Eleleis solitaria sp. nov.

Figs 1A, 11D, E, 12G, 23 G–I

Type material. Female holotype from Cape Verde, St Vicent Island, Mindelo, 16°53’N 24°59’W, 11 November 1998, W. Tavernier leg., deposited in MRAC 208392 .

Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective meaning “alone”, in reference to the isolated distribution of the species.

Diagnosis. Females of Eleleis solitaria sp. nov. resemble those of E. etosha sp. nov. and E. haddadi sp. nov. by the the median atrium larger than posterior median excavation, but differ by atrium large and round (subrectangular in E. haddadi sp. nov. and bullet-shaped in E. etosha sp. nov.) (Fig. 23G). Males are unknown.

Description. Female. Total length: 3.03. Carapace 0.95 long, 0.77 wide; Abdomen 1.90 long, 1.02 wide; Sternum 0.71 long, 0.56 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.21 long, 0.14 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.04, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06; interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, PME–PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.29 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.52 (0.74, 0.40, 0.56, 0.42, 0.40); II: 2.13 (0.62, 0.37, 0.39, 0.40, 0.35); III: 1.85 (0.56, 0.30, 0.33, 0.38, 0.31); IV: 2.56 (0.74, 0.41, 0.46, 0.52, 0.43). Epigyne: posterior median excavation three times longer than wide, with lateral margins converging posteriorly (Fig. 23G). Vulva: copulatory and connecting ducts with few folds; proximal part of copulatory duct laterad; secondary spermathecae arising posteriorly from reniform bulbous part of duct; fertilization ducts arising posteriorly from primary spermathecae (Fig. 23H).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Cape Verde, only known from the type locality (Fig. 25).