Procopius lesserti ( Strand, 1916 ) Strand, 1916

Haddad, Charles R. & Bosselaers, Jan, 2010, A revision of the genus Medmassa Simon, 1887 (Araneae: Corinnidae) in the Afrotropical Region, Zootaxa 2361, pp. 1-12 : 8-9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.193622

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6205441

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8D6D3579-F85D-AF3D-FF06-5E07FC7DFE45

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scientific name

Procopius lesserti ( Strand, 1916 )
status

comb. nov.

Procopius lesserti ( Strand, 1916) View in CoL comb. nov.

( Figs 20–24 View FIGURES 16 – 24 )

Medmassa lesserti Strand, 1916: 96 (Ƥ holotype: RWANDA: Rugege Wald, 1800m a.s.l., 20.VII.1907, leg. A.F. Herzog, ZMB 28237 – examined; Ƥ paratype with same data as holotype, ZMB 28239 – examined; Ƥ paratype: CONGO D.R.: Lake Kivu, VIII.1907, leg. S. O. Ufer, ZMB 28238 – examined).

Procopius quaerens Lessert, 1946: 210 View in CoL , fig. 9 (Ƥ holotype: CONGO D.R.: Lulonga, 00°37'N, 18°23'E, MRAC 12427 – examined). syn. nov.

Remarks. The female types of M. lesserti are consistent in somatic and genitalic morphology with other members of the Afrotropical genus Procopius Thorell, 1899 , particularly the raised cephalic region, eye arrangement, strongly spined anterior legs, and simple plate-like epigyne ( Figs 20–24 View FIGURES 16 – 24 ). This species can be recognised by the distinctive looping lateral spermathecae and median sclerotised ridge that show through the integument ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 16 – 24 ). Examination of the holotype female of P. quaerens Lessert, 1946 from Lulonga, Congo D.R., indicates that this species is a junior synonym of Procopius lesserti .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Corinnidae

Genus

Procopius

Loc

Procopius lesserti ( Strand, 1916 )

Haddad, Charles R. & Bosselaers, Jan 2010
2010
Loc

Procopius quaerens

Lessert 1946: 210
1946
Loc

Medmassa lesserti

Strand 1916: 96
1916
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