Asceua lejeunei Jocque 1991
Creators: name: Jocqué, Rudy
name: Henrard, Arnaud
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Asceua
Asceua lejeunei

description: Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991
Figs 10, 11, 12, 13, 24
Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991: 41.
Type material.
Holotype: D. R. Congo • ♂; Kivu-N, Ruindi, vallée de la Ruindi; 0°48'S, 29°18'E; 10. VII. 1972 battage, Lejeune M. RMCA_144436).
Paratypes: 4 ♀♀, 2. juv. together with holotype.
Other material examined.
Côte d’Ivoire • 1 ♂; Taï forest, 5°52'N, 7°27'W; 1. IX. 2010; 185 m a. s. l.; beating, D. Van den Spiegel, and A. Kablan leg.; RMCA_233436; Ethiopia: • 1 ♂; Yayu Coffee Forest; 8°23'N, 35°48'E; 30. XII. 2003; 1476 m a. s. l.; forest, beating, N. Aklilu leg., RMCA_229444; • 1 ♂; Yayu Coffee Forest; 8°23'N, 35°48'E; 15. I. 2004;, 1476 m a. s. l.: secondary forest, beating; N. Aklilu leg.; RMCA_229446; Ghana: • 1 ♀; Kakum forest; 5°20'N, 1°23'W; 14. XI. 2005; primary forest; L. Baert, R. Jocqué, and D. De Bakker leg.; RMCA_217241; • 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀; as previous; RMCA_218341; • 9 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀; 18. XI. 2005, further as previous RMCA_218343; • 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀; 19. XI. 2005; secondary forest, further as previous; RMCA_218344; • 3 ♂♂; 17. XI. 2005; further as previous; RMCA_218342; Guinea: • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Mount Nimba, Forest of Gbié reserve; 7°38.707'N; 8°20.46'W; 21. XI. 2017; 579 m a. s. l.; A. Henrard, D. Van den Spiegel, C. Allard, Samoura Aboubacar Mr, P. Bimou, Bamba Mr leg.; RMCA_247165; • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Mount Nimba, Seringbara near camp 1; 7°38.975'N, 8°25.393'W; 29. XI. 2017; 674 m a. s. l.: A. Henrard, D. Van den Spiegel, C. Allard, Samoura Aboubacar (Mr), P. Bimou, Bamba (Mr) leg.; RMCA_247530; • 1 ♀; Mount Nimba, Gouan Forest (Mid-one); 7°42'N, 8°24'W; 29. I. 2012; sieving litter, secondary forest: D. Van den Spiegel et al. leg.: RMCA_238794; • 1 ♀: Mount Nimba, Fouenyi forest; 7°40'N, 8°28'W; 1. III. 2012, 573 m a. s. l.: sieving litter under trees; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_239733; • 1 ♀; Mount Nimba, Freton, Seringbara; 7°38'N, 8°27'W; 2. III. 2012, 586 m a. s. l.; sieving humid litter, primary forest; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_239254; • 1 ♀; Mount Nimba, Gbié forest, Deguelou; 7°40'N, 8°19'W; 18. III. 2012; 595 m a. s. l.; sieving soil litter, near river Deguelou; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_239141; • 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀; Mount Nimba, Seringbara Forest; 7°39'N, 8°26'W; 13. III. 2012; 606 m a. s. l.; fogging, secondary forest, canopy, no wind; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_239640; • 2 ♀♀; Mount Nimba, Fouenyi Forest; 7°40'N, 8°28'W; 1. III. 2012; 573 m a. s. l.; sieving soil litter; Sidibé M., A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_238797; • 1 ♂; Mount Nimba, Forêt Gouan (Mid-one), 7°42'N, 8°24'W, 8. X. 2011, sieving litter, secondary forest, A. Henrard, D. Van den Spiegel leg. RMCA_245370; • 2 ♂♂; Mount Nimba, Gouan forest (Mid-one) 7°42'N, 8°24'W, 8. X. 2011, beating, litter in trees and shrubs, at 1.5–3 m above the floor, A. Henrard and Van den Spiegel leg.; RMCA_247162; • 1 ♂; Mount Nimba, Gouan Forest (Mid-one); 7°42'3"N, 8°23'5"W; 8. X. 2011; beating, litter in trees and shrubs, at 1.5–3 m above the floor, D. Van den Spiegel, A. Henrard leg.; RMCA_245358; • 1 ♂; Mount Nimba, Seringbara Forest; 7°39'N, 8°26'E; 12. III. 2012; 584 m a. s. l.; canopy fogging; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_239747; • 1 ♂: Mount Nimba, Seringbara Forest; 7°39'N, 8°26'W; 13. III. 2012; 606 m a. s. l.: fogging, secondary forest, canopy fogging, no wind; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_239602; • 1 ♂; Mount Nimba, Seringbara parking; 7°38'N, 8°27'W; 2. III. 2012; 586 m a. s. l.: sieving soil litter, primary forest; M. Sidibé, A. Henrard, C. Allard, P. Bimou leg.; RMCA_238681; • 1 ♂; Mount Nimba, Middle valley of Zougué, near Gbakoré mine camp; 7°42'N, 8°24'W; 5. X. 2011; Fogging 3, secondary gallery forest, canopy fogging; D. Van den Spiegel and A. Henrard leg.; RMCA_238943; Nigeria: • 1 ♀; Western, Ibadan, Ibadan, IITA; 7°14'N, 3°30'E; 22–29. V. 1981; pitfall 5, secondary forest; A. Russell-Smith leg.; RMCA_235840.
Diagnosis.
Males of this species are recognised by the cymbium without retrobasal button like process (Fig. 12 C), by the dorsal prong of palpal tibial apophysis parallel-sided up to distal tip (Figs 12 C, 13 B) and by the well-developed tegular subdistal tooth visible from both sides (Fig. 13 A, B). Females are characterised by the epigyne scape with parallel sides, indented at posterior tip and reaching 0.75 of epigyne length.
Description.
For description, see Jocqué (1991: 41).
Distribution.
Known from areas across the African continent, from Ethiopia in the east, to Guinea in the west (Fig. 24).
description: Published as part of Jocqué, Rudy & Henrard, Arnaud, 2024, A revision of Afrotropical Asceua (Araneae, Zodariidae), ant-eating spiders with puzzling distributions, pp. 161-198 in African Invertebrates 65 (2) on pages 161-198, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029