S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 62. (Budapest, 2001)

Notogaster: Wide, pteromorphae not protruding anteriorly and laterally. Anterior notogastral tectum slightly concave medially. Notogastral surface ornamented by small alveoli. Four pairs of small sacculi present. Notogastral setae medium long, well curved. Ventral side (Fig. 17): Epimeral setal formula 3-1-2-2. Setae lb and 3b much longer than the others, lb directed forwards and reaching over the mental tectum. Epimeral region ornamented by alveoli, also present on the ventral plate, but they are confluent fronting lines. Pedotecta 2-3 conspicuously long. Anogenital setal formula 2-1-1-2. Genital and aggenital setae short, all others very long, slightly flagellate (Fig. 18). A fine sculpture observable also on the anal plates. Legs: Typical for the genus. All legs tridactylous. A well-developed ventral blade-like formation present on femora, being the largest on femur II (Fig. 20). Material examined — Holotype: Kenya, Galu Estate. Leg. S. Mahunka and L. Mahunka-Papp. Holotype (1657-HO-01) deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, with identification numbers of the specimens in the Collection of Arachnida. Remarks — On the basis of the number of anal setae the new species belongs to the genus Benoibates Balogh, 1958. The new species stands near to the type species of the genus (Benoibates flagelliger Balogh, 1958; see Balogh & Balogh 1999), however, the prodorsal setae are much shorter and dilated distally in flagelliger and much longer and simply setiform in the new species. The sculpture of the notogaster also different (gran­ulate in flagelliger and areolate in rugosus. Etymology — named after the sculpture of the ventral plate. Oripoda sacculifera sp. n. Measurements — Length of body (female): 410 pm; width of body: 273 pm. Prodorsum: Rostral part of the prodorsum wide, rostrum gradually narrowed anteri­orly, rounded medially. Lamellae well developed. Prodorsal setae long, well ciliate, ros­tral, lamelllar and interlamellar ones setiform, with fine distal end. Lamellar setae longer than the others and arising near to the rostral ones. Sensillus uncovered, its small head and a short part of pedicel free. Surface of the prodorsum smooth (Fig. 22). Lateral part of prodorsum: A thin, fine prelamella and a well-developed sublamella present (Fig. 24). Prelamella running to the anterolateral margin of the prodorsum and composes a small tectum distally. Notogaster: Wide, pteromorphae well protruding anteriorly and laterally. Anterior notogastral tectum waved. Notogastral surface smooth. Four pairs of comparatively large, conspicuously round sacculi present. Notogastral setae short, simple, sligthly curved. Ventral side (Fig. 23): Epimeral setal fonriula 3-1-2-2. Seate lb and 3b much longer than the others, lb directed forwards and reaching over the mental tectum. Some small alveoli present on pedotecta I. Pedotecta 2-3 conspicuously long, with long lateral spur. Anogenital setal formula 2-1-2-3. Genital and aggenital setae very short, all others very long, slightly flagellate. A fine sculpture observable on the posterior part of the ventral plate and on the anal plates Legs: Typical for the genus. All legs tridactylous. Material examined — Holotype: Kenya. Leg. S. Mahunka and L. Mahunka-Papp.

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