Smeringopus sambesicus Kraus 1957: 228–229 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 4XVJM Kraus, 1957 Kraus 1957 [151,613,1663,1689] Arachnida Pholcidae Smeringopus Animalia Araneae 127 128 Arthropoda species sambesicus   Figs. 755–756, 764, 805–810      Smeringopus sambesicus Kraus 1957: 228–229, figs. 28–33. Types.  Male holotypeand 2♀ paratypes from Mozambique, Shire River[~ 17°42’S, 35°19’E], 1927 ( H.B. Cott), holotype and 1♀in MHNG, 1♀ in SMF (9813/1), cleared epigynum mounted on slide, examined.    Misidentified paratype: 1♀from Rwanda, no further data, in SMF( RII11727, ex RII 7771), examined. Notes. The vial containing the holotypeand 1♀ paratypealso contained a male with both palps missing and without proximal cheliceral apophyses. Thefemale paratypefrom Rwandais a misidentified  S. peregrinoides.   FIGURES 805–810.  Smeringopus sambesicus. 805. Left cymbium and procursus, retrolateral view. 806–807. Left procursus, prolateral and dorsal views. 808–810. Left embolus, prolateral, prolatero-ventral, and prolatero-dorsal views. Scale lines: 0.3 mm. Diagnosis. Distinguished from similar species with proximal and distal cheliceral apophyses (  S. roeweri, S. carli, S. lubondai) by shapes of procursus (distal blade-shaped apophyses, Figs. 805–807) and bulb (processes of embolus, Figs. 808–810); from  S. roeweriand  S. lubondaialso by long frontal epigynal plate (very similar  S. carli, cf. Figs. 761, 762). Male ( holotype). Total body length 6.1, carapace width 1.9 (slightly deformed). Leg 1: 41.0 (11.1 + 0.8 + 10.7 + 16.3 + 2.1), tibia 2: 7.7, tibia 3: 5.7, tibia 4: 7.9; tibia 1 L/d: 48. Habitus similar  S. carli(cf. Fig. 748). Carapace ochre-yellow with brown median and indistinct lateral marks, clypeus without brown stripes (present in original description), legs monochromous ochre-yellow, abdomen ochre-gray with very indistinct pattern (probably artificially indistinct). Distance PME-PME 195 µm, diameter PME 175 µm, distance PME-ALE 80 µm, distance AME-AME 60 µm, diameter AME 150 µm. Ocular area slightly elevated, secondary eyes with ‘pseudo-lenses’; deep thoracic pit. Chelicerae with slender proximal apophyses as in  S. carli(cf. Figs. 788, 789), distal apophyses rather like in  S. roeweri(cf. Figs. 771, 772; more towards frontal and shorter than in  S. carli). Palps as in Figs. 755 and 756, coxa with distinct retrolateral apophysis and shallow wide furrow, trochanter barely modified, femur with shallow retrolateral furrow with ventrally distinct rim, procursus with distinctive distal blade-shaped processes ( Figs. 805–807), bulb with distinctive embolus ( Figs. 808–810). 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. In general similar to male; tibia 1 in paratypefrom Shire River: 9.1; missing in other paratypeexamined. Epigynum very similar  S. carli(cf. Figs. 761, 762), also cleared internal view similar  S. carli( Fig. 764). Distribution. Only known from typelocality in Mozambique( Fig. 718).  Materialexamined.  MOZAMBIQUE: Shire River: 1♂ 2♀ typesabove. 3747820968 MHNG H. B. Cott Mozambique -17.7 Shire River 1277 35.316666 127 128 2 1 holotype 3747820972 RII 11727 [199,1354,1909,1934] SMF, RII Rwanda Misidentified 127 128 RII 7771 1 1 paratype 3747820391 [423,987,260,284] Mozambique Material Shire River 129 130 3 2 1