Corambis logunovi sp. nov.

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Figs 6–7, 9

Diagnosis

Differs from other species of the genus by its darker coloration, legs with no fringe, longer chelicerae, and much wider and heavier embolus (Fig. 6 E–F). Copulatory openings oriented antero-laterally, accessory glands situated posteriorly on spermathecae (Fig. 7G).

Etymology

This species is named for Dr. Dmitri Logunov, a distinctive Russian arachnologist (now at the University of Manchester), a friend of ours.

Material examined

Holotype NEW CALEDONIA • ♂; Maré; 21.4930985° S, 167.9967° E; 7 Jun. 1986; Araucaria; HNHM 2014.

Paratype NEW CALEDONIA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; HNHM .

Description

Male

Cephalothorax chestnut-brown, glossy, slightly darker on eye field, with delicate light grey hairs. Abdomen brown, darker along median part. Spinnerets brown, not distinctive. Clypeus brown, very narrow. Chelicerae, maxillae and labium brown. Sternum slightly lighter. Venter brown. First legs brown, distally increasingly lighter. Other legs delicate grayish-orange. Palpal organ as in Fig. 6 E–F, tegular lobe indisctinctive, embolus very wide, tibial apophysis spatulate. Dimensions: CL 1.52, CW 0.98, CH 0.62, EFL 0.59, AEW 0.79, PEW 0.74.

Female

Body very long and slender. Cephalothorax pale-orange, eye surroundings black with light grey hairs, lower margin darker. Eye field with two dark spots. Abdomen light grey with darker chevron pattern. Spinnerets light grey. Clypeus orange-grey with lighter hairs, very narrow. Chelicerae pale, orange-grey. Pedipalps yellowish. Maxillae and labium pale orange-grey, sternum light yellowish with darker narrow margin. Venter light grey with two longitudinal lines. All legs pale grayish-orange. First legs much more robust, but podomeres much shorter than in males. Other legs very delicate. Epigyne and internal genitalia as in Fig. 5 E–G. Copulatory openings oriented antero-laterally, insemination ducts very short and joining spermathecae in their posterior parts. Spermathecae two-chambered. Dimensions: CL 1.58, CW 0.86, CH 0.38, EFL 0.63, AEW 0.78, PEW 0.71, AL 2.42, AW 0.55.