Kikongo buta Rodrigues & Rheims 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Bruno V. B.
name: Rheims, Cristina A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Kikongo
Kikongo buta

description: Kikongo buta sp. nov.
Figs 52 A–F
Type material. Male holotype from D. R. Congo, Forest Buta, route Beni-Irumu-Bunia, Mbao, Alt. 1100 m, 00°38’N 29°30’E, December 1973 – January 1974, M. Lejeune leg., deposited in RMCA 236900. Paratypes: 2 females from D. R. Congo, Forest Visik, Kivu, 00°12’N 29°15’E, 22 December 1971, M. Lejeune leg. (MRAC 140800); 1 female from D. R. Congo, Albert National Park (Virunga National Park), Mt. Hoyo, grotte Atshokabi, Alt. 1135 m, 01°13’N 29°49’E, 19 July 1955, P. Vanschuytbroeck leg. (MRAC 234181); 1 male from D. R. Congo, Albert National Park (Virunga National Park), massif Ruwenzori, riv. Kakalari, affl. Bombi, Alt. 1725 m, 00°20’N 29°50’E, 6 April 1954, P. Vanschuytbroeck & H. Synave leg. (MRAC 233867); 1 male from D. R. Congo, Albert National Park (Virunga National Park), sect. Nord, ruiss. Katubu, affl. dr. de la Mukandwe, Alt. 1200 m [0°2’24.00”S 29°22’48.00”E], 28 March 1953, P. Vanschuytbroeck & J. Kekenbosch leg. (MRAC 237633).
Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, noun in apposition.
Diagnosis. Males of K. buta sp. nov. are distinguished from the other species of the genus by the presence of a VTA on palp in addition to the RTA (VTA absent in K. ruwenzori sp. nov. and K. rutshuru sp. nov.) (Figs 52 A–C); females differ by the positioning ridges resembling a mustache (Fig. 52D).
Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 2.32. Carapace 1.03 long, 0.79 wide; Abdomen 1.09 long, 0.70 wide; Sternum 0.68 long, 0.55 wide; Spinnerets: ALS 0.21 long, 0.12 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.03, PME 0.04, PLE 0.03; interdistances: AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.05. Chelicerae 0.31 long. Leg measurements: I: 3.21 (0.89, 0.64, 0.66, 0.55, 0.47); II: 2.50 (0.66, 0.42, 0.54, 0.45, 0.43); III: 2.27 (0.60, 0.34, 0.46, 0.42, 0.45); IV: 3.33 (0.95, 0.46, 0.70, 0.66, 0.56). Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-0. II—femur d1-1-0. III—femur d1-1-0; tibia v1-0-1, p1-0-1; metatarsus v0-2-0, p1-0-1. IV—femur d1-1-0; tibia v1p-1p-2, p1-0-1, r1-0-1; metatarsus v1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-1-0. Palp: single RTA with tip slightly truncated and ventrally bent; tegulum ovoid with distal region narrower than basal region; embolar insertion at 10 o’clock position; embolus with distal part straight; conductor arising between 12–1 o’clock position, directed retrolaterally (Figs 52 A–C).
Female (paratype). Total length: 2.25. Carapace 0.76 long, 0.62 wide; Abdomen 1.39 long, 0.70 wide; Sternum 0.57 long, 0.47 wide; Spinnerets: ALS 0.16 long, 0.11 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.04, PME 0.03, PLE 0.03; interdistances: AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.04. Chelicerae 0.22 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.52 (0.68, 0.52, 0.52, 0.44, 0.36); II: 1.93 (0.53, 0.32, 0.40, 0.35, 0.33); III: 1.71 (0.46, 0.24, 0.34, 0.33, 0.34); IV: 2.71 (0.75, 0.39, 0.60, 0.52, 0.45). Leg spination: I—femur d1-1-0. II—femur d1-1-0. III—femur d1-1-0; tibia p1-0-1; metatarsus v0-1-1, p0-0-1. IV—femur d1-1-0; tibia v1p-0-1p, p1-1-0, r1-0-1; metatarsus v0-1-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1. Epigyne: positioning ridge directed posteriorly (Fig. 52D). Vulva: copulatory ducts with one curve, connecting duct with proximal and terminal part far from each other and without twist in terminal part (close to primary spermathecae); primary spermathecae rounded; fertilization duct directed diagonally (Figs 52E, F).
Variation. Total length (4 males): 2.00–2.31; (3 females): 2.13–2.34.
Distribution. D.R. Congo (Fig. 53).
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2020, An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 4799 (1) on pages 67-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3896645