Selenops ovambicus Lawrence, 1940

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 23

Selenops ovambicus Lawrence, 1940 NEW RANK ( Figs. 56­57 )

Selenops radiatus ovambicus Lawrence, 1940 : Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32:557, fig. 2. Female holotype from Namibia, Ongandjera, Ovamboland, in SAM B3221, examined.

Diagnosis. S. ovambicus resembles S. radiatus and S. krugeri , but females of S. ovambicus can be distinguished from the others by the shape of the epigynum ( Fig. 56 ), the spermathecae ( Fig. 57 ) and the absence of a colour pattern of opisthosoma.

Female. The female was described by Lawrence (1940). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 56­57 .

Male. Unknown.

Known distribution. Cameroon, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Senegal and Sudan ( Corronca 2000).

Figures

FIGURES 53 ­ 61. 53 ­ 55. Selenops lumbo Corronca, male holotype, 53. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 54. Male palp, ventral view. 55. Male palp, lateral view. 56 ­ 57. Selenops ovambicus Lawrence, female holotype, 56. Epigynum, ventral view. 57. Vulva, dorsal view. 58 ­ 61. Selenops pygmaeus Benoit, female holotype and male paratype, 58. Male palp, ventral view. 59. Male palp, lateral view. 60. Epigynum, ventral view. 61. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.