Kituba langalanga Rodrigues & Rheims 2020
- Dataset
- An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Rodrigues, Bruno V. B., Rheims, Cristina A. (2020): An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4799 (1): 1-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Gnaphosidae
- genus
- Kituba
- species
- Kituba langalanga
description
Description. Female (holotype). Carapace and legs yellow pale, abdomen slightly gray (Fig. 37 B). Total length: 2.32. Carapace 0.80 long, 0.58 wide; Abdomen 1.50 long, 0.34 wide; Sternum 0.56 long, 0.46 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.15 long, 0.13 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.06, PME 0.04, PLE 0.06; interdistances: AME – AME 0.02, PME – PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.29 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.36 (0.69, 0.50, 0.50, 0.40, 0.27); II: 1.77 (0.42, 0.30, 0.36, 0.35, 0.34); III: 1.66 (0.48, 0.25, 0.30, 0.34, 0.29); IV: 2.63 (0.70, 0.39, 0.60, 0.54, 0.40). Leg spination: III — tibia p 0 - 1 - 0, v 0 - 1 p- 1 p; metatarsus p 0 - 0 - 1. IV — tibia p 0 - 0 - 1, r 1 - 0 - 1, v 1 p- 0 - 1; metatarsus v 0 - 0 - 1 p. Vulva: copulatory ducts long, convoluted laterally and anteriorly; secondary spermathecae emerging as small bump; connecting duct thickened, moderately straight; primary spermathecae round; fertilization duct short, laterad (Figs 43 B, C). Male. Unknown. Variation. Total length (3 females): 2.10 – 2.32.
description
Figs 37 B – F, 39 E – F, 40 A – B, 43 A – C
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Females of Kituba langalanga sp. nov. differ from those of K. mayombensis sp. nov. by the epigyne with the epigynal plate not surpassing the epigastric furrow (surpassing the epigastric furrow in K. mayombensis sp. nov.) and copulatory openings rounded with C-shaped sclerotized margins (under small triangular hood-like ridges in K. mayombensis sp. nov.) (Fig. 43 A). Males are unknown.
distribution
Distribution. D. R. Congo, only known from the type locality (Fig. 44).
etymology
Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, noun in apposition.
materials_examined
Type material. Female holotype from D. R. Congo, Langa-Langa, 02 ° 28 ’ N 21 ° 27 ’ E, 17 June 2009, D. De Bakker leg., deposited in MRAC 228139. Two female paratypes deposited together with holotype.