Longarenus mpanga Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024, sp. nov.

Longarenus mpanga sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 09879DB2-025E-4E5C-9871-8F9D1B5DAF18 Fig. 40 Diagnosis The species has a fissident chelicera, which is characteristic for the genus. The female differs from Longarenus brachycephalus Simon, 1903 in having an epigyne with the anterior heart-shaped depression. The course of the seminal ducts is also different (compare Fig. 40D with Wesołowska & Edwards 2012: fig. 59). Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality. Material examined Holotype UGANDA • ♀; Mpigi distr., Mpanga Forest Reserve; 0°12′ N, 32°18′ E; in litter; 28 Jun. 1998; A. Russell-Smith leg.; MRAC. Description Male Unknown. Female General appearance as in Fig. 40A. MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.4, width 1.9, height 1.3. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.7, posterior width 1.6. Abdomen length 2.5, width 2.0. CARAPACE. Oval, high, sloping posteriorly, with short eye field. Colouration of carapace brown, slightly lighter at fovea, brown bristles near eyes, band formed by white hairs along slopes. Mouthparts and sternum brown. Chelicerae fissidentati (Fig. 40B). ABDOMEN. Oval, background variegated, composed of small brown and yellowish spots, medially a few larger light patches (Fig. 40A). Dorsum clothed in faint hairs. Venter grey with two whitish stripes. Dark pigment 8-shaped patches laterally from epigyne. Spinnerets yellowish. LEGS. Brown, proximal helves of leg III and IV yellow. First leg with four pairs of ventral spines on tibia and two pairs on metatarsus. Palp with retrolateral spine on tarsus. EPIGYNE. With double anterior pocket, heart-shaped depression anteriorly and similarity shaped sclerotization at posterior border (Fig. 40C). Internal structure simple, copulatory openings at anterior edge of depression, copulatory ducts very thin and long, spermathecae more or less spherical (Fig. 40D).

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2024-09-04
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Longarenus mpanga Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024, sp. nov.

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Longarenus mpanga Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024, sp. nov.

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Longarenus mpanga sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 09879DB2-025E-4E5C-9871-8F9D1B5DAF18 Fig. 40 Diagnosis The species has a fissident chelicera, which is characteristic for the genus. The female differs from Longarenus brachycephalus Simon, 1903 in having an epigyne with the anterior heart-shaped depression. The course of the seminal ducts is also different (compare Fig. 40D with Wesołowska & Edwards 2012: fig. 59). Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality. Material examined Holotype UGANDA • ♀; Mpigi distr., Mpanga Forest Reserve; 0°12′ N, 32°18′ E; in litter; 28 Jun. 1998; A. Russell-Smith leg.; MRAC. Description Male Unknown. Female General appearance as in Fig. 40A. MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 2.4, width 1.9, height 1.3. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.7, posterior width 1.6. Abdomen length 2.5, width 2.0. CARAPACE. Oval, high, sloping posteriorly, with short eye field. Colouration of carapace brown, slightly lighter at fovea, brown bristles near eyes, band formed by white hairs along slopes. Mouthparts and sternum brown. Chelicerae fissidentati (Fig. 40B). ABDOMEN. Oval, background variegated, composed of small brown and yellowish spots, medially a few larger light patches (Fig. 40A). Dorsum clothed in faint hairs. Venter grey with two whitish stripes. Dark pigment 8-shaped patches laterally from epigyne. Spinnerets yellowish. LEGS. Brown, proximal helves of leg III and IV yellow. First leg with four pairs of ventral spines on tibia and two pairs on metatarsus. Palp with retrolateral spine on tarsus. EPIGYNE. With double anterior pocket, heart-shaped depression anteriorly and similarity shaped sclerotization at posterior border (Fig. 40C). Internal structure simple, copulatory openings at anterior edge of depression, copulatory ducts very thin and long, spermathecae more or less spherical (Fig. 40D).

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