Selenops vigilans Pocock 1899
Creators: name: Corronca, J. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Selenopidae
Selenops
Selenops vigilans

description: Selenops vigilans Pocock, 1899 (Figs. 74­78)
Selenops vigilans Pocock, 1899. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2(7):349­350. fig. 2. Female holotype from Kenya, Giriama, near Fuladoya, J. W. Gregory Col., in BMNH?, not examined. Male of the species described by Lessert, 1915. Rev. suisse Zool. 23:40.
S. werneri Simon, 1906. Sitzungsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 115:1167. First synonymized by Lessert (1929:125).
S. vigilans.­ Lessert, 1915. Rev. suisse Zool. 23:40, figs. 37­38. Described male.
S. vigilans.­ Benoit, 1968. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1­2):136, figs. 26­28.
Diagnosis. The females of S. vigilans are distinguished by the shape of the middle field resembling a big lobe that reaches the posterior margin of the epigynum (Fig. 76). The males are characterized by the shape of the dorsal part of RTA having a tooth­like projection on the external margin (Fig. 74) and by the conductor having its tip strongly sclerotized, elongated and sinuous (Fig. 75).
Female. The female was described by Pocock (1899) and redescribed by Benoit (1968). Colour pattern of opisthosoma as in Fig. 78. Epigynum and spermathecae as in Figs. 76­77.
Male. The male was described by Lessert (1915) and redescribed by Benoit (1968). Palp as in Figs. 74­75.
New records. CAMEROON: Mbam mountain area, near Koutouni, W. slope (gallery forest, together with S. raditus), 1 female, 31/III/83, Bosmans & Van Stalle Col., MRAC 162.562. KENYA: Mt. Kenya, 1 female, VII/75, R. Bosmans Col., MRAC 161.803; Athi River (1530m), 1 male, 19/X/57, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; 15mi SW of Nairobi, 1 female, 15/I/79, M. Irwin & S. Ross, CAS; 15mi SW of Nairobi (5400ft), 3 females, 1 immature, 15/I/79, M. Irwin & E. Ross Col., CAS. UGANDA: Southern Province, Kabale Forest, Ngogo Camp (1500­1800m) (0°30´N, 30°35´E), 2 females, 30­31/X/92, V. D. Roth & B. Roth Col., CAS. TANZANIA: Tanganyika: W. flank Ngorongoro Crater (1750m), 2 females, 23/V/57, E. Ross & R. Leech Col., CAS; Serengeti National Park, Seronera, 1 female, 23/XI/69, M. Irwin & S. Ross Col., CAS. BURUNDI: Kanyania (1500m) 1 female, 1947, R. R. Dames de Marie Col., MRAC. 169.134. RWANDA: Nyanza, 3 males, VII/47, A. Lestrade Col., MRAC 61320­61321; Nyanza, 4 females, V/48, A. Lestrade Col., MRAC 59290­59295; Environs Lac Ihema, 7 females, 3 males, 10 immatures, 14­18/ VII/69, R. Kiss Col., MRAC 136.304; Astrida, 1 male, 3 females, 4 immatures, R. Laurent Col., MRAC 169.142; Kigali, 1 female, 1 immature, 10/V/78, R. André Col., MRAC 160.307; Mimuli (Mutera), terr. Bimuba, 1 female, 28/VII/59, G. Marbier Col., MRAC 114.122; Nyakizu­Butare, 2 females, 10/VII/77, P. Nyaligaka Col., MRAC 155.483; Kinasi, Nyanza, 1 female, 5/VIII/53, P. Basilensky Col., MRAC 75.770; Kissenyi, 1 female, X/51, A. Bertrand Col., MRAC 72.215. ZAÏRE: Butembo (1750m), 1 female, III/ 75, M. Lejeune Col., MRAC 161.151; Face N. du Ruwenzori, Camp de Kikura (2000m), 1 female, VII­VIII/74, M. Lejeune Col., MRAC 154.156.
Known distribution. Burkina Faso, Burundi, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Republic of Congo Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda (Corronca 2000), Cameroon, Tanzania and Zaïre.
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 29-30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155794