Triaeris fako Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes 2012, new species

Triaeris fako, new species

Figures 47–53

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 400 m at a site 1.4 km NE of Etome, 4°02′58.58″N, 9°07′31.43″E, Limbe Subdivision, Fako Division, South-West Province, Cameroon (Jan. 13–19, 1992; S. Larcher, G. Hormiga, J. Coddington, C. Griswold, C. Wanzie), deposited in CAS (9046579, PBI_OON 3483).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Female can be recognized by the extremely long, distally curled posterior receptaculum, which has a substantial “squiggle” at its posterior end (figs. 52, 53).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 3483, figs. 47–53): Total length 1.97. Carapace pale orange, sides finely reticulate. ALE largest, separated by their radius to diameter; posterior eye row procurved from front. Sternum, mouthparts pale orange. Dorsal scutum pale orange, covering half to 3/4 of abdomen length, more than half to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, with short, posteriorly directed lateral apodemes. Legs pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination: patella I v1p-1r-2; tibiae: I, II v2-4-0; IV v0-0- 1p. Genital atrium small, triangular, with transverse sclerotization; anterior receptaculum short, wide, with rounded tip; posterior receptaculum elongated, distally curled, with substantial terminal squiggle.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.