Pochytoides tournieri, 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 : 94-96

Pochytoides tournieri sp. nov.

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Figs 53–54

Diagnosis

The male pedipalp is similar to that in Pochytoides monticola Wesołowska, 2018 , but may be separated by the shape of the embolus, which is pointed (with a serrated tip in P. monticola – compare Fig. 54B with Wesołowska 2018: fig. 3a).

Etymology

This species is dedicated to M.J.L. Tournier, director of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (Abidjan), one of the founders of the Lamto station.

Material examined

Holotype IVORY COAST • ♂; Cavally Forest ; 6°05′ N, 7°36′ W; 17 Nov. 1975; “litière”; MNHN.

Description

Male

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.9, width 1.5, height 1.0. Eye field length 0.9, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.3. Abdomen length 1.5, width 1.0. General appearance as in Fig. 53A–B.

CARAPACE. Oval, high and broad, with steep posterior slope beginning just behind eye field. Eye field trapezoid, anterior row of eyes slightly wider than the posterior row. Anterior median eyes large.

Carapace coloured dark brown, eye field darker, eyes surrounded by black rings. White hairs form a wide streak on slopes ( Fig. 53B ), long colourless hairs on eye field.

ABDOMEN. Ovoid, greyish brown with lighter chevrons posteriorly and lateral streaks composed of white hairs on anterior half ( Fig. 53A ), venter brownish. Anterior spinnerets yellow, posterior grey.

LEGS. Brown, metatarsi and tarsi yellowish. First pair longer than others, tibia ventrally with four pairs of long spines, metatarsus with two pairs.

PEDIPALPS. Clothed in white hairs. Structure of palpal organ as in Figs 53C–E , 54A–D .

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

Only known from the type locality, Cavally Forest, in Ivory Coast.

Figures

Fig. 53. Pochytoides tournieri sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (MNHN). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Palpal organ, ventroprolateral view. D. Palpal organ, ventral view. E. Palpal organ, lateral view.

Fig. 54. Pochytoides tournieri sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (MNHN). A. Palpal organ, ventroprolateral view. B. Palpal organ, ventral view. C. Palpal organ, ventroretrolateral view. D. Palpal organ, retrolateral view.