Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) Bernhard A. Huber Philippe Le Gall Jacques Francois Mavoungou European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 81 1 46 4GL9J Huber Huber [617,868,1710,1737] Arachnida Pholcidae Pholcus Animalia Araneae 27 28 Arthropoda species punu sp. nov.  urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C721A4A8-5D18-467B-A433-7E526A641082  Figs 12-13, 27, 63-74    Diagnosis Distinguished from  P. moca Huber, 2011(the most similar species and probably closest known relative) by shape of procursus (longer retrolateral process; absence of distinct ridge between retrolateral process and tip; compare Fig. 70with fig. 946 in Huber 2011b); also by shape of uncus (not bilobed as in  P. moca), presence of proximal frontal processes on male chelicerae and slightly different shape of epigynal plate (narrower in  P. moca; compare Fig. 64with fig. 921 in Huber 2011b).    Etymology Named for the Punu(or Bapunu, Bapounou), one of the four major peoples of Gabon; noun in apposition.     Typematerial   Holotype ♂, in ZFMK( Ar 11938).    Typelocality  GABON, Haut Ogooué, forest above Canyon rose near Lékoni( 1°38.6’S, 14°17.5’E),  600 ma.s.l.,  19 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber).   Other material examined   GABON: Haut Ogooué: 2 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀in ZFMK( Ar 11939), same data as holotype;  2 ♀♀, 2 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 209), same data.  1 ♂in ZFMK( Ar 11940), forestat  LékoniRiver( 1°10.7’S, 13°32.3’E),  305 ma.s.l.,  18 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber);  1 ♀, 1 juv.in pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 213), same data.  1 ♂, 3 ♀♀in ZFMK( Ar 11941), forest near Bongoville( 1°36.7’S, 13°57.4’E),  600-650 ma.s.l.,  20 Aug. 2011( B.A. Huber);  2 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 207), same data.  Ogooué-Ivindo: 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀in ZFMK( Ar 11942), near MohobaMozeye( 0°16.8’N, 13°20.9’E),  510 ma.s.l., forest along road,  17 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber);  2 ♀♀, 3 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 169), same data.  Ogooué-Lolo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀in ZFMK( Ar 11943), forestat brook near Lastoursville, near Grotte de Pahon Pira( 0°48.8’S, 12°45.2’E),  290 ma.s.l.,  22-23 Aug. 2011( B.A. Huber).  2 ♂♂, 1 ♀in ZFMK( Ar 11944), forest near Lastoursville( 0°48.0’S, 12°44.4’E),  300 ma.s.l.,  21 Aug. 2011( B.A. Huber);  3 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 221), same data.  1 ♂, 1 ♀in ZFMK( Ar 11945), near Moudouma( 1°23.5’S, 12°09.6’E),  475 ma.s.l., forest along brook,  24 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber);  1 juvin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 157), same data.  Ngounié: 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀in ZFMK( Ar 11946), Massif du Chaillu, ‘site 2’, near Moukabou( 1°36.6’S, 11°40.7’E),  560 ma.s.l., forest,  25 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber);  3 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 174), same data.  4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀in ZFMK( Ar 11947), Massif du Chaillu, ‘site 3’, between Mimongo & Yéno( 1°38.1’S, 11°32.6’E),  570-650 ma.s.l., forest,  26 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber);  3 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 233), same data. 1 ♂in ZFMK( Ar 11948), Massif du Chaillu, ‘site 4’, between Yéno and Mouila( 1°43.7’S, 11°18.4’E),  650 ma.s.l., forest along river,  26 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber).  3 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀in ZFMK( Ar 11949), near Moulandoufouala( 1°38.1’S, 10°42.5’E),  110 ma.s.l., forest along road,  27 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber);  4 juvsin pure ethanol, in ZFMK( Gab 184), same data.  Moyen-Ogooué: 3 ♂♂in ZFMK( Ar 11950), S of Lambaréné near Tchad( 0°58.1’S, 10°22.7’E),  165 ma.s.l., forest,  27 Aug. 2011( B.A. & S.R. Huber).    Description  Male( holotype) MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 3.0, carapace width 0.9. Leg 1: 27.0 (6.4 + 0.4 + 6.5 + 11.5 + 2.2), tibia 2: 4.5, tibia 3: 2.7, tibia 4: 4.1; tibia 1 L/d: 82. Distance PME-PME 265 µm, diameter PME 95 µm, distance PME-ALE 45 µm, AME absent (only black spots without lenses). COLOR. Carapace ochre-orange with large brown median mark, ocular area also brown, sternum medially slightly darkened; legs with dark rings on femora subdistally, patellae plus tibiae proximally, and tibiae subdistally; abdomen grey with internal black and whitish spots dorsally and laterally. BODY. Habitus as in Fig. 63; ocular area slightly elevated, each triad on short hump directed laterally; carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum wider than long (0.66/0.52), unmodified. Chelicerae as in Fig. 72, with pair of lateral processes proximally, pair of frontal apophyses proximally, and pair of frontal apophyses distally provided with two modified hairs each; without stridulatory ridges. PALPS. As in Figs 66-71, coxa unmodified, trochanter with short and wide retrolatero-ventral apophysis, femur with short retrolatero-dorsal process proximally, procursus complex, with distinctive sclerotized and membranous elements; bulb with large uncus, simple weakly sclerotized embolus, and hooked appendix. LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 3%; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 with>20 pseudosegments, only distally fairly distinct. VARIATION. Tibia 1 in22 other males: 6.7-8.8 (mean 7.9). Clypeus variably dark; AME spots sometimes fused. In most males the palps are extended and the bulbs rotated as in Fig. 71.   Female In general similar to male; tibia 1 in 36 females: 5.3-7.1 (mean 6.3). Epigynum with distinct plate and ‘knob’, anterior area weakly sclerotized, ‘valve’ and other internal structures visible through cuticle ( Fig. 64); internal genitalia as in Figs 65and 73-74.    Natural history The spiders were mostly found in the leaf litter and in cavities in the ground ( Fig. 12), sometimes sharing the microhabitat with a representative of  Smeringopina(e.g.  S. moudouma Huber, 2013in forest near Lastoursville;  S. fang Huber, 2013between Yéno and Mouila;  S. lekoni Huber, 2013at LékoniRiver). The two specimens from Moudoumawere found at the rock surface ( Fig. 13) close to a small brook.    Distribution Known from various localities in Gabon south of the Ogooué-Ivindo Rivers ( Fig. 27; the closely related  P. moca Huber, 2011seems to be confined to the north of these rivers). 1663909550 [189,594,526,553] forest 2011-08-19 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Cameroon 600 -1.6433333 above Canyon rose near Lekoni 130 14.291667 28 29 Ar 11938 1 1 Haut Ogooue holotype 1663909549 [189,1154,786,812] forest 2011-08-19 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 600 -1.6433333 Haut Ogooue 130 14.291667 28 29 Ar 11939 12 10 2 Haut Ogooue 1663909561 forest 2011-08-19 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 600 -1.6433333 Haut Ogooue 130 14.291667 28 29 Gab 209 4 2 2 Haut Ogooue 1663909563 forest 2011-08-18 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 305 -1.1783333 Lekoni River 130 13.538333 28 29 Ar 11940 1 1 Haut Ogooue 1663909555 forest 2011-08-18 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 305 30 31 -1.1783333 Lekoni River 130 13.538333 28 29 Gab 213 2 1 1 Haut Ogooue 1663909566 forest 2011-08-20 ZFMK B. A. Huber Gabon 625 -1.6116667 near Bongoville 130 13.956667 30 31 Ar 11941 4 3 1 Haut Ogooue 1663909564 [740,1395,302,329] forest 2011-08-20 ZFMK B. A. Huber Gabon 625 -1.6116667 near Bongoville 130 13.956667 30 31 Gab 207 2 2 Haut Ogooue 1663909572 forest along road 2011-08-17 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 510 0.28 near Mohoba Mozeye 130 13.348333 30 31 Ar 11942 9 4 5 Ogooue-Ivindo 1663909554 forest along road 2011-08-17 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 510 0.28 near Mohoba Mozeye 130 13.348333 30 31 Gab 169 5 2 3 Ogooue-ivindo 1663909552 forest 2011-08-22 2011-08-23 2011-08-22 ZFMK B. A. Huber Gabon 290 -0.81333333 brook near Lastoursville, near Grotte de Pahon Pira 130 12.753333 30 31 Ar 11943 2 1 1 Ogooue-Lolo 1663909558 2011-08-21 ZFMK B. A. Huber Gabon 300 -0.8 forest near Lastoursville 130 12.74 30 31 Ar 11944 3 1 2 Ogooue-lolo 1663909568 [289,949,514,540] 2011-08-21 ZFMK B. A. Huber Gabon 300 -0.8 forest near Lastoursville 130 12.74 30 31 Gab 221 3 3 Ogooue-lolo 1663909569 forest along brook 2011-08-24 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 475 -1.3916667 near Moudouma 130 12.16 30 31 Ar 11945 2 1 1 Ogooue-lolo 1663909551 [189,842,584,611] forest along brook 2011-08-24 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 475 -1.3916667 near Moudouma 130 12.16 30 31 Gab 157 1 1 Ogooue-lolo 1663909557 forest 2011-08-25 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 560 -1.6099999 Massif du Chaillu, ' site 2 ', near Moukabou 130 11.678333 30 31 Ar 11946 6 4 2 Ngounie 1663909562 [454,1113,654,681] forest 2011-08-25 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 560 -1.6099999 Massif du Chaillu, ' site 2 ', near Moukabou 130 11.678333 30 31 3 juvs, Gab 174 3 3 Ngounie 1663909553 forest 2011-08-26 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 610 -1.635 Massif du Chaillu, ' site 3 ', between Mimongo & Yeno 130 11.543333 30 31 Ar 11947 11 7 4 Ngounie 1663909567 forest along river 2011-08-26 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 650 -1.7283334 Massif du Chaillu, ' site 4 ', between Yeno and Mouila 130 11.306666 30 31 Gab 233, Ar 11948 3 3 Ngounie 1663909598 forest along road 2011-08-27 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 110 -1.635 near Moulandoufouala 130 10.708333 30 31 Ar 11949 10 7 3 Ngounie 1663909595 [289,945,866,892] forest along road 2011-08-27 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 110 -1.635 near Moulandoufouala 130 10.708333 30 31 Gab 184 4 4 Ngounie 1663909592 forest 2011-08-27 ZFMK B. A. & S. R. Huber Gabon 165 -0.9683333 S of Lambarene near Tchad 130 10.378333 30 31 Ar 11950 3 3 Moyen-Ogooue