Fig. 15 in A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species

Fig. 15. Pochytoides spiniger sp. nov., paratypes, ♀. A–C. Epigyne. D. Internal structure of epigyne. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.Published as part of Wesołowska, Wanda, 2018, A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 1-26 in European Journal of Taxonomy 418 on page 23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.418, http://zenodo.org/record/121053

New species and new records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae) from the Lake Victoria area

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Stenaelurillus latibulbis Wesołowska 2014, n. sp.

Stenaelurillus latibulbis n. sp. (Fig. 6) TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Congo (Zaire), Katanga Province, Luiswishi, 28 km NE Lubumbashi, 11°31’S, 28°11’E, 1200 m asl., savanna, 1974, leg. F. Malaisse, 1 ♂ (MRAC 145506). Paratypes. Together with holotype, 5 ♂♂; same data, 2 ♂♂ (MNHN); same data, 1 ♀ (MRAC 145501); Elizabethville [Lubumbashi] 11°40’S, 27°28’E, IV.1911, leg. L. Stappers, 1 ♀ (MRAC 11985). DIAGNOSIS. — The male has very wide and relatively short bulb and embolus enveloped by tegular apophysis, only its tip is visible. Epigyne slightly similar to that in S. kavango n. sp., but accessory glands absent and copulatory openings are larger, surrounded by strongly sclerotized areas. ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name refers to the shape of the palpal bulb. DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the type locality and its environs. DESCRIPTION Measurements (male/female) Cephalothorax: length 2.7-3.0/2.6-2.7, width 2.2- 2.3/1.8-1.9, height 0.9-1.1/1.0-1.1. Abdomen: length 1.9-2.3/2.6-3.4, width 1.8-1.9/2.2-2.8. Eye field: length 0.9-1.0/0.9-1.0, anterior and posterior width 1.6-1.7/1.4-1.5. Male Carapace slightly pear shaped, dark brown with black eye field. White hairs form two thin lines on thoracic part, some white hairs on slopes, eye field clothed in long brown bristles, thick rod hairs on anterior part of eye field. Anterior eyes surrounded by small white scales. Clypeus low, dark. Mouth parts and sternum light brown. Abdomen black, three quarters of its length covered with scutum. Tufts of short white hairs form very small patches on dorsum, denser at anterior edge of abdomen, sometimes one of them larger (placed posteriorly, behind scutum). In some specimens these white dots absent, only dark scutum present. Long dark bristles on abdomen anteriorly. Venter yellowish grey. Spinnerets long, dark. Legs brown, bearing dark hairs, spines numerous, especially on distal pairs of legs. Pedipalps brown, clothed in dense hairs, brown with admixture of light ones. Tibial apophysis short, hidden in corresponding shallow cymbial cavity (Fig. 6B). Bulb short and broad (Fig. 6A), embolus small, poorly visible (partially enveloped by large membranous apophysis (Fig. 6C). Female Carapace pear shaped, widest at coxae III, coloured dark brown, clothed in dense brown hairs, some whitish hairs on slopes. Eye field slightly darker than thoracic area, with thick short setae and long brown bristles. Pair of white streaks starting from anterior lateral eyes and extending to end of carapace. Short white hairs frame anterior eyes and form small patches below lateral ones. Mouth parts light brown, only tips of endites whitish, sternum yellowish orange. Abdomen swollen, dark brown with slightly lighter pattern composed of large triangular median belt narrowing posteriorly and pair of small round patches placed laterally about half of abdominal length. Sides greyish brown, marked by darker dots. Venter light. Legs brown with darker patches. Epigyne small, as in Fig. 6D. Copulatory openings large, their edges strongly sclerotized, with additional narrow sclerotized flanges, seminal ducts and receptacles thick walled (Fig. 6E). Stenaelurillus leucogrammus Simon, 1902 (Fig. 7) St e n a e l u r i l l u s l e u c o g ra m m u s S i m o n, 1 9 0 2: 37. — Wesołowska & Cumming 2011: 98, figs 81-84. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Mozambique [without precise locality], leg. P. Lesne, det. R. Lessert, 1 ♂ (MHN); Zimbabwe, Mana Pools National Park, 15°45’S, 29°20’E, 9.V.1984, 1 ♂ (MRAC). DIAGNOSIS. — The male palp of this species is similar to that in S. albopunctatus, but differs in the shape of retrolateral flat outgrowth of the tibia, which is clearly shorter. DISTRIBUTION. — Known from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. REDESCRIPTION Measurements Cephalothorax:length 2.4, width 1.8, height0.8.Abdomen: length 2.2, width 1.7. Eye field: length 0.9, anterior and posterior width 1.4. Male Carapace brown with darker ocular area, clothed in dense blackish hairs, among them thick shorter bristles on anterior part of eye field. White hairs form pair of streaks on carapace, starting from anterior lateral eyes and extending to posterior edge of carapace, sides also with light streaks, black lines along lateral margins. Clypeus low, brown, mouth parts and sternum yellowish. Abdomen dark brown, third anterior part clearly lighter, three round patches posteriorly (Fig. 7A), venter light yellowish. Long dense bristles on anterior edge. Spinnerets light, long, distal segment of posterior ones black. Legs brown, pairs III and IV with long metatarsi and tarsi. Pedipalps light brown, its structure as in Fig. 7C, D. Embolus with bent tip, long tegular apophysis (Fig. 7B), row of dense black scale-like bristles on retrolateral side of tibia anteriorly, very small spike retrolateraly, hidden in dense long bristles (Fig. 7C).Published as part of Wesołowska, Wanda, 2014, Further notes on the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Salticidae) in Africa with descriptions of eight new species, pp. 595-622 in Zoosystema 36 (3) on pages 605-608, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n3a3, http://zenodo.org/record/515932

Kakameganula Wesolowska 2020

<p> <b> <i>Kakameganula</i>, a new name for the preoccupied <i>Kakamega</i> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 (Araneae: Salticidae)</b> </p> <p>WANDA WESOŁOWSKA</p> <p> <i>Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Wrocław University, Przybyszewskiego 65, PL 51-148 Wrocław, Poland. Email: [email protected]</i></p> <p> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska (2016) proposed the jumping spider genus <i>Kakamega</i> for the type species <i>Kakamega</i> <i>holmi</i> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016, probably endemic to the Kakamega Forest of Kenya, a remnant of the Guineo-Con- golian tropical rainforest.</p> <p> Unfortunately, this generic name is preoccupied by Mann, Burton & Lennerstedt (1978), who established the genus <i>Kakamega</i> for an African timaliid bird, with the type species <i>Alethe poliothorax</i> Reichenow, 1900.</p> <p> Thus, <i>Kakamega</i> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 is a junior homonym of <i>Kakamega</i> Mann, Burton & Lennerstedt, 1978. So, in accordance with Article 60 of the ICZN, I propose the new replacement name <i>Kakameganula</i> Wesołowska, feminine in gender, for <i>Kakamega</i> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016. This generic name is created by adding a new end- ing to the former version.</p> <p>I am grateful to Peter Coxhead for the indication of this nomenclatural problem.</p> <p> <b>Summary of nomenclatural changes:</b></p> <p> <i>Kakameganula</i> <b>nom. nov.</b> pro <i>Kakamega</i> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016.</p> <p> <i>Kakamega</i> <i>holmi</i> Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 = <i>Kakameganula holmi</i> (Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016) <b>comb. nov</b>.</p>Published as part of <i>Wesołowska, Wanda, 2020, Kakameganula, a new name for the preoccupied Kakamega Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 (Araneae: Salticidae), pp. 500 in Zootaxa 4722 (5)</i> on page 500, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.5.10, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3752011">http://zenodo.org/record/3752011</a&gt

Stenaelurillus furcatus Wesołowska 2014, n. sp.

Stenaelurillus furcatus n. sp. (Fig. 3) TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Namibia, Ethosha National Park, Tereminalia / Spirostachys forest, III.1998, leg. A. Russell-Smith, 1 ♂ (NHM). Paratypes. Together with holotype, 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (NHM); same data, 1 ♂ (MRAC); same data, 1 ♂ (MNHN); Namibia, Ovamboland, Mahanene Agric. Res., 17°26’S, 14°47’E, pitfall trap, 6.IX-5.X.1993, leg. B. Wohlleber, 11 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀, 3 imm. (SMN 43356); same locality, 5.X-5.XI.1993, 20 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ (SMN 43278); same locality, 5.XI-5.XII.1993, 2 ♂, 1 imm. (SMN 43385); Ovamboland, 10 km SE of Etunda, 17°26’S, 14°33’E, pitfall trap, 20.VII-9.VIII.1989, leg. E. Marais, 1 ♂ (SMN 41410). DIAGNOSIS. — The male is distinguished from congeners by the shape of tibial apophysis with forked tip. The female is difficult to recognize: epigyne has a deep central pocket, widely separated copulatory openings, epigynal depression absent. ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is Latin, meaning “forked” and refers to the shape of the tibial apophysis of the male palp. DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from northern Namibia. DESCRIPTION Measurements (male/female) Cephalothorax: length 2.2-2.3/2.7-2.8, width 1.5- 1.6/2.0-2.1, height 0.7-0.8/1.0-1.1. Abdomen: length 2.0-2.3/3.2-3.6, width 1.6-1.7/2.6-2.7. Eye field: length 0.8-1.0/0.9-1.0, anterior and posterior width 1.2-1.3/1.3-1.4. Male Carapace medium high, pear-shaped, broadest posteriorly, brown with pair of wide whitish streaks on dorsum and second pair along lateral margins. Eye field short, slightly darker than thoracic part, clothed in dense brown hairs and short thick rod bristles, anterior eyes fringed with white hairs. Clypeus with mat of white hairs. Chelicerae yellow to light brown, with single retrolateral tooth, all teeth very small. Labium, endites and sternum yellow. Abdomen oval with almost straight anterior edge, black with thin median white band, in some specimens pair of small white spots adjacent to the band posteriorly. Dorsum of abdomen clothed in shining hairs clinging to surface, dense long more upright setae on anterior edge.Sometimes abdomen without setae (bald), then covered by delicate scutum spreading to mid abdomen length. Sides and venter light. Anterior spinnerets light, posteriors very long, composed of three segments, black (or at least their tips black). Legs yellow with black spots on coxae and bases of femora ventrally, first pair with black metatarsi and tarsi and blackish streak on ventral surfaces of patellae and tibiae. Leg hairs brown, spines numerous. Pedipalps yellow,cymbium flattened dorsally. Structure of palp as in Fig. 3 A-D; embolus short with thin long accompanying tegular apophysis; tibial apophysis forked (Fig. 3E). Female Slightly larger than male, abdomen slightly swollen. Coloration similar, all legs yellowish. Epigyne very small and weakly sclerotized, with central pocket (Fig.3F). Internal structure simple (Fig.3G); copulatory openings framed by delicate flanges, walls of spermathecae thick.Published as part of Wesołowska, Wanda, 2014, Further notes on the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Salticidae) in Africa with descriptions of eight new species, pp. 595-622 in Zoosystema 36 (3) on pages 601-602, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n3a3, http://zenodo.org/record/515932

Notes on the Salticidae (Aranei) of the Cape Verde Islands

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Fig. 3 in A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species

Fig. 3. Pochytoides monticola sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ. A–D. Palpal organ. A, C. Ventral view. B, D. Retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.3 mm.Published as part of <i>Wesołowska, Wanda, 2018, A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 1-26 in European Journal of Taxonomy 418</i> on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.418, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1210533">http://zenodo.org/record/1210533</a&gt

Stenaelurillus mirabilis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith 2000

Stenaelurillus mirabilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 Stenaelurillus mirabilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 102, figs 281-289. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Kenya,Tsavo National Park East, Aruba Lodge, 3°21’S, 38°49’E in litter, 15.VIII.1965, leg. V. Mahnert, 1 ♂ (MHN). DISTRIBUTION. — Hitherto known only from Mkomazi Game Reserve in NE Tanzania. For the first time recorded in the neighbouring Tsavo N.P. in Kenya.Published as part of Wesołowska, Wanda, 2014, Further notes on the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Salticidae) in Africa with descriptions of eight new species, pp. 595-622 in Zoosystema 36 (3) on page 608, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n3a3, http://zenodo.org/record/515932