♀ ( MRAC 238760 , SD 1105) ; Mount Nimba , Kpéléyi Savannah, 572 m, 7.iii.2012, leg. A. Henrard, C.Allard, P. Bimou & M. Sidibé, pitfall traps, 1♂ ( MRAC 238965 ) . IVORY COAST: Adiope Doumé (Orstom), 15–20.viii.1968, leg. J.J. van Mol, 1♀ ( MRAC 134636 , MM) ; N of Korhogo , Bandama River, iii.1980, leg. J. Everts, edge riverine forest, 2♂ ( MRAC 172141-2 ) ; Bouaflé , 22.i.1981, leg. J. Everts, pitfall traps, 1♂ ( MRAC 174220 ) .

Remarks: The type specimens were collected in 1952 and 1957 by mammologist Prof Dr M. Lamotte during his investigation in Mount Nimba of Guinea. A large number of spiders were donated to SMF in 1960 and kept in the collection. Mount Nimba is one of the main biodiversity hotspots in western Africa with a high level of endemicity ( Lamotte & Roy 2003). It seems that P. mary sp. n. is the first of this rich collection to be described as a new species.

Known geographical distribution: Recorded from Mount Nimba and surrounding areas in Guinea and Ivory Coast ( Fig. 40 View Fig ).