Thiratoscirtus magnus Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024, sp. nov.

Thiratoscirtus magnus sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F2C15FCD-6FAF-4216-AF4F-26374A70375C Fig. 86 Diagnosis The female is distinctive in having an epigyne with a very large depression (which actually covers the entire epigyne), divided by a narrow median ridge. Etymology The specific epithet is Latin, meaning ‘big’, and refers to large size of this spider. Material examined Holotype UGANDA • ♀; Ntonde [Lyantonde, distr. in SW country]; Jun. 2001; FSCA. Paratype UGANDA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; FSCA. Description Male Unknown. Female General appearance as in Fig. 86A MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 4.3–4.5, width 3.4–3.5, height 1.9. Eye field length 1.9–2.0, anterior width 2.8–3.0, posterior width 2.6–2.8. Abdomen length 4.2–5.2, width 2.8–3.5. CARAPACE. Oval brown with slightly darker eye field, black near eyes. Brown hairs form dark patches on thoracic part, among them long bristles, white hairs on lateral slopes and at anterior eye row. Chelicerae massive, unidentati, fang short. Mouthparts light brown with whitish tips, sternum dark yellow. ABDOMEN. Ovoid, blackish with wide serrated median area covered with numerous black marks. Dorsum clothed in fawn and brown hairs, laterally hairs whitish. Venter with large triangular black patch, on sides dark marks. Spinnerets black. LEGS. Light brown with numerous darker marks. Leg hairs and spines dark brown. EPIGYNE. Large with a large shallow depression covering its entire surface, divided by narrow median ridge (Fig. 86B–D). Copulatory ducts thin, spermathecae relatively small, spherical (Fig. 86E).