Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, 1940 (Figs. 69­71)

Selenops tenebrosus Lawrence, 1940 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):563, fig. 7. Female syntypes from South Africa, Gravelotte, N.E. of Transvaal, in TM N°2228, examined. Female lectotype (the bigger) and 2 female paralectotypes (here designated).

Diagnosis. The females of this species have a small circular depression medially and the lateral lobes of the epigynum are separated (Fig. 69), and not fused as in S. brachycephalus (Fig. 12). The complexity of the spermathecae is characteristic for this species (Fig. 70). Female. The female was described by Lawrence (1940). Colour pattern of opisthosoma is shown in Fig. 71 and the epigynum and spermathecae in Figs. 69­70.

Newrecord. ZIMBABWE:FortVictoria(1066m), 1female, 29/VI/72,E.RossCol.,CAS. Known distribution. South Africa (Corronca 2000) and Zimbabwe.