Hortipes echo, 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 echo , new species Figures 12l, m , 16a ; Map 3

TYPES: Female holotype and female paratype collected in humus layer forest, elev. 1700 m, Mt. Kabobo, Haut Kiymbi, Katanga, Congo S05°07', E29°03' (October 1958; N. Leleup) ( MRAC 112.826 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The present species, of which only females are known, was collected together with H. narcissus . For that reason it is named after the nymph Echo, who fell in love with Narcissus but was rejected.

DIAGNOSIS: Females are close to those of H. aurora but can be distinguished from the latter species through the larger reniform cavities and a more complex vulva, with the ID turning 540° followed by a twisted loop

FEMALE: Measurements. Total length 2.86; carapace 1.22 long, 1.00 wide; length of fe: I 0.97, II 1.03, III 0.81, IV 1.16. 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 1 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace yellow brown, chelicerae and sternum yellow. Legs yellow brown. Abdomen pinkish yellow, no pattern. Genitalia. Vulva: ID coiled over 540°, followed by an almost straight stretch running in posterior direction and a twisted loop situated posterior to ST1. First coil widened into reniform cavity about 2 Χ as large as ST1 (figs. 12l,m; 16a).

VARIABILITY: The transparency of the vulva as well as the exact shape of the posterior ID loops (fig. 12l, m) are variable.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Map 3. Distribution of Hortipes species in the Kivu region. Hortipes amphibolus D, H. auriga., H. aurora •, H. echo O, H. falcatus ^, H. hastatus, H. horta V, H. lejeunei Δ, and H. narcissus v.

Fig. 12. a–c. Hortipes cucurbita, new species. a, b. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. c. Epigyne. d. Hortipes hesperoecius, new species, epigyne. e–g. Hortipes silvarum. e, f. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. g. Epigyne. h–j. Hortipes aurora, new species. h, i. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. Arrow indicates insertion of MA on tegulum. j. Epigyne. k. Hortipes klumpkeae,

Figs. 16. a. Hortipes echo, new species, vulva, ventral view. b. Hortipes creber, new species, vulva, ventral view. c. Hortipes orchatocnemis, new species, vulva, ventral view. d. Hortipes mesembrinus, new species, vulva, ventral view. e. Hortipes contubernalis, new species, vulva, ventral view. f. Hortipes luytenae, vulva, ventral view. g. Hortipes coccinatus, new species, vulva, ventral view. Scale line: