Pseudocorinna natalis 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 natalis

description: PSEUDOCORINNA NATALIS SP. NOV.  (FIGS 27A–F, 29, 38Q)  
 Type material: Holotype: male: DR CONGO: Katanga, Territoire d’Albertville, Bendera, 05°03′S, 28°54′E, x.1958, marais sous couvert forestière dans radicelles de plantes basses, Leleup N. (MRAC 112910).   
Paratypes: DR CONGO: 1 ♂: Kivu, Territoire. de Mwenga, Poste Kitutu, vallée de l’Elila, 03°17′S, 28°05′E, 6.iv.1958, forêt secondaire, dans humus, Leleup N. (MRAC 111356); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ 1 subadult ♂: Coquilhatville, terr Ikela, Rivière Lusosa, 20 km north de Ikela, 01°11′S, 23°16′E, viii.1959, dans humus en forêt marécageux, Leleup N. (MRAC 114475); 1 ♂ 1 ♀: Kivu, Masisi, Walikale, 01°25′S, 28°03′E, 1953, dans humus, Leleup N. (MRAC 75700); 1 ♂: Mbao, route Beni-Irumu-Bunia, 00°38′S, 29°30′E, xii.1973 – i.1974, 1100 m, terreau prélevée autour d’une souche, Lejeune M. (MRAC 158809).  
 Diagnosis: Males of P. natalis are characterized by the sinuous RTA, a thin embolus, and the very large MA and FC as well as the proximal part of the tegulum that is provided with a pointed frontal prong (CAPT). Females are recognized by the epigyne with a large roughly A-shaped dark pattern and sinuous posterior margin.   
 Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition. It refers to the fact that the species was recognized on the birthday of one of the authors.   
 Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 112910). Total l 5.00.   
Carapace chestnut brown, covered by tiny warts forming a network with polygonal meshes. Carapace l: 2.50; w: 2.15. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum warted, l: 1.15; w: 1.25. Abdomen greyish brown, with a large, brown dorsal scutum covering 85% of do abdominal surface area.  
Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.  
Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-0-1-1 rlv 0-0-0-0-1; III do 0-0-1; IV do 0-0-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2- 2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 plv 0-0-1; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2; III ve 0-2-0; IV pl 1-0-0 rl 1-0-0 ve 1-1-1.  
Male palp (Fig. 27A–D): RTA fairly long, sinuous, with sharp tip; PTA very broad, short; embolus very thin, originating in centre of palp running along posterior margin of MA; MA large, with broad base, curved, tapered distal part; FC long, with broad base, gradually tapered to elongate distal part; proximal part of tegulum with tapered, thin frontal protrusion (CAPT) and slightly serrated, short, broad, retrolateral apophysis; PAPT a fairly long triangular apophysis.  
Female (paratype, MRAC 114475). Total l: 4.52.  
Carapace as in male, l: 2.00; w: 1.72. Sternum warted, l: 0.92 w: 1.08. Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange-brown, covered by fine warts.  
Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-0-1-1 rlv 0-0-0-0-1; III do 0-0-1; IV do 0-0-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2- 2-2-2-2-2-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2-2; II ve2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 ve 0-2-0; IV rl 1-0-0 ve 1-1-1.  
Epigyne (Figs 27E, F, 38Q): with fairly large oval, shallow depression in the middle; posterior margin sinuous, slightly concave in the centre, overhanging dark triangular area; spermathecae strongly sclerotized, with large, curved, lobate ducts in front of them.
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 307-309, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5440406