Pseudocorinna eruca, 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 : 297

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491919
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D264-FFBB-54D1-FB9908E1FA36
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Pseudocorinna eruca
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

PSEUDOCORINNA ERUCA View in CoL SP. NOV.

( FIGS 16A, B View Figure 16 , 29 View Figure 29 , 38I View Figure 38 )

Type material: Holotype: female: DR CONGO: Kivu, Kalehe, Bunyakiri , 02°04′S, 28°34′E, ix.1953, 1050 m, dans humus, Leleup N. ( MRAC 75658 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis: Females of P. eruca are characterized by the peculiar epigyne with intricate pattern, and the internal structure with very large lobate ducts.

Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition and is derived from the Greek ‘ERUKA’ meaning caterpillar, referring to the internal structure of the epigyne.

Description: Female (holotype, MRAC 75658). Total l 5.20.

Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.13; w: 1.75. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.00; w: 1.20. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.

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

Epigyne ( Figs 16A, B View Figure 16 , 38I View Figure 38 ): copulatory ducts very short, leading to globular adjacent spermathecae; surrounded by large lobate ducts.

Male unknown.

Known geographical distribution: DR Congo: Kivu ( Fig. 29 View Figure 29 ).