Saraina kindamba Azarkina 2009, sp.n.
Creators: name: Azarkina, Galina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Saraina
Saraina kindamba

description: <i>Saraina kindamba</i> sp.n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6EED3983-FFE1-4C6B-BD85-6F5E6C42846D Figs 9-18 <i>Saraina rubrofasciata</i>: Szüts and Scharff2005:368,f.5A-G, 6A-C(f,Dm -misidentified). <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: &amp;male;, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Kindamba, Méya 46, 3°53’S, 14°31’E, 30.X.1963, J. Balogh (HNHM Araneae-683). Paratypes: REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1&amp;male;, Lefini Reserve, Nambouli River, HSZE Nr. 660, beaten from vegetation, 2°55’S, 15°39’E, 12.I.1964, J. Balogh and A. Zicsi (HNHM Araneae-682); 2&amp;male;, Brazzeville, ORSTOM Park, beaten from trees and shrubs of park, mostly from border of woods, 4°16’S, 15°17’E, J. Balogh and A. Zicsi (HNHM Araneae-686); 1&amp;female;, Kindamba, Méya, 3°53’S, 14°31’E, 129 méyai barlang pitfall traps, J. Balogh (HNHM Araneae-684). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males can be easily separated from those of <i>S. rubrofasciata</i> by the shorter ventral and the longer medial tibial apophyses (Fig. 9, arrows 1 and 2), and also by the shape of the retrolateral bump of the tegulum, especially in its dorsal part (Fig. 11, arrow). From <i>S. deltshevi</i> sp. n., it can be separated by the presence of a dorsal bump on the medial tibial apophysis (Fig. 12, arrow). Females can easily be distinguished from <i>S. rubrofasciata</i> by the longer insemination ducts (Fig. 17). <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named after the type locality of the holotype, Kindamba, Republic of Congo. Noun in apposition. <b>Description.</b> Male: Measurements: Cephalothorax: length 2.30, width 1.80, height at PLE 1.35. Ocular area: length 1.30, width anteriorly 1.80, width posteriorly 1.65. Abdomen: length 2.50, width 1.70. Clypeal height: 0.10. Cheliceral length: 0.60. Diameter of AME: 0.55. Length of leg segments: I: 1.45+0.70+1.00+0.90+0.60. II: 1.65+0.70+0.80+1.00+0.60. III: 1.60+0.80+1.00+1.20+0.65. IV: 1.70+0.60+1.15+1.35+0.65. Leg spination: I: Fm d 1-2-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti pr &amp; rt 1-2, v 2-2-0-2 ap; Mt pr 1-1, rt 2-1 ap; v 2-0-2 ap. II: Fm d 1-2-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti d 1-0-0, pr &amp; rt 1-1-1, v 2-2-0-2 ap; Mt pr &amp; rt 2-1 ap; v 2-0-2 ap. III: Fm d 1-3-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti d 1-0-0, pr &amp; rt 1-1-1, v 2-0-2 ap; Mt pr 1-0-2 ap, rt 1-1-2 ap; v 2-0-2 ap. IV: Fm d 1-2-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti d 1-0-0, pr &amp; rt 1-1-1, v 2-0-2 ap; Mt pr &amp; rt 1-1-2 ap, v 1-1-2 ap. Colouration: similar to that of <i>S. rubrofasciata</i>. Chelicerae with 4 teeth with one exception – left chelicerae of holotype with 5 promarginal teeth, right with 4 promarginal teeth (Fig. 14). Palpal structure as in Figs 9-12, 15. Female:Measurements:Cephalothorax:length3.00, width 2.30, height at PLE 1.50. Ocular area:length 1.40, width anteriorly2.00, width posteriorly 1.80. Abdomen:length 4.50, width 3.10. Clypeal height:0.10. Cheliceral length: 0.90. Diameter of AME: 0.65. Length of leg segments: I: 1.55+0.90+1.10+1.05+0.60. II: 1.65+0.80+1.00+1.00+0.55. III: 1.70+0.90+1.20+1.30+0.70. IV: 2.00+1.00+1.40+1.60+0.70. Leg spination: I: Fm d 1-2-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti pr &amp; rt 1-2, v 2-2-0-2 ap; Mt pr 1-1, rt 2-1 ap; v 2-0-2 ap. II: Fm d 1-3-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti pr &amp; rt 1-2, v 2-2-0-2 ap; Mt pr &amp; rt 1-1 ap; v 2-0-2 ap. III: Fm d 1-3-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti pr &amp; rt 1-1-1, v 1-0-2 ap; Mt pr 1-0-2 ap, rt 1-1-2 ap; v 2-0-2 ap. IV: Fm d 1-2-5; Pt pr &amp; rt 1; Ti pr &amp; rt 1-1-1, v 2-0-2 ap; Mt pr &amp; rt 1-1-2 ap, v 1-1-2 ap. Colouration: as in the male. Chelicerae with 4 promarginal teeth (Fig. 13). Structure of epigyne and spermathecae as in Figs 16-18 (compare with Fig. 6, A-C in Szüts and Scharff 2005 which looks quite different). <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from the Republic of Congo. <b>Remarks.</b> The material from the Kindamba locality (Republic of Congo) contains three samples – two males from different species and a single female. It has been difficult to decide which species the female belong to, as the body colouration of all three species is very similar. I have provisionally assigned it to <i>S. kindamba</i> sp. n. More material of both sexes is needed to resolve this problem in the future.
description: Published as part of <i>Azarkina, Galina, 2009, A review of the West African genus Saraina (Araneae, Salticidae), pp. 291-300 in ZooKeys 16 (16)</i> on pages 295-296, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.235, http://zenodo.org/record/576486
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