Hortipes chrysothemis, 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 chrysothemis , new species Figures 24k , 26c ; Map 5

TYPES: Female holotype: lowland rain forest, elev. 500 m, Etinde , Cameroon (March 1981; R. Bosmans) ( MRAC) .

ETYMOLOGY: This small and relatively simple­structured species, of which only a single female is known, is named after Agamemnon’s daughter Chrysothemis, who led a lonely life and kept a low profile in the shadow of her brother and sisters.

DIAGNOSIS: Females are easily recognized by the short, outward­looping ID and the globular ST1 touching each other.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.30; carapace 1.03 long, 0.78 wide; length of fe: I 0.92, II 0.95, III 0.81, IV 1.05. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 3; IV plt 1 rlt 1; ti: I, II Chelicerae, sternum and legs yellow. Abdomen pale yellow, no pattern. Genitalia. Epigyne a shallow square depression with rounded corners (fig. 24k). Vulva rather simple, ID consisting of wide and thick­walled first stretch associated with gland and connected to ST1 through duct describing wide outward loop. Spermathecae 1 globular, touching each other on symmetry axis of vulva (fig. 26c).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

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. 24. a–c. Hortipes lejeunei, new species. a, b. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. c. Epigyne. d–f. Hortipes narcissus, new species. d, e. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. f. Epigyne. g–i. Hortipes machaeropolion, new species. g, h. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. i. Epigyne. j. Hortipes puylaerti, new species, epigyne. k. Hortipes chrysothemis, new species, epigyne. Scale lines: 0.25 mm.

Fig. 26. a, b. Hortipes lejeunei, new species. a. Vulva, ventral view. b. Vulva, schematic representation. c. Hortipes chrysothemis, new species, vulva, ventral view. d. Hortipes angariopsis, new species, vulva, ventral view. e. Hortipes puylaerti, new species, vulva, ventral view. f. Hortipes machaeropolion, new species, vulva, ventral view. Arrow indicates ID entrance. Scale line: 0.1 mm.