Penestomus zulu
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Eresidae
Genus: Penestomus
Name
Penestomus zulu Jeremy A. Miller, 2010 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Penestomus zulu Jeremy A. Miller, 2010, Zootaxa 2534: 27-27.
Description
Figs 16C, 16D, 17C, 17D, 21
Materials Examined
South Africa Mfongosi, Zululand W. E. Jones
Etymology
Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition derived from the collection locality and the dominant tribe in the region.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Female distinguished by the median invagination in the posterior margin of the PL (Fig. 16 D). Female further distinguished from other planus group species by the sclerotization of the PA (Fig. 16 C), which is about the same as the AL (lighter in other planus group species, Fig. 16 A). Male unknown.
Description
Description. Carapace orange, lighter posteriorly with smooth texture, covered by fine black setae and broad white setae (Fig. 17 A). Sternum pale yellow (Fig. 17 B). Chelicerae red-brown, with five promarginal teeth, two retromarginal teeth. Legs dusky yellow, anterior legs orange distally. Abdomen dark gray dorsally with indistinct light dorsolateral patches (Fig. 17 A). Epigynum: AL nearly hexagonal, moderately differentiated from surrounding cuticle, broadly connected to PL; PL approximately 1/3 length of epigynum, with more or less parallel grooves (Fig. 16 C), with median invagination on posterior margin (Fig. 16 D). Sclerotization of PA undifferentiated from the rest of the epigynum, separated from AL by groove (Fig. 16 C). Female macrosetae: Leg I: femur d1, tibia v1-2, metatarsus v2-2; leg II: femur d1, metatarsus v2-2; leg III: femur d1, metatarsus v2; leg IV: femur d1, metatarsus v1-2; tarsus r1. Holotype female (SAM-ENW-B004176): Total length 4.5, carapace 2.00 long, 1.39 wide, 0.44 high, sternum 1.11 long, 0.63 wide. Leg measurements: - I II III IV Pedipalp Femur 0.98 0.94 0.81 1.10 0.57 Patella 0.56 0.51 0.47 0.64 0.19 Tibia 0.63 0.55 0.46 0.91 0.21 Metatarsus 0.64 0.56 0.44 0.69 - Tarsus 0.32 0.29 0.18 0.21 0.44 Total 3.13 2.86 2.37 3.56 1.42
Distribution
Distribution. Known from KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Fig. 21).
Taxon Treatment
- Jeremy A. Miller; Charles E. Griswold; Charles R. Haddad; 2010: Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae), Zootaxa 2534: 27-27. doi
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