Pseudocorinna naufraga, Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011

Jocqué, Rudy & Bosselaers, Jan, 2011, Revision of Pseudocorinna Simon and a new related genus (Araneae: Corinnidae): two more examples of spider templates with a large range of complexity in the genitalia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (2), pp. 271-350 : 309

PSEUDOCORINNA NAUFRAGA SP. NOV.

( FIGS 28A–C , 29 , 38R )

Type material: Holotype: female: DR CONGO: Equateur, Territoire de Bikoro, Mabali , 00°53′S, 18°07′E, x.1959, sols suspendus en forêt inondée, Leleup N. ( MRAC 114572 ).

Paratypes: DR CONGO: 2 ♀: same data as holotype, petites éminences en forêt inondée, dans humus, Leleup N. ( MRAC 114460 ) .

Diagnosis: Females of P. naufraga are recognized by the epigyne with a broad posterior incision behind the darkened area that is covered with small setae.

Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition and means ‘shipwreck’, referring to the inundated forest in which this species lives.

Description: Female (holotype, MRAC 114572). Total l 5.00.

Carapace as in male, l: 2.45; w: 1.95. Sternum warted, l: 1.10; w: 1.25. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-1-1-1 rlv 0-1-1-1-1; III do 0-0-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2- 2-2-2-2-2-2; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; IV ve 1-1-1.

Epigyne ( Figs 28A–C , 38R ): a darkened area covered with short setae, posterior margin broadly indented; with rectangular indentation as seen from behind. Copulatory openings near posterior margin centre; copulatory ducts running forward, then backward to poorly delimited but large spermathecae. Without lobate ducts.

Male unknown.

Figures

Figure 28. Pseudocorinna naufraga sp. nov., female holotype (MRAC 114572). A, B, epigyne, ventral and posterior views; C, epigyne cleared, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figure 29. Distribution of Pseudocorinna celisi sp. nov. (Δ), Pseudocorinna eruca sp. nov. (+), Pseudocorinna febe sp. nov. (O), Pseudocorinna gevaertsi sp. nov. and Pseudocorinna juakalyi sp. nov. (), Pseudocorinna incisa sp. nov. (Z), Pseudocorinna natalis sp. nov. (A), and Pseudocorinna naufraga sp. nov. (•).

Figure 38. Dorsal views of cleared epigynes of Pseudocorinna. A, Pseudocorinna alligator sp. nov.; B, Pseudocorinna amicorum sp. nov.; C, Pseudocorinna amphibia sp. nov.; D, Pseudocorinna banco sp. nov.; E, Pseudocorinna bilobata sp. nov.; F, Pseudocorinna celisi sp. nov.; G, Pseudocorinna christae sp. nov.; H, Pseudocorinna cymarum sp. nov.; I, Pseudocorinna eruca sp. nov.; J, Pseudocorinna evertsi sp. nov.; K, Pseudocorinna febe sp. nov.; L, Pseudocorinna felix sp. nov.; M, Pseudocorinna gevaertsi sp. nov.; N, Pseudocorinna incisa sp. nov.; O, Pseudocorinna juakalyi sp. nov.; P, Pseudocorinna lanius sp. nov.; Q, Pseudocorinna natalis sp. nov.; R, Pseudocorinna naufraga sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.