Oxytate jannonei ( Caporiacco, 1940 )

Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, On six poorly known species of Thomisidae (Arachnida: Araneae) described by Ludovico di Caporiacco, Zootaxa 5723 (3), pp. 437-443 : 439

Oxytate jannonei ( Caporiacco, 1940)

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Dieta jannonei Caporiacco, 1940: 22 , fig. 3 ( ♂).

Types examined: Syntypes 2 ♂ from ETHIOPIA: Oromiya: Scioa, Villa Ada , 6 April 1940, leg. G. Jannone ( MZUF 416 ) .

Comments. The species is currently placed in Oxytate following the synonymization of Dieta Simon, 1880 with Oxytate L. Koch, 1878 by Song et al. (1982). Based on habitus and male palpal morphology, the placement of D. argentoculata within Oxytate appears correct. Caporiacco's (1940: fig. 3) single illustration of the male palp provides limited detail; it fails to show the retrolateral conical tibial outgrowth or clearly depict the embolus course and length.

Oxytate jannonei resembles O. argentoculata but differs in having: (1) a longer embolus originating from the center of the tegulum (vs. originating from approximately the 7 o'clock position), and (2) a distinct conical retrolateral outgrowth on the tibia (vs. lacking such an outgrowth).

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FIGURE 4. Oxytate jannonei. Syntype male. A−C, E Male palp (A ventral, B ventro-retrlateral, C retrolateral, E image from original description, flipped horizontally); D Habitus, dorsal.