Euophryine jumping spiders of the Afrotropical Region-new taxa and a checklist (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae) Wesołowska, Wanda Azarkina, Galina N. Russell-Smith, Anthony Zootaxa 2014 2014-04-15 3789 1 1 72 56PNT Wesołowska & Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 Wesołowska & Azarkina & Russell-Smith 2014 [151,383,1535,1561] Arachnida Salticidae Thyenula Animalia Araneae 61 62 Arthropoda species virgulata sp. nov.   Figs 229–232     Holotype:male, SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Ophate Game Reserve, 28°25'S: 31°24'E, montane grassland,  900 ma.s.l., pitfall trap,  30 September—4 October 2008, leg. C. Haddad, S. Olivier & C. Hanekom( NCA 2008/3935).    Paratype: SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Ithala Game Reserve, Mhulumbela Lookout Point, 27°31'S: 31°18'E, montane grassland, 1 male,  2 July 2010, leg. C. Haddad( NCA).   Diagnosis.A distinctive species, the male is easily distinguished from other species (except  T. montana)by the striped body. The embolic spiral is placed slightly retrolaterally (centrally in congeners). It differs from  T. montanain having a clearly longer embolus, forming more than one loop and by the lack of a cymbial tutaculum.   Etymology.The specific name is Latin for striped, referring to pattern of coloration.   Description.Measurements. Cephalothorax: length 2.0, width 1.3, height 0.8. Abdomen: length 1.9, width 1.1. Eye field: length 0.8, anterior and posterior width 1.2.   FIGURES 225–228.  Thyenula tenebrica sp. nov.225 female holotype, dorsal view; 226 female holotype, lateral view; 227 epigyne; 228 internal structure of epigyne.  Male. General appearance as in Fig. 229. Carapace oval, moderately high. Eye field dark brown, brown bristles on its anterior half, white hairs forming four bands starting from eyes and extending to middle of eye field, median bands fused posteriorly. Thoracic part of carapace and abdomen brown with three longitudinal light streaks ( Fig. 229). Abdomen brown with three light streaks, clothed in hairs corresponding to background colour, with longer bristles at anterior edge. Venter of abdomen light, with three dark stripes. Spinnerets light. Mouth parts light brown, sternum orange with large dark patch in centre. Legs yellow, lateral surfaces of first femora almost black, patellae of first legs with small black patch on prolateral side. Leg hairs and spines brown. Pedipalps clothed in dense long white hairs, only femora brownish. Embolic spiral placed slightly retrolaterally. Embolus coiled, only its end protruding slightly above tip of loop ( Figs 230, 231 ). Female unknown.   Distribution.Known only from northern KwaZulu-Natalin South Africa. 3319295422 2008-09-30 2008-10-04 2008-09-30 NCA South Africa 900 -28.416666 Ophate Game Reserve 1232 31.4 61 62 NCA 2008 1 KwaZulu-Natal holotype 3319295456 2010-07-02 NCA C. Haddad South Africa -27.516666 Mhulumbela Lookout Point 1236 31.3 Ithala Game Reserve 61 62 1 1 KwaZulu-Natal paratype