Selenops radiatus Latreille 1819
Creators: name: Corronca, J. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Selenopidae
Selenops
Selenops radiatus

description: Selenops radiatus Latreille, 1819 (Figs. 62­66)
Selenops radiatus Latreille, 1819. N. Dic. Hist. Nat. N. Edit. París. 1819 (Sélénope):30, 579. Female type from Spain, lost.
S. diversus O.P.­Cambridge, 1898. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.:387­391, Pl 12, fig. 10. First synonymized by Lessert (1936:262).
S. krugeri Lawrence, 1940 (male paralectoptype, not female lectotype). Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):556, fig. 3.
S. radiatus.­ Benoit, 1968: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1­2):133.
Further synonyms see Corronca (1996b:401­402).
Diagnosis. The females of S. radiatus are easily distinguished by the shape of the epigynum (Fig. 62), the spermathecae (Fig. 63) and colour pattern of opisthosoma (Fig. 64). The males of S. radiatus resemble S. annulatus by the presence of a lateral projection on the tegulum (Fig. 65), which in S. radiatus is larger and not pointed as in S. annulatus (Fig. 7).
Female. For a description of the female see Latreille (1819), Lessert (1936), and Benoit (1968). Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 62­63.
Male. For description of male see Lessert (1936), Lawrence (1940) and Benoit (1968). Palp as in Figs. 65­66.
New records: IVORY COAST: Parc National de la Maraque, 1 female, 1 male, 8/IX/ 91, W. J. Pulawski Col., CAS. ETHIOPIA: Moyale, 1 male, 13/VIII/97, CAS; Koro, 1 female, 3/V/78, P. Elsen, Col., MRAC 160.524; Bettié (in house), 1 male, 19/II/97, R. Jocqué & L. Baert Col., MRAC 205.390; Tiassalé, 1 female, 28/III/77, P. Elsen Col., MRAC 160.515. CABO VERDE: Ile Fogo, Sao Felipe (on soil), 1 female, 6/XI/98, W. Tavernier Col., MRAC 208.424. SIERRA LEONE: Freetown, Fourah Bay College, Mt. Aureol, Botanical Garden, 2 females, IV­V/77, D. Olu­Pitt Col., MRAC 159.107; Freetown, Mt. Aureol, 2 females, IX/76, D. Olu­Pitt Col., MRAC 148.470. NIGERIA: Kabba Province: Kabba, 1 female, 19­23/II/49, B. Malkin Col. CAS; Ondo Province: Akure (at night), 1 female, 30/I/49, B. Malkin Col., CAS; Abakaliki, Ogoja, 1 female, 26/I/49, B. Malkin Col., CAS. CAMEROON: Mbam mountain area, near Koutouni, W. slope (gallery forest, together with S. vigilans), 1 female, 31/III/83, Bosmans & Van Stalle Col., MRAC 162.562. South TCHAD: Bebedjia, near Moundou, 3 females, 1 immature, 1­10/VII/77, G. Ruella Col., MRAC 151.456. TANZANIA: Kyela (garden, tree trunks), 1 male, 1 female, 17/XI/91, R. Jocqué Col., MRAC 173.196; Mbeya region, Rungwe District, near Manaw, 1 female, K. M. Howell Col., MRAC 159.171; Mbeya region, Rungwe District: Manow near Tukuvu, 1 female, 10/XII/78, K. M. Howell Col., MRAC 159.169; Matema (guesthouse, light), 1 female, 12/XI/91, R. Jocqué Col., MRAC 173.652; 13miles W of Ngare Nanyuki (5000ft), 1 male subadult, 10/I/70, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS. CONGO: 10miles N of Kapona (1770m), 1 male subadult, 13/I/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col.; CAS; Airport Elisabethville (1350m), 1 female subadult, 1 immature, 28/I/58. E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; 14miles NW of Mutshatsha (1200m), 1 female, 1 immature, 30/I/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS. ANGOLA: Ruancana Fazendall, 1 female, 3/XII/ 72, Crawford Cabral Col., MRAC 167.912; Distrito do Malange, Reserva do Luando, Quimbango, 1 female, XI/69, Crawford Cabral Col., MRAC 167.920; 5miles E. of Villa Arriaga (1000m), 1 immature, 21/V/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS. Zambia: 32miles NE of Kanona (1510m), 1 male subadult, 11/II/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS. RWANDA: Astrida, 1 female, 30/I/62, R. Laurent Col., MRAC 72.782­72.783. NAMIBIA: Karibib District: Karibib, 1 male, 24/II/90, W. Pulawski Col., CAS; Andara­ Kavango, Okavango river, 4 females, III/79, M. E. Baddeley Col., MRAC 152.793; Rundu­Kavango, Okavango river, 3 females, 3 males, 4 immatures, V/79, M. E. Baddeley Col., MRAC 152.145. ZAÏRE: Kolwezi, 2 females, 16/X/81, K. Martens Col., MRAC 159.724; Kolwezi, 1 female, 10/X/81, K. Martens Col., MRAC 159.716. MALAWI: Chintheche (11°50´S 34°13´E), 1 male subadult, 18/II/76, R. Jocqué Col. MRAC 147.980; Nyika plateau, Manyanjere forest, 2100m, 1 female, 15/XII/81, R. Jocqué Col., MRAC 156.412; Chintheche, 1 female, 9­15/VI/78. R. Jocqué Col., MRAC 153.816. ZIMBA­ BWE: 39miles SW of Ft. Jameson (1150m), 1 female, 1/III/58, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; Victoria Falls (17°55´S 25°50´E), 1 male, 1 female, 4/XI/90, V. D. Roth & B. Roth Col., CAS; Victoria Falls (17°56´S 25°50´E), 2 females, 1 immature, 29/XI/96, W. Pulawski & V. Ahrens Col., CAS. SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng: Tswaing Crater, 40km NW Pretoria, (mixed bushveld), 1 immature, 10/X/99, D. Ubick & S. Prinsloo Col., CAS; Centurion, 25°48´S 25°15´E, 1 male, 11/XI/93. S. Jacobs, NCA 94/57; Wonderboom, Pretoria, 25°35´S 28°12´E, 1 male, 1/VI/87, G. J. Smit, Col., NCA 87/990; Northern Province: Levubu, 23°05´S 30°12´E, under stone in veld, 1 male, 1/VII/86, C. J. Smith Col., NCA 87/395; North West Province: Geysdorp, 26°33´S 25°33´E, 1 female, II/90, Barnards Col., NCA 91/161; Zeerust, 26°05´E 25°33´S, 1 male, 1987, P. Lombaard Col., NCA 91/ 606; Levubu, Goblarfarm (bushveld), 1 female, 2/XII/96, R. Jocqué Col., MRAC 203.892; Leopoldville, 1 male, 1 immature, XI/45, Fiasse Col., MRAC 58.221­58222.
Known distribution. Palaearctic (Spain), Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Corronca 2000).
description: 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 25-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155794