Seychellia jeremyi, Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2011

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2011, Three new species of Telemidae (Araneae) from Western Africa, Zootaxa 2902, pp. 44-58 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.200620
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6188970
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F4208B7C-FFC5-FFBF-FF74-1FD9AEA2D4D2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Seychellia jeremyi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Seychellia jeremyi View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 9–11 View FIGURE 9 View FIGURE 10 View FIGURE 11 , 12 View FIGURE 12

Type material. Holotype: male ( RMNH), Tonqui Mountain [7°24ʹ19.22ʺN, 7°32ʹ35.01ʺW], Man Area, Côte d’Ivoire, 21 August, 1975, A. P. B. Deeleman and A. Lansberg leg. Paratypes: 1 male and 9 females, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific name is after Jeremy A. Miller (The Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, the Netherlands), noun, to express our appreciation for his help.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. wiljoi Saaristo, 1978 , but can be distinguished by the complicated palpal bulb ( Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 A, C, 10A–B), the distinctive shape of embolus ( Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 B, 11B) in the male, and the short, swollen spermatheca ( Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 B, 11F) in the female.

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 1.26. Prosoma 0.56 long, 0.45 wide. Opisthosoma 0.70 long, 0.58 wide. Prosoma yellow, with brown pattern. Legs, labium, endites, chelicerae and sternum yellow. Six eyes, anterior row of four eyes slight curved posteriorly, AME close together, AME and ALE contiguous, lateral eyes contiguous. Chelicera ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 E) longer than endites, with two large teeth and six small denticle on the promargin, and five small denticles on the retromargin. Leg measurements: I 3.25 (1.05, 0.15, 1.02, 0.56, 0.47); II 2.84 (0.85, 0.14, 0.84, 0.56, 0.45); III 1.67 (0.70, 0.14, 0.45, 0.38, 0.35); IV 2.63 (0.90, 0.14, 0.70, 0.50, 0.39). Leg formula: I-II-IV- III. Opisthosom yellowish, ovoid; colulus brown. Male palp ( Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 A, 10A–B): Tarsus with six strong macrosetae distally; bulb nearly rounded; embolus ( Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 B, 11B) weakly sclerotized, with three weakly sclerotized decorations.

Female (one of the paratypes): Similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a larger body size and shorter legs. Total length 1.38. Prosoma 0.55long, 0.45 wide. Opisthosoma 0.75 long, 0.60 wide. Leg measurements: I 2.87 (0.92, 0.15, 0.80, 0.55, 0.45); II 2.67 (0.80, 0.14, 0.74, 0.55, 0.44); III 1.89 (0.60, 0.14, 0.45, 0.36, 0.34); IV 2.54 (0.90, 0.15, 0.70, 0.40, 0.39). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Genital area with a row of setae posterior to epigastric furrow. Vulva ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 G) with a weakly sclerotized, medially and posteriorly curved plate, with several small teeth at the edge. Spermatheca ( Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 B, 11F) short, swollen.

Variation. Total length: males 1.24–1.26 (n=2), females (1.35–1.40) (n=9).

Distribution. Côte d’Ivoire (Man Area) ( Fig.12 View FIGURE 12 ).

Discussion. The complicated male palp bulb of Seychellia jeremyi sp. nov., indicates that the new species is close to the genus Seychellia .