Thyene hesperia (Simon, 1909)

Fig. 71

Mithion hesperius Simon, 1909: 427 .

Mithion hesperius – Prószyński 1987: figs on p. 68.

Thyene hesperia – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2011: 608, figs 205–210.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 15 imm; Lamto; 26 Dec. 1975; “savane à Loudetia du virage glissant”; MNHN .

Redescription

For male see Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2011). General appearance as in Fig. 71A.

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.3–3.4, width 2.3–2.5, height 1.0–1.1. Eye field length 1.5–1.6, anterior and posterior width 1.7–1.8. Abdomen length 4.5–5.0, width 1.8–2.0. General appearance as in Fig. 71B. Slightly larger than male and lighter coloured, body flat.

CARAPACE. Light brown, eye field yellowish, eyes with black rings. White hairs between anterior eyes, Tuft of long bristles beside posterior median eyes, sparse brown hairs on thoracic part. Chelicerae, mouthparts and sternum light brown.

ABDOMEN. Elongated, creamy beige with many blackish dots and thin, blackish median line on anterior half of abdomen and three pairs of whitish submarginal patches. Sparse long brown hairs on abdomen. Venter creamy. Spinnerets beige, bearing long brown hairs.

LEGS. Yellow.

EPIGYNE. Weakly sclerotized (see Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2011: figs 209–210).

Distribution

Hitherto known from Guinea and Nigeria.