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Selenops zuluanus Lawrence 1940

Description

Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 1940 (Figs. 84­87)

Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 1940: Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):561, fig. 6. Syntypes from South Africa, Ingwavuma, Zululand, in Natal Museum, examined.

Anyphops zuluanus.­ Benoit, 1968: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1­2):116.

S. zuluanus.­ Corronca, 1996a. Acta Zool. Lilloana 43(2):397.

Diagnosis. The females of S. zuluanus are identified by the shape of a sub­hexagonal middle field (Fig. 86) and the complex and strongly sclerotized spermathecae (Fig. 87). The males have the dorsal part of RTA finger­shaped, longer than the ventral part of the RTA (Fig. 84), the conductor is well­developed and the embolus slender and long (Fig. 85).

Female. The female was described by Lawrence (1940). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 86­87.

Male. The male was described by Lawrence (1940). Palp as in Figs. 84­85.

Known distribution. Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe (Corronca 2000).

Other

Published as part of Corronca, J. A., 2002, A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 107 on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155794

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Selenopidae
Genus
Selenops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lawrence
Species
zuluanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Selenops zuluanus Lawrence, 1940 sec. Corronca, 2002

References

  • Lawrence, R. F. (1940) The genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, 555 - 608.
  • Benoit, P. L. G. (1968) Les Selenopidae africains au Nord du 17 ° parallele Sud et reclassement des especes africaines de la famille (Araneae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 77 (11 - 12), 113 - 142.
  • Corronca, J. A. (1996 a) Orops Benoit sinonimo de Selenops Latreille y notas sobre Anyphops Benoit (Araneae, Selenopidae). Neotropica, La Plata, 42 (107 - 108), 60.
  • Corronca, J. A. (2000) Distribucion y nuevos registros de Selenops Latreille (Araneae, Selenopidae) en la region afrotropical. Biogeographica, 76 (2), 89 - 94.