Cembalea affinis, Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002

Rollard, Christine & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2002, Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, Zoosystema 24 (2), pp. 283-307 : 286-288

Cembalea affinis n. sp.

( Fig. 3)

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: Nion crest, 1300 m a.s.l., on ground, 16.III.1991, leg. C. Rollard,; paratype: together with holotype, 1.

ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin for “relat- ed”, and refers to the resemblance of this species to C. plumosa .

DIAGNOSIS. — The species resembles Cembalea plumosa ( Lessert, 1925) . The male differs from it in the longer embolus and position of the embolic base (cf. Fig. 3 C-F with figs 14-17 in Wesołowska 1993a).

DESCRIPTION

Male. Measurements: carapace length 2.3, width 1.6, height 1.0. Abdomen length 1.9, width 1.0. Eye field length 1.1, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.4. Leg spination: I Fm d 0-1-1-1, pl 0-1, Tb pl 0-1-0, v 2-2-2, Mt v 2-2; II Fm d 0-1-1-1, pl 0-1, Tb pl 0-1-0, v 2-2-2, Mt pl 0-1, rl 1-1, v 2-2; III Fm d 1-1-1, pl and rl 0-1, Pt pl and rl 1, Tb pl and rl 1-1, v 1-1ap, Mt d 2-2, pl and rl 1ap, v 2-2ap; IV Fm d 1-1-1, pl and rl 0-1, Pt pl 1, Tb pl and rl 1-1, v 1-1ap, Mt d 2-2, pl and rl 1ap, v 2-2ap. General appearance as in Fig. 3A. Carapace high, very convex, its posterior edge hidden under anterior part of abdomen. Coloration of carapace brown, ocular area darker, vicinity of eyes black. Dense and rather long brown hairs cover carapace, lighter hairs on thorax centre. Rusty scales surround anterior eyes. Clypeus low, with white hairs. Chelicerae brown, single big tooth on retromargin and two teeth on promargin ( Fig. 3B). Labium, maxillae and sternum light brown. Abdomen elongated, fawnishbrown, with longitudinal wide irregular lighter

C D E stripe. Brown hairs cover abdomen, lighter at its anterior margin. Venter yellow. Spinnerets light. Legs yellow, clothed in brown hairs and spines. Pedipalps yellow. Row of very long, dense, black hairs on prolateral edge of cymbium, heavily contrasting with light palp. Embolus very long, thin, whip-shaped, forming loop ( Fig. 3C, D). Single thin tibial apophysis ( Fig. 3D, E).

Female unknown.