Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 1940

Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 107, pp. 1-35 : 33-34

Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 1940 ( Figs. 84­87 )

Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 1940 : Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):561, fig. 6. Syntypes from South Africa, Ingwavuma, Zululand, in Natal Museum, examined.

Anyphops zuluanus .­ Benoit, 1968: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1­2):116.

S. zuluanus .­ Corronca, 1996a. Acta Zool. Lilloana 43(2):397.

Diagnosis. The females of S. zuluanus are identified by the shape of a sub­hexagonal middle field ( Fig. 86 ) and the complex and strongly sclerotized spermathecae ( Fig. 87 ). The males have the dorsal part of RTA finger­shaped, longer than the ventral part of the RTA ( Fig. 84 ), the conductor is well­developed and the embolus slender and long ( Fig. 85 ).

Female. The female was described by Lawrence (1940). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 86­87 .

Male. The male was described by Lawrence (1940). Palp as in Figs. 84­85 .

Known distribution. Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe ( Corronca 2000).

Figures

FIGURES 84 ­ 87. Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 84. Male palp, lateral view, 85. Male palp, ventral view. 86. Epigynum, ventral view. 87. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale: female genitalia = 0.25 mm, male palp = 1 mm.