Hortipes stoltzei, 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 stoltzei , new species Figure 14a, b ; Map 2

TYPES: Male holotype caught in litter at elev. 1600 m, Lupanga East , Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania (July 10, 1981; M. Stoltze and N. Scharff) ( ZMUC) .

ETYMOLOGY: The species’ name is a patronym in honor of M. Stoltze, one of the collectors of the type specimen.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of H. stoltzei are easily recognized by the simple palp: the RTA is a simple forward­directed prong tapered from base to tip which is curved down and inward.

MALE: Measurements. Total length 1.70; carapace 0.81 long, 0.68 wide; length of fe: I 0.62, II 0.68, III 0.49, IV 0.73. Leg spination. Fe: I rv 2; IV plt 0 rlt 0; ti: I, II vsp 5; mt: III plt 1 vt 0 rlt 0; IV plt 1 vt 1 rlt 1. Coloration. Carapace pale yellow, whitish around the fovea. Chelicerae yellow, sternum yellowish white. Legs yellow. Abdomen pale yellow, no pattern. Palp. Tibia with simple, tapered, RTA with tip slightly curved down and inward; cymbium elongate, with shallow lateral concavity; sperm duct with wide basal part, hardly narrowed in distal part, and Sshaped turn just before embolus; MA simple, evenly curved and gradually tapered from base to tip; embolus originating on posterior part of tegulum, fairly short, whiplike,

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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.

Figs. 14. a, b. Hortipes stoltzei, new species, male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. c–e. Hortipes creber, new species. c, d. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. e. Epigyne. f–k. Hortipes orchatocnemis, new species. f, g. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. h. Male palpal ti, dorsal view. i, j. Epigynes. k. Eye arrangement, dorsal view. l–n. Hortipes contubernalis, new species. l, m. Male left palp, ventral and retrolateral views. n. Epigyne. Scale lines: 0.25 mm.