Selenops ilcuria, Corronca, J. A., 2002

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 16-17

Selenops ilcuria sp. nov. ( Figs. 29­31 )

Type. Female holotype from South Africa, Northern Province, Marken near Ellisras (23°42´S 28°41´E), 25/V/1990, M. Filmer Col., deposited in NCA 90/374.

Etymology. The specific epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Diagnosis. The middle field of the epigynum is diagnostic in having a sclerotized Vshaped anterior margin, as well as the shape of the spermathecae ( Figs. 29­30 ) and the colour pattern of opisthosoma ( Fig. 31 ).

Female (holotype). Total length 11.20. Prosoma length 4.89, width 6.76. Opisthosoma length 6.03, width 5.93. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.19, PME 0.30, PLE 0.45, AME­AME 0.30, AME­ALE 0.56, AME­PME 0.15, PME­PME 1.05, PME­PLE 0.71, PLE­PLE 2.59, ALE­ALE 1.95. Leg formula 2341. Leg measurements: I­ Fe 5.41, Pat+Tib 6.76, Mt 3.33, Ta 1.14, total 16.64; II­ 6.90, 7.80, 3.85, 1.25, total 19.80; III­ 6.97, 7.59, 3.95, 1.25, total 19.76; IV­ 6.66, 6.97, 4.06, 1.35, total 19.04. Leg spination: Fe. I­ pr1.1.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, II­ pr0.2.0, d1.1.1, rt0.1.1, III­ pr1.0.0, d1.1.1, rt0.0.1, IV­ d1.1.1, rt0.0.1; Tib. I­II­ v2.2.2, III­IV­ v2.2.0; Mt. I­III­ v2.2, IV­ v2.1. Prosoma and chelicerae dark reddish­brown. Legs brown, femora with three, and tibiae with two dark grey incomplete rings. Opisthosoma with tufts of white hairs, colour pattern pale yellowish­brown with small black spots, as in Fig. 31 , venter yellowish. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 29­30 .

Male. Unknown.

Other records. CAMEROON: Victoria, 1 female, VI/49, B. Malkin Col., CAS. SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga, Loskopdam Nature Reserve (under rock), 1 female, 29/ IX/91, D. Louw Col., NCA 92/462; Mpumalanga, Loskopdam Nature Reserve (on rock), 1 female, 9/10/89, Spider Club members Col., NCA 90/220; Northern Province, Warmbad Klein Kariba (24°50´S 28°20´E), 1 female, 24­28 Nov 1996, L. Lotz Col., NMBA 8164.

Known distribution. Cameroon and South Africa

Selenops intricatus Simon, 1910 ( Figs. 32­34 )

Selenops intricatus Simon, 1910 . Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 4(3):337. Female holotype from Guinea­Bissau ( Portuguese Guinea): Bolama, in MRAC, examined.

S. cavernicolus Lawrence, 1952 . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 46:15, figs. 9a­c. First synonymized by Benoit (1968:131).

S. intricatus .­ Benoit, 1968. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(11­12):131, figs. 11, 16­17, describing male.

Diagnosis. Selenops intricatus closely resembles S. annulatus . The females can be distinguished by the shape of the elongated or rhomboidal middle field that is always longer than wide in S. intricatus and by the narrow shape of the spermathecae ( Figs. 32­33 ). In the males of S. intricatus the shape of the tibial apophysis of the palp is similar to that of S. radiatus and S. annulatus , but in S. intricatus the branches are subequal in length ( Fig. 34 ) and the tip of the conductor is wider than in S. annulatus .

Female. Described by Simon (1910) and redescribed by Benoit (1968). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 32­33 .

Male. Described by Benoit (1968). Palp as shown in Fig. 34 .

New records. ZAÏRE: Matadi, 1 female, 26/X/66, E. Ross & K. Lorenzen Col., CAS; Mbandaka, 1 female, 1978, R. P. Hulstaert Col., MRAC 160.594. ANGOLA: 12mi NW of Muxima (200m), 1 female, 2/VI/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS.

Known distribution. Angola, Zaïre and Guinea­Bissau ( Benoit, 1968).

Figures

FIGURES 24 ­ 34. 24 ­ 26. Selenops feron sp. nov., female holotype, 24. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 25. Epigynum, ventral view. 26. Vulva, dorsal view. 27 ­ 28. Selenops florenciae sp. nov., female holotype, 27. Epigynum, ventral view. 28. Vulva, dorsal view. 29 ­ 31. Selenops ilcuria sp. nov., female holotype, 29. Epigynum, ventral view. 30. Vulva, dorsal view. 31. Colour pattern of opisthosoma, dorsal view. 32 ­ 34. Selenops intricatus Simon, 32. Epigynum, ventral view. 33. Vulva, dorsal view. 34. Male palp, ventral view. Scale: genitalia = 0.25 mm, other drawings = 1 mm.