Hortipes mulciber, 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 mulciber , new species Figures 19h , 20d ; Map 2

TYPES: Female holotype: litter in woodland at Masoko Crater Lake , road Itete­Tukuyu, Tanzania S09°25', E33°40' (30 November 1991; R. Jocque´) ( MRAC 173.360 ). Paratypes: 2♀ from Mt. Rungwe, SW, elev. 1900 m, Tanzania (August 20, 1980; M. Stoltze and N. Scharff) ( ZMUC) .

ETYMOLOGY: The name mulciber , a noun in apposition, is the nickname of the Roman

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lected in the neighborhood of volcanic craters.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be distinguished by the first stretch of the ID, which is rather wide and horseshoe shaped.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 3.16; carapace 1.22 long, 1.05 wide; length of fe: I 1.08, II 1.13, III 0.92, IV 1.22. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 7; mt: III plt 0–1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow ochre, paler at the fovea. Chelicerae yellow. Sternum pale yellow, legs yellow. Abdomen pale yellow, no pattern. Genitalia. Epigyne with a blunt triangular scape, flanked by the entrances of the IDs (figs. 19h; 20d). Vulva: ID consists of a first, wide, horseshoe­shaped stretch running in frontal direction, followed by C­shaped second part. Spermathecae 1 small, subglobular (fig. 20d).

DISTRIBUTION: Mt. Rungwe and surrounding area, Tanzania.

Figures

Map 2. Distribution of Hortipes species in Tanzania. Hortipes angariopsis z, H. bjorni v, H. castor •, H. creber h, H. cucurbita ^, H. delphinus., H. exoptans, H. fastigiensis #, H. narcissus Δ, H. leno, H. libidinosus * H. mulciber, H. ostiovolutus n, H. platnicki D, H. pollux O, H. salticola V, H. scharffi, and H. stoltzei y.

Figs. 19. a–c. Hortipes merwei, new species. a, b. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. c. Epigyne. d. Hortipes atalante, new species, epigyne. e–g. Hortipes leno, new species. e, f. Male left palp, partly expanded, ventral and retrolateral views. g. Epigyne. h. Hortipes mulciber, new species, epigyne. i–k. Hortipes libidinosus, new species. i, j. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. k. Epigyne. l–n. Hortipes delphinus, new species. l. Epigyne. m, n. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. Scale line: 0.25 mm.

Fig. 20. a. Hortipes penthesileia, new species, vulva, ventral view. b. Hortipes zombaensis, new species, vulva, ventral view. c. Hortipes atalante, new species, vulva, ventral view. d. Hortipes mulciber, new species, vulva, ventral view. e. Hortipes merwei, new species, vulva, ventral view. f. Hortipes leno, new species, vulva, ventral view. g. Hortipes libidinosus, new species, vulva, ventral view. Scale line: 0.1 mm.