Machadocara gongylioides Miller, 1970

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2020, Linyphiid spiders collected by V. Mahnert in Kenya, with the description of a new genus and two new species (Arachnida: Araneae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 349-360 : 355-356

Machadocara gongylioides Miller, 1970

Figs 29-31 , 41-44

Material examined: MHNG; 1 male [sample KENYA-74/07]; KENYA, Lake Naivasha , 5 km from Fisherman’s Camp, under stones; 5.XI.1974; leg. V. Mahnert .

Short re-description: Male. Total length 2.05. Carapace modified as shown in Figs 29-31 , 0.88 long, 0.70 wide, pale brown, with a narrow grey margin. Chelicerae 0.35 long. Legs relatively long and slender, pale brown. Leg I 3.86 long (1.05 + 0.25 + 0.95 + 0.98 + 0.63), IV 3.68 long (1.05 + 0.20 + 0.90 + 0.93 + 0.60). Chaetotaxy 1.1.1.1, spines 1-1.5 times diameters of corresponding leg segment. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. TmI 0.32. Palp ( Figs 41-44 ): tibia with a Trichoncus -like prolateral process, slightly widening distally; paracymbium extremely narrow; tegulum narrowing in its distal part; distal suprategular apophysis with a claw-shaped process; radix slender, its proximal part elongated, tailpiece-shaped; anterior radical process present, narrow, slightly curved distally; embolus thick, gradually tapering, forming a loop. Abdomen 1.20 long, 0.80 wide, grey.

Distribution: This species was hitherto known from Leopards Hill Cave, 1100 m a.s.l., Republic of Zambia ( Miller, 1970). It is here recorded for the fauna of Kenya for the first time.

Figures

Figs 27-35. Photographs of Lepthyphantes (s. str.) buensis Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 (27-28), Machadocara gongylioides Miller, 1970 (29-31) and Pelecopsis subflava Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 (32-35). (27-29, 32) Habitus, dorsal view. (30-31, 33-35) Prosoma, frontal (30), lateral (31, 34), dorsal (33) and fronto-lateral view (35).

Figs 41-44. Details of male palp structure of Machadocara gongylioides Miller, 1970. (41-42) Right palp, retrolateral and prolateral view, respectively. (43) Proximal part of palpal organ, antero-retrolateral view. (44) Tibia, cymbium and paracymbium, dorsal view.