Detalik cavally sp. nov.

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Fig. 15

Diagnosis

The species is similar to congeners in body proportions and spination of leg I, but may be recognized by the structure of the epigyne with large sac-shaped spermathecae (clearly smaller in the other species) and the location of the copulatory openings in the posterior part of the epigyne, while anterior in other species.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the type locality.

Material examined

Holotype IVORY COAST • ♀; Cavally Forest; 17 Sep. 1975; “litière”; MNHN.

Description

Male

Unknown.

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 1.4, width 1.2, height 0.5. Eye field length 0.8, anterior width 1.1, posterior width 1.0. Abdomen length 1.6, width 1.0. General appearance as in Fig. 15A, small spider.

CARAPACE. Brown with blackish eye field. Faint colourless hairs on carapace, some brown bristles near anterior eyes. Anterior median eyes relatively large, anterior row of eyes slightly wider than posterior row. Fovea visible, sulciform, lying on small concave area. Chelicerae with two small teeth on promargin and single tooth on retromargin. Mouthparts and sternum light brown.

ABDOMEN. Oval, beige greyish, covered with sparse brown hairs and a few longer bristles at anterior edge, posteriorly traces of chevrons, sides delicately mottled, venter light. Spinnerets beige.

LEGS. Light brown, first leg with four pairs of spines on tibia ventrally and two pairs on metatarsus. Pedipalps with retromarginal spine on distal segment.

EPIGYNE. With two oval shallow depressions separated by median ridge (Fig. 15B–C). Internal structure as in Fig. 15E, seminal ducts thin, spermathecae enlarged, bag-like.

Distribution

Only known from the type locality in Ivory Coast.