Uroactinia angolensis sp. n.

(Figs 41–45)

Diagnosis: Posterior part of dorsal shield with three pairs of setiform setae with plumose apical part. Dorsal and marginal shield with several smooth and setiform setae. Ventral setae similar to dorsal and marginal setae. Peritreme U-shaped. Genital shield of female oval, ornamentation lacking, with a small process.

Description: Female. Length of idiosoma 1160 µm, width (in the middle of idiosoma) 960 µm (n = 4). Shape oval, posterior margin rounded.

Male, deuteronymph, protonymph and larva unknown.

Dorsal side (Fig. 41): Ornamentation of dorsal and marginal shield lacking, all dorsal and marginal setae short, smooth and setiform. Posterior part of dorsal shield with three pairs of setiform setae with plumose apical part.

Ventral side (Fig. 42): Ornamentation of sternal shield lacking. Sternal setae short, smooth and filiform. Ventral setae long, smooth and spiniform. Ventral shield without ornamentation. The entire peritreme not clearly visible, visible part U-shaped.

Genital shield of female between coxae 2 and 4, it is oval, ornamentation lacking and with a small process.

Gnathosoma (Fig. 43): Corniculi not visble, visible part of apical region of ganthosoma as shown in Fig. 43, h 1 long, smooth and spiniform, h2, h3 and h4 long, spiniform with denticulated margin. Tritosternum with three branches, central branch smooth, other two with ciliated margin, base of tritosternum bearing two spines (Fig. 44). Epistome not clearly visible. Chelicerae with fungiform process as shown in Fig. 45.

Material examined: holotype: female, Angola, Dundo, foret R. Casulo 25. January 1962. leg .

MACHADO, paratypes: 3 females Angola, Dundo, foret R. Casulo 25. January 1962. leg. MACHADO .

Etymology: The species is named after the country of its origin.