Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae)
HUBER, BERNHARD A.
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
3461
1
1
138
4XVHK
Huber, 2012
Huber
2012
[151,399,397,423]
Arachnida
Pholcidae
Smeringopus
Animalia
Araneae
56
57
Arthropoda
species
harare
sp. nov.
Figs. 266–267, 327–330 FIGURES 327–335. Smeringopus harare(327–330) and S. blyde(331–335). 327, 331. Left cymbia and procursi, retrolateral views. 328, 332. Left procursi, prolateral views. 329–330, 333–334. Left bulbal processes, prolateral and dorsal views. 335. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm. Type. Male holotypefrom Zimbabwe, Harare( 17°49’S, 31°05’E), in store room, 28.iv.2004( M. Cumming), in ZFMK( Ar 8551). Etymology. The name is a noun in apposition, derived from the typelocality. Diagnosis. Distinguished from similar congeners (other species of the natalensisgroup, especially S. natalensis, S. florisbad, S. lesnei, S. blyde, S. koppies, S. badplaas) by shapes of bulbal processes ( Figs. 329, 330); from other close relatives by absence of process near palpal tarsal organ ( Fig. 327), relatively straight procursus (ventrally), absence of prolateral process on procursus tip, and three black lines ventrally on abdomen (versus two). Male ( holotype). Total body length 5.9, carapace width 1.8. Leg 1: 10.8 + 0.8 + 10.8, metatarsus damaged, tibia 2: 7.3, tibia 3: 5.6, tibia 4: 7.9; tibia 1 L/d: 58. Habitus similar S. koppies(cf. Figs. 245–246). Carapace and abdomen with usual dark pattern but dissolved into many spots, clypeus without dark marks, sternum brown with light marks, legs with barely visible rings subdistally on femora and tibiae. Distance PME-PME 175 µm, diameter PME 140 µm, distance PME-ALE 70 µm, distance AME-AME 35 µm, diameter AME 125 µm. Ocular area slightly elevated, secondary eyes with very indistinct ‘pseudo-lenses’; deep thoracic pit. Chelicerae as in S. badplaas(cf. Figs. 314, 315; apophyses minimally more detached). Palps as in Figs. 266 and 267, coxa without retrolateral apophysis, trochanter barely modified, femur with retrolateral furrow with distinct rim proximally, cymbium without projection near tarsal organ, procursus ventrally almost straight, without prolateral process at tip ( Figs. 327, 328), bulb with three distinctively shaped processes ( Figs. 329, 330). Legs without spines, few vertical hairs, with curved hairs on tibiae and metatarsi 1 and 2, retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 3%; prolateral trichobothrium present on tibia 1. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Only known from typelocality in Zimbabwe( Fig. 299). Materialexamined. ZIMBABWE: Harare: 1♂ holotypeabove, together with 1 juv.
3747820798
2004-04-28
ZFMK
M. Cumming
Zimbabwe
-17.816668
Harare
1277
31.083334
57
58
Ar 8551
1
1
Harare
holotype
3747820731
[199,822,908,932]
Zimbabwe
Material
57
58
1
1
Harare
holotype