Pseudocorinna bilobata, Jocqué & Bosselaers, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545730 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC17CE33-D26D-FFB4-57B9-FA960E07F8B0 |
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Valdenar |
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Pseudocorinna bilobata |
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sp. nov. |
PSEUDOCORINNA BILOBATA View in CoL SP. NOV.
( FIGS 12A–D View Figure 12 , 20 View Figure 20 , 38E View Figure 38 )
Type material: Holotype: male: TOGO: Entre Bassari et Sokodé, 09°15′N, 00°47′E, v–vii.1984, savanne boisée, Douben P. ( MRAC 166236 View Materials ). GoogleMaps
Paratype: TOGO: 1 ♀: Bassari , 09°15′N, 00°47′E, 1.i.1981, pitfalls, Douben P. ( MRAC 173985 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis: Males of P. bilobata are characterized by the long, curved RTA, the very large MA, and FC with hooked tip. Females are recognized by the epigyne with a long bilobate posterior margin.
Etymology: The species name is an adjective referring to the lobes of the posterior margin of the epigyne.
Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 166236).
Total l 5.50.
Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.60; w: 2.15. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.19; w: 1.35. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 80% of do abdominal surface area.
Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.
Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-1-1-1 rlv 0-0-0-0-1; III do 0-0-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 plv 0-1-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III ve 0-2-0; IV ve 0-2-2.
Male palp ( Fig. 12A, B View Figure 12 ): RTA fairly long, strongly curved downward, with blunt tip. PTA curved, fairly long, slender. Embolus ribbon-like, gradually tapered, pointed; MA massive, slightly sinuous, with hooked tip; FC large, curved. Proximal part of tegulum with massive CAPT provided with membrane at base; PAPT large, triangular.
Female (paratype, MRAC 173985 View Materials ). Total l 5.25 .
Carapace as in male, l: 2.40; w: 2.08. Sternum warted, l: 1.10; w: 1.35. 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; IV pl 0-1-0 plv 0-0-1; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III ve 0-2-0; IV ve 0-2-2.
Epigyne ( Figs 12B, C View Figure 12 , 38E View Figure 38 ): a long, broad lip with deeply indented posterior margin, provided with two dark spots of spermathecae seen in transparency; copulatory openings in front; short copulatory ducts lead to roughly ovoid spermathecae that are less than their longest diameter apart; without lobate ducts.
Known geographical distribution: Togo ( Fig. 20 View Figure 20 ).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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