Bunyoronius femoralis Bonaldo, Ramirez & Haddad 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Eb. Bonaldo
name: Ramírez, Martín J.
name: Om. Labarque
name: Shimano, Yulie
name: Silva-Junior, Cláudio J.
name: Haddad, Charles R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Corinnidae
Bunyoronius
Bunyoronius femoralis

description: Bunyoronius femoralis Bonaldo, Ramírez & Haddad sp. nov.
Figs 20–23; Map 1
Types. ♂ holotype from Budongo Forest, 01°45’N, 31°25’E, 1200 m.a.s.l., UGANDA, 15-25.I.1997, leg. T. Wagner (collected by fogging in Rinorea beniensis, swamp forest), 1♂ (ZMFK Ar-23935). Paratypes: same locality and collector as the holotype, all collected by fogging in Rinorea beniensis; 11-20.VII.1995 (secondary forest), 1♂ (ZMFK Ar-23936); 11-20.VII.1995 (secondary forest) 1♂, 1♀ (ZMFK Ar-23937); 19-30.vi.1995 (primary forest), 1♂ (ZMFK Ar-23938); 21-31.VII.1995 (swamp forest), 2♂ (ZMFK Ar-23939); 5-15.I.1997 (swamp forest), 1♂ (ZMFK Ar-23940); 15-25.I.1997 (secondary forest), 1♂, (ZMFK Ar-23941).
Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective highlighting the large male palpal apical retrolateral femoral apophysis.
Diagnosis. As for the genus.
Description. Male (Holotype). Measurements: Total length 7.37, CL 3.63, CW 3.10, AL 3.73, AW 2.56, SL 1.64, SW 1.59. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.27, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.14, PME 0.18, AME-AME 0.22, AME-ALE 0.21, ALE-ALE 1.14, PME-PME 0.38, PME-PLE 0.42, PLE-PLE 1.56. Length of leg segments: I 2.79 +1.04+2.98+2.30+1.26=13.35; II 2.91+1.01+2.96+2.32+1.23=10.43; III 2.08+0.86+1.64+1.74+0.79=7.11; IV 2.36 +0.88+2.17+2.39+0.84=8.86. Chelicerae: promargin with three teeth; retromargin with two teeth, proximal twice as large as the distal. Leg spination: I do 0-0-1-0 pl 0-0-1-0, II do 0-0-1-0, III do 0-1-0-1, IV do 0-1-0-2; tibiae: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2, II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2, III pl 0-1-0-0 rl 0-0-1-0 ve 0-1-1-0, IV pl 0-1-0-1 rl 1-1-0-1 ve 1-0-0-1; metatarsi: I ve 2-2, II ve 2-2, III do 0-2-0-0 ve 2-2, IV pl 0-1-0-0 rl 1-0-1-0 ve 0-1-0-0. Coloration: Carapace, chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum reddish-brown (Fig. 20B). Legs yellowish, with femora I and II reddish-brown. Abdomen pale, with gray spots forming folicular shape in posterior region (Fig. 20A). Palp: Retrolateral apical femoral apophysis present, bifid; retrolateral tibial apophysis complex, with three lobes, ventral lobe with apical spurn; apical spur flat, smaller than ventral lobe, medial lobe very small, pointed; ventral lobe sub-rectangular, distally excavated; cymbium densely covered in setae, with dense dorso-apical cluster of short setae, forming conspicuous cymbial scopula (Fig. 23E); median apophysis absent, insertion area vestigial, represented by small unsclerotized window; sperm duct with two long loops, one retrolateral, directed proximally, and one ventral, directed distally; retrolateral apical tegular process absent. Conductor lamelliform, inserted retro-apically. Embolus wide, robust, not tapering distally, with apical sclerotized projection (Figs 22 A-C, 23).
Female (ZMB Ar-23937). Measurements: Total length 6.92, CL 3.34, CW 3.02, AL 3.63, AW 2.62, SL 1.65, SW 1.57. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.24, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.13, PME 0.17, AME-AME 0.21, AME-ALE 0.21, ALE-ALE 1.10, PME-PME 0.39, PME-PLE 0.39, PLE-PLE 1.49. Length of leg segments: I 2.98+1.10+2.93+ 2.09+1.17=10.80; II 3.04+1.04+2.81+2.21+1.21=10.31; III 2.20+?+?+?+?=?; IV 2.52+0.82+2.20+2.35+0.95=8.84. Chelicerae: promargin with three teeth; retromargin with two teeth, proximal twice as large as distal. Leg spination: femora: I do 0-1-0 pl 0-1-0, II do 0-1-0, III do 0-1-0-1, IV do 0-1-0-1; tibiae: I ve 2-2-2-2-2-2-2, II ve 2-2-2-2-2-2, III broken, IV ve 1-0-0 rl 0-1-0-0; metatarsi: I ve 2-2, II ve 2-2, III broken, IV ve 1-1-1-0-0 do 0-2-0-2. Coloration: carapace, chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum reddish-brown (Fig. 20D). Legs yellowish, with femora I and II reddish-brown. Abdomen pale, with irregular gray spots (Fig. 20C). Epigynum with two lateral curved ridges, forming median atrium. Two copulatory openings located anteriorly; CDv short, obliquely inserted; ST2 globous, smaller than ST1, anteriorly positioned; CDd large and convoluted; ST1 reniform, FD long and robust (Fig. 22D, E).
Other material examined. RWANDA: Ibanda Makera, Rusumo, 02°09’S, 30°55’E, 1350 m.a.s.l., X.1995, T. Wagner leg. (Fogging Teclea nobilis, gallery forest), 1♂ (ZMFK Ar-23942). CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaér, Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki, 37.9 km 169 S of Lidjombo, 02°22’14N, 16°10’21E, 360 m. a.s.l., 20–28. V.2001, B.L. Fisher leg. (rainforest, beating low vegetation), 2 imm. 1♀ (CAS, CASENT 9033197).
description: Published as part of Eb. Bonaldo, Ramírez, Martín J., Om. Labarque, Shimano, Yulie, Silva-Junior, Cláudio J. & Haddad, Charles R., 2022, Switching identities: a revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Carteronius Simon 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae), senior synonym of Mandaneta Strand, 1932, with a new genus of the Pronophaea group, pp. 343-373 in Zootaxa 5205 (4) on pages 368-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7307035