Hyllus tetensis Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024, sp. nov.

Hyllus tetensis sp. nov. Fig. 21 Diagnosis. This species can be separated from congeners by the form of the epigyne, with two elongated grooves placed anteriorly, and by the seminal ducts, which form a short spiral (Fig. 21B–D). Male unknown. Etymology. The name of this species is derived from the type locality, the Tete Province of Mozambique. Type material. Holotype: ♀, MOZAMBIQUE: Tete: IV.1947, leg. C.F. Roewer (SMF 9629). Description. Female: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 3.9, width 3.4, height 2.0. Abdomen length 6.2, width 4.0. Eye field length 1.7, anterior and posterior width 2.3. General appearance as in Fig. 21A. Carapace rounded, light brown, with lighter eye field, eyes surrounded by black rings. Some faint hairs on eye field anteriorly, with small white scales near anterior eyes, long brown bristles laterally from anterior lateral eyes. Few white scales on lateral carapace slopes, white hairs on clypeus. Mouthparts and sternum light brown. Abdomen large, swollen, probably bleached, greyish-brown with median whitish streak, some brown bristles at anterior edge of abdomen. Venter greyish-beige. Spinnerets yellowish. Legs light brown. Leg hairs brown, not numerous, spines brown, relatively shorter than in other Hyllus spp. Epigyne round, with two trough-shaped grooves in anterior part (Fig. 21B, C). Internal structure as in Fig. 21D, seminal ducts weakly sclerotized (visible after staining in chlorasole black E), forming short spiral (one and a half turns), spermathecae rounded. Distribution. Only known from the type locality.