Prodidominae Simon 1884
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Bruno V. B.
name: Rheims, Cristina A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae

description: Key to the African genera of Prodidominae
1 Eyes absent (Fig. 35C)....................................................................... Plutonodomus
- Eyes present (Figs 1D, E)............................................................................... 2
2(1) Posterior eye row straight or slightly recurved (Fig. 1D)....................................................... 3
- Posterior eye row notably procurved (Fig. 1E).............................................................. 4
3(2) Spinnerets with ALS well advanced anteriorly (Fig. 1G)............................................... Namundra
- Spinnerets with ALS close to posterior spinnerets or slightly distant (Fig. 1F)................................. Theuma
4(2) Spinnerets with PLS extremely massive and truncate (Fig. 1H)........................................ Prodidomus
- Spinnerets with PLS normal............................................................................. 5
5(4) Spinnerets with ALS advanced anteriorly, separated from the other spinnerets (Fig. 1F)…....................... Zimiris
- Spinnerets with ALS normal, close to the other spinnerets (Fig. 1I).............................................. 6
6(5) Clavate setae present on the body (Figs 1A, B, 11D, 26C)..................................................... 7
- Clavate setae absent on the body.......................................................................... 8
7(6) Clavate setae short and similar sized on carapace and legs (Fig. 1B)..................................... Purcelliana
- Clavate setae of different sizes on carapace and legs (Fig. 1A).............................................. Eleleis
8(6) Patella I long, similar in length to tibia (Fig. 1C)….................................................................... 9
- Patella I clearly shorter than tibia................................................................... Zimirina
9(8) ALS wider than long or as wide as long (Fig. 2F)........................................................... 10
- ALS longer than wide (Figs 1F, G)...................................................................... 11
10(9) PMS and PLS with claviform setae (Fig. 2F)....................................................... Austrodomus
- PMS and PLS without claviform setae......................................................... Kituba gen. nov.
11(9) Males with filiform embolus and small hyaline conductor; female epigyne with wide C-shaped copulatory openings and vulva with secondary spermathecae rounded (Figs 52 A–E)........................................... Kikongo gen. nov.
- Male embolus robust and long, and laminar conductor partially sclerotized; female epigyne with wide copulatory opening located medially, vulva with proximal part of copulatory ducts enlarged and secondary spermathecae reduced to a small lump (Figs 59 A–E)........................................................................... Yoruba gen. nov.
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 page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3896645