Thyene blaisei

Thyene blaisei (Simon, 1902) Fig. 92 Brancus blaisei Simon, 1902a: 400. Brancus blaisei – Berland & Millot 1941: 332, fig. 34a. — Prószyński 1987: fig. on p. 8. Thyene blaisei – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2022: 121. Material examined UGANDA • 1 ♂; Ruwenzori, Bundibugyo; 1050 m a.s.l.; 1952; O. Evans leg.; NHM. Redescription Male General appearance as in Fig. 92A. MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.5, width 2.0, height 1.1. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.6. Abdomen length 2.7, width 1.6. CARAPACE. Flattened, roundish, widest halfway along its length, reddish brown, darker posteriorly, black near eyes. Long bristles at eyes, some brown hairs on carapace slopes. Chelicera big, unidentate. Sternum and mouthparts brown, tips of endites lighter. ABDOMEN. Oval, narrower than carapace, olive greyish, along the center whitish silver scales form a brightly shining strip, laterally from it orange brownish streaks. Venter brownish grey, darker medially, spinnerets light brown. LEGS. Brown with yellow tarsi. Two anterior pairs of legs longer and thicker than others. Leg hairs and spines brown. PALPS. Brown. Palpal organ as in Fig. 92B–E. Tibial apophysis thin and straight (Fig. 92E), bulb rounded with small appendix at embolus base, embolus long, two and a half times encircling bulb (Fig. 92C). Female Unknown. Distribution Hitherto known only from Gabon, this is the first record from Uganda.