Hyllus ignotus, Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 32-34

Hyllus ignotus sp. nov.

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Fig. 19

Diagnosis

This species can be identified by the unique epigyne, unlike those of congeners, with copulatory openings at its center and pockets located to the side of these openings.

Etymology

The specific epithet is Latin, meaning ‘unknown’.

Material examined

Holotype IVORY COAST • ♀; Lamto; 24 Dec. 1975; “buissons au soleil au bord de Bandama”; MNHN.

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.7, width 3.0, height 1.2. Eye field length 1.5, anterior and posterior width 2.2. Abdomen length 5.3, width 3.0. General appearance as in Fig. 19A . Large, hairy salticid.

CARAPACE. Dark brown, eye field black, long brown bristles near anterior eye row, some white hairs on lateral slopes. Two thin white lines below anterior lateral eyes. Mouthparts and sternum brown.

ABDOMEN. Swollen, brown, with longitudinal wide streak formed of white hairs, anterior abdominal edge white, sparse long brown bristles on abdominal dorsum. Venter dark brown, spinnerets blackish.

LEGS. Black, bearing dense long black hairs. EPIGYNE. With a pair of lateral pockets placed in middle of its length ( Fig. 19B–C ). Internal structure as in Fig. 19D–E , strongly sclerotized, copulatory openings lie close to each other in center of the epigyne.

Distribution

Only known from the type locality, Lamto, Ivory Coast.

Figures

Fig. 19. Hyllus ignotus sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (MNHN). A. Habitus. B–C. Epigyne. D. Internal structure of epigyne, ventral view. E. Internal structure of epigyne, dorsal view.