Eleleis luderitz, Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2020, An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4799 (1), pp. 1-80 : 36

Eleleis luderitz sp. nov.

Figs 12G , 13C, D , 23 D–F

Type material. Female holotype from Namibia, Diamond Area 1, E of Grosse Bucht, Lüderitz Peninsula, 26°43’S 15°07’E, 10 September 1989, E. Griffin leg., deposited in SMN 41732 .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Females of Eleleis luderitz sp. nov. resemble those of E. crinita , E. okavango sp. nov. and E. limpopo sp. nov. by the epigyne with median atrium smaller than the posterior median excavation, but differ by the epigyne with a transverse groove between the small atrium and the larger, pentagonal posterior median excavation (absent in E. okavango sp. nov., E. limpopo sp. nov., and E. crinita ) ( Fig. 23D ). Males are unknown.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length: 2.84. Carapace 0.78 long, 0.69 wide; Abdomen 1.95 long, 1.35 wide; Sternum 0.61 long, 0.55 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.18 long, 0.14 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06; interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, PME–PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.22 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.16 (0.64, 0.35, 0.44, 0.36, 0.37); II: 1.93 (0.44, 0.36, 0.54, 0.30, 0.29); III: 1.65 (0.46, 0.28, 0.25, 0.35, 0.31); IV: 2.36 (0.62, 0.36, 0.56, 0.44, 0.38). Vulva: proximal part of copulatory ducts running anteriorly, parallel to each other; secondary spermathecae arising posteriorly from bulbous part of duct; fertilization ducts arising medially from primary spermathecae ( Fig. 23E ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Namibia, only known from the type locality ( Fig. 25 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Habitus, dorsal view: (A) Eleleis limpopo sp. nov., male; (B) E. okavango sp. nov., male; (C) E. etosha sp. nov., male; (D) E. himba sp. nov., male; (E) E. leleupi sp. nov., male; (F) E. haddadi sp. nov., female; (G) E. luderitz sp. nov., female; (H) E. solitaria sp. nov., female.

FIGURE 13. Eleleis leleupi sp. nov., male: (A) habitus, lateral view; (B) eyes, dorsal view. E. luderitz sp. nov., female: (C) sternum and endites; (D) spinnerets, ventral view.

FIGURE 23. Eleleis haddadi sp. nov. Female: (A) epigyne, ventral view; (B) vulva, dorsal view; (C) vulva, schematic course of internal duct system. E. luderitz sp. nov. Female: (D) epigyne, ventral view; (E) vulva, dorsal view; (F) vulva, schematic course of internal duct system. E. solitaria sp. nov. Female: (G) epigyne, ventral view; (H) vulva, dorsal view; (I) vulva, schematic course of internal duct system. A—atrium; CD—copulatory duct; CoD—connecting duct; FD—fertilization duct; PMEx—posterior median excavation; PS—primary spermathecae; SS—secondary spermathecae. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 25. Known distribution records of species of E. etosha sp. nov., E. himba sp. nov., E. luderitz sp. nov. and E. solitaria sp. nov. from Africa.