Asceua radiosa Jocque 1986

Asceua radiosa Jocqué, 1986 Figs 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 Asceua radiosa Jocqué, 1986: 309. Type material. Holotype: Comoros • ♂; Grande Comore, Moroni; 12°15'S, 43°45'E; 4. VIII. 1981; litière de jardin, (radio Comores); R. Jocqué leg.; RMCA_164051. Paratypes: • 4 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; RMCA_155294. Other material examined. Comoros: • 1 ♀; Mohéli, Hagnamouada; 12°15'S, 43°45'E, 25. V. 2003; forest edge, under rocks; D. Van den Spiegel, and R. Jocqué leg.; RMCA_213294; • 1 ♂; Grande Comore, en face de l’Ile des Tortues; 11°35'S, 43°20'E; 31. X. 1983; sous pierres; R. Jocqué leg.; RMCA_160659; • 2 ♂♂; Mayotte, Mbouanatsa, pick-nick place near beach; 12°56'32"S, 45°6'5"E; 15. II. 1999; concrete slab with small dead leaves and gravel; R. Jocqué and G. De Smet leg.; RMCA_208557. Diagnosis. Males and females of A. radiosa are easily recognised by the intricate abdominal pattern (Figs 18 A, F, 20 D, 21 A – C). Males are further recognized by the cymbial fold reaching only half the length of the cymbium and the relatively short, non-sinuous embolus (Figs 19 A – D, 20 A – C); females are characterised by the absence of a scape in the epigyne, the relatively short copulatory ducts and the spherical spermathecae (Figs 19 E, F, 20 E). Description. For description see Jocqué (1986: 309). Distribution. Known from three islands of the Comoro Archipelago: Grande Comore, Mohéli, Mayotte (Fig. 24).