Zelotibia Russell-Smith &amp; Murphy 2005
Creators: name: Nzigidahera, Benoît
name: Jocqué, Rudy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Zelotibia

description: Key to the species of <i>Zelotibia</i> (illustrations modified from Russell-Smith &amp; Murphy, 2005) <b>Males:</b> 1 Male palpal femur clearly curved (A2); retrolateral margin of cymbium with triangular extension (A1)............................................................................ <b>2</b> – Male palpal femur straight (B1), retrolateral margin of cymbium straight or slightly curved (except in <i>Z. dolabra</i>) (B2)................................................. <b>10</b> 2 Tibial apophysis of palp originating on basal part of tibia, scoop-shaped in lateral view, reflexed forward so that it lies parallel to the long axis of the tibia. (A3)............................................................................................................ <b>3</b> – Tibial apophysis not scoop-shaped in lateral view and originating midway of tibia (B3).................................................................................................... <b>8</b> 3 Tibial apophysis bifid, with two strong prongs at tip (C1)........... <i>Z. lejeunei</i> – Tibial apophysis not bifid (D2)................................................................... <b>4</b> 4 Embolus broad, bifid or indented at tip (D1)............................................. <b>5</b> – Embolus tapered to sharp tip (E1).............................................................. <b>6</b> 5 Tibial apophysis almost straight as seen from below (D2); embolus flat, with shallow indentation at tip (D1)...................................................... <i>Z. kaibos</i> – Tibial apophysis slightly curved outward as seen from below (F1); embolus twisted with deep indentation, appearing bifid (F2)............... <i>Z. curvifemur</i> 6 Extremity of embolus beak-shaped (G1); median apophysis small (G2)............................................................................................................. <i>Z. mitella</i> – Extremity of embolus sharp (E1); median apophysis large (E2) or with two prongs (H2)................................................................................................ <b>7</b> 7 Tegulum with semitransparent distal extension (H1); median apophysis with two prongs (H2)............................................................................. <i>Z. major</i> – Tegulum without distal extension; median apophysis occupying half the bulbus (E2)...................................................................................... <i>Z. simpula</i> 8 Embolus blade shaped in ventral view (I2).................................... <i>Z. cultella</i> – Embolus thin and needle-shaped (K2)........................................................ <b>9</b> 9 Tibial apophysis with minute basal tooth (I1)............................... <i>Z. acicula</i> – Tibial apophysis without such a basal tooth (K1)......................... <i>Z. scobina</i> 10 Tibial apophysis of palp, viewed laterally, large and robust, the tip reflexed dorsally through 90 o (L1)............................................................ <i>Z. flexuosa</i> – Tibial apophysis of palp otherwise............................................................ <b>11</b> 11 Tibial apophysis of palp small and semi-translucent in lateral view (M1). Palpal tibia with a group of small dark papillae on a boss behind apophysis (M2)......................................................................................................... <b>13</b> – Palpal tibia lacking a group of dark papillae on a boss............................... <b>12</b> 12 Tibial apophysis of palp minute, triangular (J1), the tip slightly downcurved.................................................................................................. <i>Z. filiformis</i> – Palpal tibia with two large apophyses (retro-lateral and pro-lateral) (N1)...................................................................................................... <i>Z. bicornuta</i> 13 MA in ventral view clearly truncate at tip (Q1, P1).................................. <b>14</b> – MA in ventral view sharply pointed at tip (Q1)........................................ <b>15</b> 14 In ventral view, MA almost twice as long as broad (O1), tip of embolus smoothly curved.(O2)................................................................ <i>Z. papillata</i> – In ventral view, MA only slightly longer than broad (P1), tip of embolus sinuous (P2).................................................................................... <i>Z. supercilia</i> 15 In ventral view, embolus narrow, tip undivided (Q1)........ <i>Z. paucipapillata</i> – In ventral view, embolus broad, the tip divided (R 1).................... <i>Z. dolabra</i> <b>Females:</b> 1 Epigyne with large hood-shaped atrium anteriorly, lacking a clearly defined scape (a1).................................................................................................... <b>2</b> – Epigyne without a clearly defined atrium and with a scape (a2).................. <b>7</b> 2 With area of ridged cuticle anterior to epigyne (a3).................... <i>Z. scobina</i> – Without area of ridged cuticle anterior to epigyne..................................... 3 3 Anterior margin of atrium broadly rounded (a4)......................................... <b>4</b> – Anterior margin incurved (a5)....................................................................6 4 Copulatory ducts reflexed outwards at anterior end and opening at base of atrium (b1)................................................................................................. <b>5</b> – Copulatory ducts not reflexed outwards at anterior end, openings surrounded by blackish area (b2)................................................................... <i>Z. simpula</i> 5 Copulatory ducts at frontal curve with short diverticulum (b3).................................................................................................................. <i>Z. curvifemur</i> – Copulatory ducts at frontal curve without diverticulum............... <i>Z. mitella</i> 6 Atrium heart-shaped (a5); copulatory openings long lateral slits (b5)............................................................................................................... <i>Z. angelica</i> – Atrium kidney-shaped (b6); copulatory openings oval (b7).............................................................................................................................. <i>Z. subsessa</i> 7 Epigynal scape tongue-shaped, the tip smoothly rounded (c1).... <i>Z. bicornuta</i> – Epigynal scape not tongue-shaped, the tip pointed (a2).............................. <b>8</b> 8 Epigynal scape large, reaching spermathecae (c2)......................... <i>Z. lejeunei</i> – Epigynal scape much smaller, not overhanging part of spermathecae (a2)..... <b>9</b> 9 Copulatory openings large (c3), connected by transverse groove (c4)................................................................................................................... <i>Z. major</i> – Copulatory openings smaller, not connected by groove............................. <b>10</b> 10 Spermathecae globular (c5), copulatory ducts S-shaped (c6)..................... <b>11</b> – Spermathecae oval or flask-shaped (d1)..................................................... <b>12</b> 11 Posterior margin of epigynal scape with sinuous sides (d2); copulatory ducts strongly curved (c6)..................................................................... <i>Z. fosseyae</i> – Posterior margin of epigynal scape with straight sides (d3); copulatory ducts less strongly curved (d4)............................................................. <i>Z. flexuosa</i> 12 Epigynal scape a narrow small triangle; copulatory ducts longer than spermathecae (e1)................................................................................ <i>Z. kibira</i> – Epigynal scape a larger triangle; copulatory ducts shorter than spermathecae (e2)........................................................................................................... <b>13</b> 13 Tip of epigynal scape forming an obtuse angle, spermathecae located imme- diately posterior to tip of scape (e3).......................................... <i>Z. supercilia</i> – Tip of epigynal scape forming an acute angle (e4)..................................... <b>14</b> 14 Spermathecae not touching (f1)................................................. <i>Z. papillata</i> – Spermathecae adjacent (f2)...................................................................... <b>15</b> 15 Convex median part of spermathecae touching (f2).................................. <b>16</b> – Spermathecae touching in front and behind concave median part (f3)................................................................................................... <i>Z. paucipapillata</i> 16 Copulatory ducts curved at right angle between copulatory opening and spermathecae..................................................................................... <i>Z. kanama</i> – Curve of copulatory ducts more obtuse (f5).............................................. <b>17</b> 17 Curve delimiting copulatory openings at base of scape narrow (e5)................................................................................................................. <i>Z. filiformis</i> – Curve delimiting copulatory openings at base of scape wide (f5)..................................................................................................................... <i>Z. johntony</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Nzigidahera, Benoît &amp; Jocqué, Rudy, 2009, An of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine Rift, pp. 1-28 in ZooKeys 13 (13)</i> on pages 21-26, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.13.145, http://zenodo.org/record/576463
description: {"references": ["Russell-Smith A, Murphy JA (2005) Zelotibia, a new zelotine spider genus from central Africa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 2: 103 - 122."]}