Hortipes depravator, BOSSELAERS & JOCQUÉ, 2000

BOSSELAERS, JAN & JOCQUÉ, RUDY, 2000, Hortipes, A Huge Genus Of Tiny Afrotropical Spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (256), pp. 4-4 : 4-

Hortipes depravator , new species Figures 34d, e ; Map 5

TYPES: Male holotype: thick litter in forest, 1950 m, Tchabal Mbabo NW slope, Cameroon (12 April 1983; R. Bosmans) ( MRAC 207.362 ). Paratypes: 26 together with holotype ( MRAC; 16 in AMNH) .

ETYMOLOGY: Because the species closely resembles H. hormigricola , it is called depravator , the counterfeiter.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of H. depravator are easily recognized by the male palp with sharp­tipped femoral apophysis in combination with the gutter­shaped RTA and the long MA. Males differ from those of H. hormigricola by shorter RTA, which is less strongly curved, and the distal end of the MA, which is not twisted.

MALE: Measurements. Total length 2.59; carapace 1.27 long, 1.03 wide; length of fe: I 1.03, II 1.05, III 0.84, IV 1.27. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1; IV plt 1 vt 2 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow, lighter at the

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white, no pattern. Palp. Femur with fairly long, retrolateral apophysis with sharp tip. Tibia with large, down­curved, gutter­shaped RTA holding embolus; cymbium with large retrolateral bend with regular series of long setae; tegulum with retrolateral swelling at base of embolus; sperm duct with wide basal part and unclear thin, distal part with short, sharp turn; MA long with thick base and slender distal part, bent in anticlockwise direction; embolus long, whiplike, looped over almost 540° (fig. 34d, e).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: 16 hand captured in litter in a gallery forest alongside a mountain stream, elev. 1500 m, Tchabal Mbabo , Cameroon (11 April 1983; R. Bosmans) ( MRAC) .

Figures

Map 5. Distribution of Hortipes species in Cameroon. Hortipes abucoletus *, H. alderweireldti, H. anansiodatus •, H. architelones Δ, H. bosmansi v, H. calliblepharus ^, H. chrysothemis n, H. depravator, H. fortipes., H. hormigricola V, H. puylaerti D, H. robertus h, and H. sceptrum O.

Fig. 34. a–c. Hortipes hormigricola, new species. a, b. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. c. Epigyne. d, e. Hortipes depravator, new species, male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. Scale line: 0.25 mm.