Microdiores rwegura Nzigidahera &amp; Jocqué 2010, sp. n.
Creators: name: Nzigidahera, Benoît
name: Jocqué, Rudy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Microdiores
Microdiores rwegura

description: <i>Microdiores rwegura</i> sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4EC10832-C34E-4D48-BFB0-387841A7CDC0 Figures 2A, B <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype male.</b> BURUNDI: Zone of “Parc National de la Kibira, Forêt de Rwegura”, 02.89891°S, 029.50405°E, site 1, tea plantation adjacent to NP, 30.X.2004, 1970m, pitfalls, B. Nzigidahera (MRAC 227565). <b>Paratypes:</b> BURUNDI: 1♁: 30.I.2004, same data as holotype (INECN); 1♁: 30.IX.2004 same data as holotype (INECN); 1♁: 02.89565°S, 029.50345°E, site 2, 30.I.2004, forest with <i>Polyscias fulva</i> and <i>Macaranga neomildbraediana</i>, 2120 m (INECN); 1♁: 02.88562°S, 029.50221°E, site 3, 14. VI.2005, forest of <i>Polyscias fulva</i> and <i>Hagenia abyssinica,</i> 2160 m (MRAC 227566). <b>Diagnosis.</b> The male of this species is recognized by the shape of the embolus which is long and curved, with a very slender distal part supported by a complex MA which is clearly different from those in <i>M. violaceus</i> and <i>M. aurantioviolaceus</i>; in these species the end of the embolus is supported by the short triangular prong at the tip of the MA. The latter two species also differ in their violet carapace. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name “ <i>rwegura ”</i> is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. <b>Description. Male (holotype).</b> Total length 2.00, carapace 0.90 long and 0.72 wide. <b>Carapace</b> orange. <b>Eyes,</b> AME very large, round; anterior eye row straight, posterior row procurved; AME: 0.10; ALE: 0.06; PME: 0.04; PLE: 0.04; AME-AME: 0.02; AME-ALE: 0.00; PME-PME: 0.06; PME-PLE: 0.02. <b>Chelicerae</b> orange. <b>Sternum</b> yel- <b>Figure 2A, B.</b> <i>Microdiores rwegura</i> sp. n. <b>A</b> Male palp, ventral view <b>B</b> Male palp, retrolateral view. (Scale bars: 0.1mm) lowish orange with dark orange margins; some setae along margin. <b>Labium</b> yellowish orange. <b>Legs</b> yellowish orange; with some short hairs, spineless. <b>Abdomen</b> pale yellowish orange dorsally and ventrally. <b>Spinnerets</b> pale yellowish orange. <b>Palp</b> (fig. 2A, B), cymbium with distal spine and sub-distal row of five modified setae; tibial apophysis short, sharp, pointing downward; embolus originating on posterior part of tegulum; its base pointing backward, thence running forward to tip of cymbium from where it is supported by longitudinal prong of complex MA. <b>Leg measurements:</b> <b>Leg F P T Mt t Total</b> I 0.70 0.24 0.60 0.70 0.54 2.78 II 0.60 0.24 0.44 0.50 0.48 2.26 III 0.60 0.22 0.42 0.54 0.40 2.18 IV 0.80 0.22 0.60 0.80 0.50 2.92 <b>Female</b> Unknown <b>Variation.</b> Carapace colour may vary from bright orange to yellowish orange <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from the type locality.
description: Published as part of <i>Nzigidahera, Benoît &amp; Jocqué, Rudy, 2010, On new species of Microdiores (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Central and East Africa, pp. 11-19 in ZooKeys 48 (48)</i> on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.48.411, http://zenodo.org/record/576669