Crinopseudoa ephialtes 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
Crinopseudoa
Crinopseudoa ephialtes

description: CRINOPSEUDOA EPHIALTES SP. NOV.  (FIGS 46J, 53A–E, 59E, 60)  
 Type material: Holotype: male: LIBERIA: Forêt Classée de Ziama, 08°24′N, 09°17′W, 8.i.1999, rain forest, pitfalls, Flomo D. (MRAC 218207).   
Paratypes: same data as holotype: 1 ♀: 5.v.1998 (MRAC 217682); 1 ♀: 9.I.2000 (MRAC 217489); 1 ♀: 18.xi.1999 (MRAC 217468); 1 ♀: 18.iii.2000 (MRAC 217466); 1 ♀: 26.vii.1999 (MRAC 217470); 1 ♀: 4.ix.1999 (MRAC 217490); 1 ♀: 8.viii.1999 (MRAC 217495); 1 ♀: 26.iv.1999 (MRAC 218116); 1 ♂: 22.iv.1998 (MRAC 218192); 2 ♂: 22.v.1999 (MRAC 218193); 1 ♂: 5.xi.1999 (MRAC 218194); 1 ♂: 13.vii.1999 (MRAC 218195); 1 ♂: 31.iii.1999 (MRAC 218196); 1 ♂: 4.ix.1999 (MRAC 218197); 1 ♂: 22.v.1999 (MRAC 218198); 1 ♂: 4.ix.1999 (MRAC 218199); 1 ♂: 21.viii.1999 (MRAC 218200); 1 ♂: 26.vii.1999 (MRAC 218201); 1 ♂: 18.xi.1998 (MRAC 218202); 1 ♂: 4.vi.1999 (MRAC 218203); 1 ♂: 1.xii.1999 (MRAC 218204); 1 ♂: 18.xi.1999 (MRAC 218205); 1 ♂: 26.ix.1998 (MRAC 218206); 1 ♂: 13.xii.1998 (MRAC 218208); 1 ♂: 16.ix.1999 (MRAC 218209); 1 ♂: 26.iv.1999 (MRAC 218210); 1 ♂: 4.vi.1999 (MRAC 218211); 1 ♂: 23.x.1999 (MRAC 218212); 1 ♂: 26.ix.1998 (MRAC 218213); 1 ♂: 4.ix.1999 (MRAC 218214); 1 ♂: 8.viii.1999 (MRAC 218215); 1 ♂: 22.v.1999 (MRAC 218216); 3 ♂, 1 ♀: 5.v.1998 (MRAC 227277); 1 ♂: 5.v.1998 (MRAC 227278).  
 Diagnosis: Males of P. ephialtes are characterized by the long posterior prong on the proximal part of the tegulum, and the small triangular RTA with a basal outgrowth with two short sharp tips in dorsal view. Females are recognized by the two oblong, slightly procurved structures near the posterior margin of the epigyne, each with five longitudinal stripes.   
 Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition; Ephialtes is a giant from Greek mythology, son of Iphimedia and Poseidon, who wanted to storm Mount Olympos together with his brother Otus.   
 Description: Male (holotype, MRAC 218207). Total l 4.95.   
Carapace chestnut brown, covered by dispersed warts. Carapace l: 2.20; w: 1.85. Fovea deep, clearly delimited. Sternum smooth, l: 1.00; w: 1.10. Abdomen greyish brown, with a brown dorsal scutum covering 60% of do abdominal surface area.  
Legs orange, not warted.  
Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-2; IV do 0-0-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 plv 0-1-0; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 plv 0-1-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2.  
Male palp (Figs 46J, 53A, B): RTA a short triangular excrescence; PTA sharp, triangular and pointed. Embolus situated far in front; base broad, distal part slender, sickle-shaped. Basal part of tegulum with large ve swelling ending in apophysis-like excrescence with pointed protruding prong. PAPT large; CAPT poorly developed; MA cup-shaped. FC absent.  
Female (MRAC 218116). Total l 4.40.  
Carapace as in male, l: 1.64; w: 1.35. Sternum smooth, l: 0.85; w: 0.90.  
Abdomen greyish brown, without do scutum. Legs orange, not warted.  
Leg spination: fe: I pl 0-0-0-1-1 rlv 0-0-0-0-1; IV do 0-0-1; ti: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2; III 0-1-0 plv 0-1-0; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 plv 0-1-0; mt: I ve 2-2-2; II ve 2-2-2; III pl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2; IV pl 0-1-0 rl 0-1-0 ve 2-0-2.  
Epigyne (Figs 53C–E, 59E): featureless dark area with internal structure visible in transparency along posterior margin. Copulatory openings in front; copulatory ducts straight, leading backward to kidneyshaped spermathecae.  
 Known geographical distribution: Liberia (Fig. 60).
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 336-337, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00679.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5440406