Morogorius pallidus Verhoeff 1941

Morogorius pallidus Verhoeff, 1941 Diagnosis Differs from other species of Morogorius by the deep division of the parasolenomere into a long slender branch and a considerably shorter daggerlike branch, in combination with a well-developed ‘shoulder’ of the solenomere (Verhoeff 1941: fig. 21; Hoffman 1977: fig. 11). Material examined (total 1 ♀) Paratype TANZANIA • 1 ♀; “ Tanganyika ”; “1123”; ZMB 2696. Descriptive notes Body length ca 23 mm; max. width 3.0 mm. 20 ‘segments’, i.e., 18 podous + 1 apodous ring + telson. A side-by side comparison with a female of Morogorius divisus Enghoff sp. nov. shows the following differences: – the posterior margin of the collum is straight, not ‘trapezoid’ (cp. Fig. 3C); – the peritremata are clearly, not indistinctly set off from the lateral margin of the paranota (cp. Fig. 3E). Details of spinnerets not visible (no SEM). Remarks Maybe this female is not conspecific with the holotype male and maybe even belong to another genus? In any case, there is no doubt that the gonopods of M. pallidus as described by Verhoeff (1941) and Hoffman (1977) are ‘congeneric’ with those of the new species of Morogorius described above.