Crinopseudoa caligula Jocqué & Bosselaers 2011, SP. NOV.

CRINOPSEUDOA CALIGULA SP. NOV.

(FIGS 46A, B, 51A–D, 59C, 61)

Type material: Holotype: male: Liberia, Bong Range Forest, 06°49′N, 10°17′W, 30.v.2005, pitfalls in rain forest, Flomo D. (MRAC 216928).

Paratypes: 1 ♀: same data as holotype; 1 ♂: 21.iv.2005 (MRAC 216604).

Other material: All from same locality as holotype: 1 ♀: 8.iv.2005 (MRAC 216606); 1 ♂: 21.iv.2005 (MRAC 216607); 1 ♂: 21.iv.2005 (MRAC 216644); 1 ♂: 8.iv.2005 (MRAC 216660); 1 ♀: 21.iv.2005 (MRAC 216665); 1 ♀: 21.iv.2005 (MRAC 216674); 1 ♀: 26.iii.2005 (MRAC 216694); 1 ♂: 26.iii.2005 (MRAC 216765); 1 ♀: 28.ii.2005 (MRAC 216790); 1 ♀: 28.ii.2005 (MRAC 216796); 1 ♂: 15.ii.2005 (MRAC 216798); 1 ♂: 13.iii.2005 (MRAC 216805); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: 13.iii.2005 (MRAC 216812); 1 ♀: 28.ii.2005 (MRAC 216821); 1 ♀: 15.ii.2005 (MRAC 216929); 1 ♂: 12.vi.2005 (MRAC 216954); 1 ♂: 12.vi.2005 (MRAC 216961); 1 ♂: 2005 (MRAC 217105); 1 ♀: 24.ix.2005 (MRAC 217606); 1 ♂: 11.ix.2005 (MRAC 217610); 2 ♀: 11.ix.2005 (MRAC 217617); 1 ♀: 4–24.x.2005 (MRAC 217744); 1 ♀: 1–24.x.2005 (MRAC 217751); 1 ♀: 3-7.x.2005 (MRAC 217764); 1 ♂: 26.iii.2005 (MRAC 217951); 1 ♂: 28.ii.2005 (MRAC 218119); 1 ♂: viii.2005 (MRAC 218128); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: 16.viii.2005 (MRAC 218132); 1 ♀: 21.vii.2005 (MRAC 218168); 1 ♀: 16.viii.2005 (MRAC 218503); 1 ♀: 28.xii.2005 (MRAC 219144).

Diagnosis: Males of P. caligula are characterized by the RTA with a basal outgrowth with widely serrated frontal margin with three short teeth, two with short sharp tips in dorsal view. Females are recognized by the epigyne with two slightly recurved frontal folds, combined with oblong structures with five or six longitudinal stripes along the posterior margin.

Etymology: The species name refers to the bootshaped RTA of the male palp.

Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 216644). Total l 6.10.

Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts in a dispersed pattern with some radial striae. Carapace l: 2.88; w: 2.43. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum orange, smooth, l: 1.27; w: 1.30. Abdomen greyish brown, with an orange-brown dorsal scutum covering 50% of do abdominal surface area.

Legs orange-brown, unwarted, terminal halves of femora darker. Bothria as in Figure 46B.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-1 do 0-1-0; II do 0-1-0; III do 0-1-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 0-2-0; IV pl 0-1-1 rl 0-1-1 ve 0-0-2; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 1-0-0 rl 1-0-0 ve 2-0-2.

Male palp (Figs 46B, L, 51A, B): RTA short, tapered to obliquely truncate tip; anterior rim with three small teeth as seen from above; PTA large, toothshaped; embolus with broad base itself with large tooth pointing outward, distal part narrow, sickleshaped; MA cup-shaped; basal part of tegulum with large ve extension, rounded at tip; FC fairly narrow; PAPT fairly small, rounded; CAPT large, tooth-shaped.

Female (paratype, MRAC 216790). Total l 6.00.

Carapace coloured and warted as in male (Fig. 46A) as in male, l: 2.45; w: 2.05. Sternum orange, smooth, l: 1.18; w: 1.18. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, not warted.

Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-0-1-1 do 0-1-0 rlv 0-0-0- 0-1; II do 0-1-0; III do 0-1-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 ve 0-2-0; IV pl 0-1-1 rl 0-1-1 ve 0-0-2; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 1-0-0 ve 2-0-2.

Epigyne (Figs 51C, D, 59C): a broad dark area with rounded semicircular pit at anterior margin followed by recurved fold; small central recurved fold between two large striped structures that are lobate ducts, visible in transparency near posterior margin.

Known geographical distribution: Liberia (Fig. 61).