Chumma lesotho sp. nov.

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Figs 5E, 6 A–D, 12

Diagnosis

The female of C. lesotho sp. nov. is recognized by the small triangle in the centre of the epigyne and the obliquely positioned spermathecae provided with a retromedian extension and a frontal protuberance.

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Material examined

Holotype

LESOTHO: ♀, Mohale lodge, Likalaneng, 29°28.425′ S, 28°03.412′ E, 2233 m a.s.l., under rock on hillside, 4 Mar. 2003, C. Haddad leg. (MRAC 215897).

Description

Female

BODY MEASUREMENTS. TL 3.07, CL 1.23, CW 1.03, CH 0.63.

CARAPACE. Pale yellow, with darker pale brown striae and pattern in cephalic area; chelicerae, legs and sternum pale yellow (Fig. 6 A–B).

ABDOMEN. With subcircular pale brown scutum, anterior part with spiniform setae in sockets in front of pale circles becoming smaller backwards, absent from one third of scutum length.

EYES. AME: 0.20; ALE: 0.33; AME–AME: 0.07; AME–ALE: 0.07; PME: 0.27; PLE: 0.30; PME–PME: 0.27; PME–PLE: 0.13. Clypeus 0.17 or 0.52 times width of ALE.

STERNUM. Length 1.73, width: 1.73, as long as wide.

LEGS. Tarsi slightly curved. Fe I with one dorsal and one prolateral spine, Fe II with one dorsal spine. EPIGYNE (Figs 5E, 6 C–D). Small rectangular depression, preceded by a narrow ridge; spermathecae visible in transparency, subglobular, provided with tapered retro-median extension and anterior protuberance.

LEG MEASUREMENTS.

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in central Lesotho (Fig. 12).