Festucula Simon 1901
Creators: name: Azarkina, Galina N.
name: Foord, Stefan H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Festucula

description: Key to species of Festucula Simon, 1901   
1 Males.......................................................................................................................2  
– Females...................................................................................................................8  
2 Abdomen with broad brown band dorsally, covered in the middle with whitish short scales.......................................................................................................................3  
– Abdomen with two longitudinal brown and yellow median stripes dorsally..........4  
 3 VTA narrow, thin, slightly curved (Figs 8—9, arrowed)...................... leroyae sp. n.   
 — VTA broad, robust, bent in the middle (Figs 10—11, arrowed)........ robustus sp. n.   
4 Tibial apophysis with three well-marked teeth between VTA and LTA (Fig. 12, arrowed)..................................................................................................................5  
– Tibial apophysis with teeth between VTA and LTA weakly developed..................6  
 5 VTA deeply bifurcated distally (Fig̹ 13, arrowed).................. lineata Simon, 1901   
 — VTA not bifurcated distally, with lobe on internal surface (Fig̹ 14, arrowed).................................................................................................. australis Lawrence, 1927   
 6 VTA thin, slightly curved, LTA relatively narrow (Fig̹ 15)........ lawrencei Lessert,...........................................................................................................................1933   
– VTA broad...............................................................................................................7  
 7 Angle between embolus and apical end of tegulum more than 45º (Fig. 16, arrowed............................................................................. festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925)   
 — Angle between embolus and apical end of tegulum less than 45º (Fig̹ 17, arrowed)........................................................................................................... haddadi sp. n.   
8 Dorsum with longitudinal broad brown band.........................................................9  
– Dorsum with two longitudinal brown stripes........................................................10  
 9 Middle part of insemination ducts tube-like (Fig̹ 18, arrowed)...... robustus sp. n.   
 — Middle part of insemination ducts bean-like (Fig̹ 19, arrowed), compact.. leroyae.......................................................................................................................... sp. n.   
10 Copulatory pores situated near epigastric fold (Fig̹ 20, arrowed)........................11  
— Copulatory pores situated in the middle part of epigyne (Fig̹ 21, arrowed)........12  
 11 Middle part of insemination ducts long (Fig̹ 22, arrowed)............................................................................................................................... australis Lawrence, 1927   
 — Middle part of insemination ducts short (Fig̹ 23, arrowed).............................................................................................................................. vermiformis Simon, 1901   
 12 Spermathecae relatively short and broad (Fig̹ 24, arrowed)............ haddadi sp. n.   
 — Spermathecae relatively long and narrow (Fig̹ 25, arrowed)................................................................................................................ festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925)
description: Published as part of Azarkina, Galina N. & Foord, Stefan H., 2014, A revision of the Afrotropical species of Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae), pp. 351 in African Invertebrates 55 (2) on pages 354-355, DOI: 10.5733/afin.055.0201, http://zenodo.org/record/7918683