Paradonea splendens (Lawrence)

Miller, Jeremy A., Griswold, Charles E., Scharff, Nikolaj, Řezac, Milan, Szűts, Tamas & Marhabaie, Mohammad, 2012, The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae), ZooKeys 195, pp. 1-144 : 69-70

Paradonea splendens (Lawrence) Figs 10C, D13L14A68 D–F, I, J71

Adonea splendens Lawrence, 1936: 146.

Paradonea splendens (Lawrence, 1936). Lawrence 1968: 116.

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from other eresids except Dorceus , some Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n. by the wider than long cephalic region (Figs 10D, 68D), distinguished from these by the subtrapezoidal shape of the cephalic region, much wider anteriorly than posteriorly (Figs 10D, 68D; subrectangular in Dorceus , Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n. with little difference in width anteriorly to posteriorly, e.g., Figs 8F, 9J); distinguished from other eresids except the male of Adonea by the posterior margin of the cephalic region, which slightly overhangs the thoracic region; distinguished from many eresids including Adonea , Dorceus , Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n. by the mesally excavated chelicerae (Fig. 68F; contiguous or only slightly excavated in Adonea , Dorceus , Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n.).

Description.

Male (Sunnyside, South Africa, C1076, SAM): Carapace with band of white setae around margin of thoracic region, additional white setae form several patches including one on the posterior part of the cephalic region; cephalic region subtrapezoidal, wider than long anteriorly, posterior margin straight, strongly raised, slightly overhanging thoracic region posteriorly; AME distinctly smaller than PME (AME/PME 0.40), median eyes separated on horizontal axis, some overlap on vertical axis; ALE tubercles absent; PER narrower than AER (PER/AER 0.86), PLE position on carapace 0.44; clypeal hood forms acute angle; fovea moderately deep. Chelicerae with lateral boss, excavated mesally. Legs with bands of white setae, especially dorsally along the length of most segments; with row of distal ventral macrosetae on metatarsus I–IV and scattered ventral macrosetae on tibia, metatarsus and tarsus I–IV. Abdomen black with longitudinal stripe with uneven margins formed by a thick concentration of white setae (Figs 10C, D, 68 D–F; note description of pattern of setae and color on carapace, legs, and abdomen based in part on specimens other than C1076, which is missing most setae; see Appendix A)

Male palp with proximal-distal axis; tegulum bulbous; conductor and embolus together form apical complex making one helical turn; conductor moderately sclerotized, tip a blunt point; tegular division longer than embolic division; cymbium with several macrosetae over dorsal to prolateral surface (Figs 13L, 14A, 68I, J).

Female: Unknown.