Cheiramiona musosaensis, Lotz, L. N., 2015

Lotz, L. N., 2015, New species of the Afrotropical spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar- Schoeman (Araneae: Eutichuridae), Zootaxa 3981 (1), pp. 71-94 : 87

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116344
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scientific name	Cheiramiona musosaensis
status	sp. nov.

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Cheiramiona musosaensis sp. nov.

Figs 67–69 View FIGURES 61 – 72. 61 – 63 , 101 View FIGURES 101 – 102

Type material. Holotype ♀, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Kivu, Butembo, Musosa Valley, 00º09’N, 29º17’E, IV.1968, M. Lejeune leg. ( MRAC 134072).

Etymology. The specific name is an adjective derived from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Cheiramiona musosaensis sp. nov. is unique by the position of the copulatory openings within a transverse epigynal depression and by the thin copulatory ducts ( Figs 68–69 View FIGURES 61 – 72. 61 – 63 ).

Description. Female (n = 1): TL = 6.6; CL = 3.1; CW = 2.2; OAL = 0.5; OAW = 1.4; CLL = 0.1. Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; PMT:RMT = 3:3 ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 61 – 72. 61 – 63 ). Measurements: AME–AME 0.20; AME–ALE 0.30; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.30; PME–PLE 0.30; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.50; MOQPW 0.60; CI (CL/ CW) 1.41; LL:CL 5.45; STL 1.6; STW 1.2. Leg measurements: I—4.2+1.3+4.4+5.0+2.0 = 16.9; II— 3.2+1.1+2.7+2.9+1.1 = 11.0; III—2.2+0.9+1.8+2.5+0.9 = 8.3; IV—3.1+1.1+2.6+3.5+1.1 = 11.4; Palp— 1.4+0.5+1.0+1.3 = 4.2. Leg spines: I—0-1p-1p, 0-2 v2 v-0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II—0-1p-1p, 0-2 v1 p-0, 2v- 1p- 1v; III—0-0- 1p1r, 0-0-1p1r, 2 v1 p1r-2 v1 p1r-3 v1 p1r; IV—0-0-1p1r, 0-0-1r, 2v-2 v1 p1r-3 v1 p1r. Abdomen: creamy-yellow with faint heart mark. Epigynum ( Figs 68–69 View FIGURES 61 – 72. 61 – 63 ): wider than long, with transverse central depression; copulatory openings slightly separated, in middle of depression; two shallow hooded pockets along anterior margin of central depression; internally, relatively thin copulatory ducts proceed anteriorly before ending in anterior-median corner of SPER; fertilization tubes enter SPER posterior-medially. Male: unknown.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 101 – 102 ).