Mistaria kiboschensis (Lessert, 1915) Lessert, 1915

Kioko, Grace M., Jaeger, Peter, Kioko, Esther N., Ji, Li-Qiang & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, On the species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 studied by Roewer (1955) from Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 109-132 : 109

Mistaria kiboschensis (Lessert, 1915) comb. nov. Figs 5, 12A, 13

Agelena leucopyga kiboschensis Lessert, 1915: 487.

Agelena kiboschensis Roewer, 1955: 41.

Type material.

Agelena leucopyga kiboschensis, Tanzania, Kiboscho, 3000-4000 m, (type ♀, no date), Kibonoto, (1 ♂, type, X), 1915, Lessert, Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Switzerland(not examined).

Other material examined.

Rwanda, 2♀, 1953, Coll. C.F. Roewer (SMF 9907841; 9907951).

Diagnosis.

M. kiboschensis comb. nov. can be distinguished from M. leucopyga by the larger copulatory ducts (Fig. 5B) compared to reduced ones in the latter (see fig. 4 in Santos and van Harten 2007). It can also be separated by the missing white spot posteriorly on the dorsal side of the abdomen (Fig. 12A) which is present in M. leucopyga (see fig. 5a in Roewer 1955). This species can also be separated from M. moschiensis comb. nov. by the shape of the median lobe which is small and round in M. kiboschensis comb. nov. (Fig. 5B) compared to larger and ovoid in M. moschiensis comb. nov. (Fig. 7B). The copulatory duct originates posteriorly and is projected centrally in M. kiboschensis comb. nov. (Fig. 5B) compared to central origin and anteriorly projected in M. moschiensis comb. nov. (Fig. 7B).

Redescription.

Female. Total body length 12.82. Carapace 5.77 long, 4.17 wide. Abdomen 7.05 long, 4.49 wide. Habitus as in Fig. 12A. Carapace longer than wide, brownish-yellow, four lateral bands, long groove from posterior median eyes to fovea. Fovea short. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.25, ALE 0.27, PME 0.22, PLE 0.27, AME–AME 0.13, AME–PME 0.31, ALE–PLE 0.09, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.25. Chelicerae dark brown. Endite and labium brown, apex white. Labium longer than wide. Sternum longer than wide, brown. Legs brownish-yellow. Leg measurements: I 16.66 (4.48, 6.09, 3.85, 2.24), II 15.71 (4.17, 5.77, 3.85, 1.92), III 14.88 (4.49, 4.62, 3.85, 1.92), IV 19.22 (5.76, 6.09, 5.13, 2.24). Abdomen oval, creamish-yellow, three chevron marks, two black parallel lines dorsally. Spinnerets cream-yellow.

Epigyne as in Fig. 5A, B. Teeth wide posteriorly and narrow distally, same length as the lateral notch. Anterior epigyne delimiting edge concave (Fig. 5A). Copulatory ducts heavily sclerotized, centrally protruding (Fig. 5B). Size of the three spermathecal lobes decrease posteriorly. Spermathecal lobes round.

Male not available for redescription. See Roewer 1955.

Distribution.

Central & East Africa (Fig. 13).