Hortipes angariopsis, 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 angariopsis , new species Figures 21h , 26d ; Map 2

TYPES: Female holotype: in litter in mon­ wa mountains, Tanzania (28–29 September 1984; N. Scharff) ( ZMUC) .

ETYMOLOGY: The species’ epithet refers to Angaria delphinus (L., 1758) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochidae ). The coiled IDs of the present species resemble the loosely wound shells of this attractive gastropod.

DIAGNOSIS: Females are easily recognized by the short and stout, looped ID entering ST1 on the dorsal side.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.65; carapace 1.08 long, 0.89 wide; length of fe: I 0.95, II 1.00, III 0.81, IV 1.11. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 6; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 2 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow brown, lighter at the fovea and with eight brown radial striae. Chelicerae yellow, sternum pale yellow. Legs yellow. Abdomen pale yellow, no pattern. Genitalia. Vulva: ID short and stout, looped over 360°, entering ST1 on dorsal side and associated with gland that is situated close to entrance (figs. 21h; 26d).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

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.

Fig. 21. a, b. Hortipes bjorni, new species, male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. Arrow indicates insertion of MA on tegulum. c. Hortipes amphibolus, new species, epigyne. d–f. Hortipes hastatus, new species. d, e. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. f. Epigyne. g. Hortipes horta, new species, epigyne. h. Hortipes angariopsis, new species, epigyne. i–k. Hortipes falcatus, new species.

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.