Heliophanus improcerus Wesolowska 1986

Heliophanus improcerus Wesołowska, 1986 Fig. 21 Heliophanus improcerus Wesołowska, 1986: 35, figs 376–383. Material examined UGANDA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Lake Nabagabo; 0°22′ S, 31°54′ E; sweep from lake-side vegetation; 13 Mar. 1966; D. Penney leg.; NHM • 1 ♂; Bukakata; 0°18′ S, 32°02′ E; 11 Apr. 1995; D. Penney leg.; MRAC 219 503 • 2 ♀♀; 10 km W of Fort Portal Nkuruba Lake Nature Reserve; 0°31′ N, 30°18′ E; 13 Mar. 2009; Guinovsky leg.; MRAC 242 643 • 1 ♀; Entebbe, Botanical Gardens; Apr. 2001; FSCA • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; long grass; 17 May 1991; A. Russell-Smith leg.; MRAC 236 123. Redescription Male General appearance as in Fig. 21A. MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.3–1.4, width 1.1, height 0.4. Eye field length 0.6, anterior width 0.8, posterior width 0.9. Abdomen length 1.3, width 1.0. CARAPACE. Brown with black eye field. White patches behind posterior lateral eyes. Thin lines along lateral edges of carapace formed by white hairs. Mouthparts and sternum dark brown. ABDOMEN. Dark brown, clothed in short blackish hairs, with pair of diagonal white spots on posterior half of abdomen. Venter dark, spinnerets brown. LEGS. First pair brown, legs II–IV yellow with brown femora. PALPS. Brown. Palpal structure as in in Fig. 21B, embolus short and massive, tibial apophysis small, corresponding with large retrolateral cymbial tutaculum. Female Slightly larger than male, general appearance as in Fig. 21C. Colouration as in male. MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.6–1.9, width 1.1–1.2, height 0.4. Eye field length 0.7, anterior width 0.9, posterior width 1.0. Abdomen length 2.5–2.7, width 1.5. EPIGYNE. As in Fig. 21D–E, elliptic, short and wide, extremely small, with posterior depression. Copulatory openings placed laterally, copulatory ducts primarily directed backwards, in further part approach center of epigyne, spermathecae bean-shaped with thin long appendix (Fig. 21F). Distribution Previously known only from Congo, this is the first record from Uganda.