Pochyta lucida, Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021

Wesołowska, Wanda & Szűts, Tamás, 2021, A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina), Zootaxa 5052 (1), pp. 1-41 : 16

Pochyta lucida sp. n.

Figs 57–60

Type material. Holotype, female: GABON: Woleu-Ntem, Monts de Cristal, Tchimbélé , 0°37’N 10°24’E, forest, 600 m a.s.l., 7.VI.2007, leg. W. Maddison, D. de Bakker, M. Bodner ( BBM).

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from congeners in having a large epigynal depression with tongueshaped ridge in centre ( Fig. 59 ).

Etymology. The specific name is Latin, meaning light, and refers to the pale colouration of the species.

Description. Male unknown.

Female. Measurements. Cephalothorax: length 2.3, width 1.7, height 1.1. Eye field: length 1.1, anterior width 1.8, posterior width 1.6. Abdomen: length 2.8, width 1.9. General appearance as in Fig. 57 . Small spider. Carapace high, sloping posteriorly, yellow, eye field slightly darker—orange, eyes surrounding by black rings. Distance between anterior lateral eyes larger than between posteriors. Eyes large, set on small tubercles, diameter of anterior median eyes more than double that of anterior lateral eyes. Anterior eyes encircled by small white scales. Faint colourless hairs on carapace, longer brown bristles near eyes. Mouthparts and sternum light yellowish. Abdomen greyish-beige, with whitish pattern composed of serrated median streak and elongate lateral patches ( Fig. 57 ), without hairs, venter light greyish. Spinnerets light yellow. Legs yellow, first pair with single spine on both surfaces of patella, four pairs of extremely long ventral spines on tibia and three pairs on metatarsus ( Fig. 58 ). Pedipalp with retrolateral spine on tarsus. Epigyne small, delicate, with shallow depression separated by wide bulging median ridge ( Fig. 59 ). Internal structure as in Fig. 60 , copulatory openings placed mesially, seminal ducts short, curving laterally.

Distribution. Type locality only.

Figures

FIGURES 57–60. Pochyta lucida sp. n. female holotype. 57 habitus, dorsal view; 58 first leg; 59 epigyne; 60 internal structure of epigyne.