An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Rodrigues, Bruno V. B.
Author
Rheims, Cristina A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-16
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Austrodomus oxoniensis
(
Cooke, 1964
)
comb. nov.
Figs 7
D–F
Katumbea oxoniensis
Cooke, 1964: 281
, figs 9, 51, 59 (
holotype
female from
Lake Tanganyika
,
Katumbi
,
Kungwe-Mahali Mts.
,
Kigoma
,
Tanzania
, [
5°59’55.74”S
,
29°47’24.40”E
], deposited in OUMNH, examined).
Diagnosis.
Females of
Austrodomus oxoniensis
comb. nov.
are distinguished from other species of the genus in having the posterior margin of the epigynal plate bearing paired triangular, posteriorly directed projections with triangular pocket-like structures (
Figs 7D, E
). Males are unknown.
Description.
Female. Total length: 3.50. Carapace 1.42 long, 0.90 wide; Abdomen 1.93 long, 1.35 wide; Sternum 0.80 long, 0.65 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.23 long, 0.25 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.07, PME 0.80, PLE 0.09; interdistances: AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.03. Chelicerae 0.35 long. Leg measurements: I: 3.45 (0.93, 0.70, 0.70, 0.58, 0.54); II: 2.83 (0.80, 0.52, 0.55, 0.50, 0.46); III: 2.50 (0.70, 0.40, 0.50, 0.48, 0.42); IV: 3.89 (1.00, 0.60, 0.93, 0.76, 0.60). Leg spination: I—femur d0-1-0; II—femur d0-1-0. III—tibia v1p-0-0; metatarsus p0- 0-1, v0-0-1. IV—tibia v0-0-2; metatarsus p0-0-1, v0-0-1. Epigyne: copulatory openings large, separated from each other by their width (
Fig. 7D
). Vulva: proximal part of copulatory ducts diverging anteriorly; lateral convoluted part of copulatory ducts slender, 1/3 of proximal part width (
Figs 7E, F
).
Male
. Unknown.
Distribution.
Tanzania
, only known from the
type
locality (
Fig. 10
).