Pseudocorinna cymarum Jocqué & Bosselaers 2011, SP. NOV.
Creators: name: Jocqué, Rudy
name: Bosselaers, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Corinnidae
Pseudocorinna
Pseudocorinna cymarum

description: PSEUDOCORINNA CYMARUM SP. NOV.  (FIGS 14A–D, 19, 38H)  
 Type material: Holotype: male: GHANA: Kakum forest, 05°20′N, 01°23′W, 22.xi.2005, secondary forest, fogging, Jocqué R., De Bakker D. & Baert L. (MRAC 218280).   
Paratypes: three females, together with holotype.  
 Diagnosis: Both sexes of P. cymarum are characterized by the deep, pear-shaped fovea and the large number of spines on fe I. Males are characterized the fairly short embolus, the long FC and the T-shaped terminal tegular process. Females have a characteristic tongue-shaped process at the posterior margin of the epigyne.   
 Etymology: The species name is derived from the Latin word ‘ cyma’, which means (tree)top, the specimens being caught in the forest canopy with the fogging technique.   
 Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 218280). Total l 5.36.   
Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.84; w: 2.28. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.16; w: 1.40. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 95% of do abdominal surface area.  
Legs brown, covered by fine warts.  
Leg spination: fe: I pl 1-1-1-1-1 rlv 1-1-1-1-1-1-1; II do 0-1-0; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2- 2-2; IV plv 0-0-1; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III ve 0-2-0; IV ve 1-1-1.  
Male palp (Fig. 14A, B): RTA broad at base, tapered to truncate tip; with short but strong tooth invisible from side; embolus fairly short, curved outwards, base covered by lip-shaped appendage; basal part of tegulum large with membranous swelling partly hiding embolus, distal part with complex terminal process; MA largely membranous; FC large, reaching distal end of tegular process. CAPT large, reaching beyond tip of FC, roughly triangular; PAPT knob shaped, covering base of embolus.  
Female (paratype, MRAC 218280). Total l 6.20.  
Carapace as in male, l: 2.72; w: 2.36. Sternum warted, l: 1.16; w: 1.44. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.  
Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-1-1-1-1 rlv 1-1-1-1-1; III do 0-1-1; IV do 0-1-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; IV rl 0-1-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III ve 0-2-0; pl 0-1-0; IV ve 0-1-0; rl 0-1-0; pl 0-1-0.  
Epigyne (Figs 14C, D, 38H): a large, setose, rectangular area with large tongue-shaped posterior extension; internal structure visible in transparency. Spermathecae very large; copulatory ducts short. Without lobate ducts.  
 Known geographical distribution: Ghana (Fig. 20).
description: Published as part of Jocqué, Rudy & Bosselaers, Jan, 2011, Revision of Pseudocorinna Simon and a new related genus (Araneae: Corinnidae): two more examples of spider templates with a large range of complexity in the genitalia, pp. 271-350 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (2) on pages 295-296, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5440406