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Descriptions of the two-eyed African spider genera Chedimanops gen. n. and Hybosidella gen. n. (Araneae, Palpimanidae, Chediminae)
Authors: Zonstein SL, Marusik YM
Publisher: COUNCIL NATAL MUSEUM
Publication year: 2017
Journal: African Invertebrates
Journal name in source: AFRICAN INVERTEBRATES
Journal acronym: AFR INVERTEBR
Volume: 58
Issue: 1
First page : 23
Last page: 47
Number of pages: 25
ISSN: 1681-5556
eISSN: 2305-2562
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.11448
Web address : https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/11448/download/pdf/
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Two new genera of chedimine palpimanids are described. Chedimanops gen. n. includes the type species, C. eskovi sp. n. (male female), and C. rwenzorensis sp. n. (male female), both from the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Rwenzori Mts.). The monotypic Hybosidella gen. n. is based on H. etinde sp. n. (male) from Cameroon. The new genera differ from all other Palpimanidae by possessing only the anterior median eyes (all other eyes are lost). These new genera can be distinguished from one another by the shape of the thoracic fovea (a narrow bracket-shaped pit vs. a longitudinal groove, respectively), as well as by the structure of the abdominal scuta and the male copulatory organ, peculiarities of coloration, amongst other characters. The taxonomic position and relationships of the newly described taxa are briefly discussed. The distinctive characters and a key to both species of Chedimanops gen. n. are also provided.
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