Palpimanus processiger Strand, 1913

Zonstein, Sergei L. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2019, On the revisited types of four poorly known African species of Palpimanus (Araneae, Palpimanidae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 83-95 : 83

Palpimanus processiger Strand, 1913 Figs 30-34, 35-37

Palpimanus processiger Strand, 1913: 335 (♂).

Redescription.

Male (holotype) MNB 14212.

Habitus (Figs 30-34). Carapace and chelicerae moderately rugose, abdomen covered with moderately dense and uniformly shaped setae. Measurements: TL 8.75, CL 3.72, CW 2.83, CyH 0.34, femur I L/W 1.87 (3.27/1.75). Eyes: AME 0.27, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.12, PME 0.15, AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.16, ALE–PLE 0.64, PLE–PME 0.47, PME–PME 0.37. Colour in alcohol: Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, labium, palp, leg I from coxa to metatarsus and most part of abdominal scuta intense cherry-red, tarsus I and legs II–IV (including coxae) and posterior part of ventral abdominal scutum yellowish-orange, unsclerotised part of abdomen medium yellowish-brown, lighter anteriorly and darker posteriorly and ventrally, with numerous and fairly dense darker brownish muscular pits, more dense on ventral side. Legs: formula 1432. Patella and tibia I with numerous and dense small ventral granules, tibia I prolaterally also with numerous flattened mound-shaped granules. True undivided scopula on entire proventral surface of tibia I; long, entire and prolateral on metatarsus I, vestigial and prolateral on tarsus I, vestigial and divided by setae on distal metatarsi and tarsi II–IV. Metatarsi II–IV with ventral brushes of dense setae. PTC each with 2-5 small acute teeth.

Leg measurements:

Copulatory organs (Figs 35-37): Tibia slightly swollen, 1.4 times wider than patella and cymbium, almost as wide as long; cymbium 2 times longer than wide; bulb with tegular part longer than wide; terminal part with 2 distinct processes (plus poorly discernible flattened mound located opposite these two), kind of tegular apophysis (Ta) and broad, partly membranous complex embolus (Em). Tegular apophysis thin, smoothly bent, at least 7 times longer than wide. Embolus broad, bifurcated near the tip, both arms membranous, dorsal arm (Da) smaller than ventral arm (Va); sperm duct (Sd) of embolus distinct.

Female.

Unknown.

Types.

Holotype ♂, RWANDA: Western Province, Kisenge (original “Kissendji”; 02°14'S, 29°31'E), ix.1907, L. Schultze (MNB 14212).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (incorrectly associated in catalogues with DR Congo, see: WSC 2019).