Hortipes puylaerti, 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 puylaerti , new species Figures 24j , 26e ; Map 5

2000 BOSSELAERS AND JOCQUÉ: HORTIPES 83 84 BULLETIN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 256

E12°08' (11–19 September 1971; F. Puylaert) ( MRAC 141.303 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The species is named in hon­ or of F. Puylaert, who collected the holotype.

DIAGNOSIS: Females of the species are easily recognized by the combination of a bluntly triangular epigynal scape with a central depression and circular ID loops covering the ventral side of ST1.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.38; carapace 1.11 long, 0.92 wide; length of fe: I 0.95, II 0.97, III 0.76, IV 1.05. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 1 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 2 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow brown. Sternum pale yellow. Chelicerae and legs yellow. Abdomen yellowish white, no pattern. Genitalia. Epigyne a bluntly triangular scape with circular central depression near tip (fig. 24j). Vulva: ID consisting of wide and very thick­walled, outward­running first stretch associated with large globular gland and connected to ST1 through duct consisting of a few horseshoe loops and circular loop close to ST1. Spermathecae 1 touching each other on symmetry axis of vulva (fig. 26e).

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.