CALLITRICHIA PILOSA (WUNDERLICH, 1978) COMB. NOV.

(FIGS 19K, 22K, 24K, 34; SUPPORTING INFORMATION, FIG. S2H)

Oedothorax pilosus Wunderlich, 1978: 258, figs 1–3 (Dm).

Type material: Holotype: Ethiopia: Shewa Province, det. Wunderlich 1977 (SMF 11353, examined).

Diagnosis:

Males: Can be identified by the shape of palpal tibial prolateral apophysis, the embolic division morphology and the lack of prosomal modification.

Description:

Male (holotype, SMF): Total length: 1.85. Prosoma: 0.81 long, 0.64 wide, unmodified (Fig. 19K). Eyes: AME-AME: 0.02, AME width: 0.05, AME-ALE: 0.01, ALE width: 0.09, ALE-PLE: 0, PLE width: 0.08, PLE-PME: 0.03, PME width: 0.06, PME-PME: 0.07. Clypeus: not hirsute, one sub-AME seta. Sternum: 0.52 long, 0.46 wide. Chelicerae: mastidia absent; stridulatory striae rows widely and evenly spaced (Fig.22K).Legs:Tm I: 0.74.Pedipalp:patella prolateral proximal vertical macrosetae absent; TPA distally with a broader retrolateral lobe and a narrower prolateral lobe, both scaly, with hollow in-between (Fig. 34C); PC base not visible from dorsal view, distal setae close to distal clasp, distal-setae-bearing area wide, distal clasp extended apically (Fig. 34A); T without papillae, PT with longitudinal folds along distal rim; TS short, without papillae (Fig. 34D); MSA present; DSA wide, tip angled at ventral side; EM flat, without papillae, not exceeding ARP; ARP pointed; LER absent; VRP long; radical part close to ARP wrinkled; TP tip pointed; E retrolaterally spiral (Fig. 34E). Opisthosoma: anterior half light-grey, posterior half dark-grey, with continuous transition in the middle (Fig. 24K); PMS with mAP, two AC; PLS with triad, 3+ AC (Fig. 34F).

Female: Unknown.

Distribution: Ethiopia, only known from the type locality.

Habitat: Unknown.

Remarks: Following the results of our phylogenetic analysis, this species is transferred to Callitrichia, a placement also consistent with morphological traits of the species. The specific epithet of this species has priority over the later published Callitrichia pilosa (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986), the latter is given a new replacement name Ca. hirsuta (see above).