Pelecopsis subflava Russell-Smith & Jocque 1986

Pelecopsis subflava Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986

Figs 32-35, 45-48

Material examined: MHNG; male [sample KENYA- 74/06]; KENYA, Lake Naivasha, 10 km from Fisherman’s Camp, under bark and stones; 5.XI.1974; leg. V. Mahnert.

Re-description: Male. Total length 1.28 (Fig. 32). Carapace 0.75 long, 0.60 wide, brown, with a grey margin. Cephalic part of carapace slightly elevated (Figs 33-35). Chelicerae 0.28 long, unmodified. Legs pale brown to brown. Leg I 1.66 long (0.45 + 0.18 + 0.38 + 0.35 + 0.30), IV 1.91 long (0.53 + 0.20 + 0.48 + 0.40 + 0.30). Chaetotaxy unclear: 0.0.0.0, or spines lost. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. TmI 0.54. Palp (Figs 45-48): tibia with a dorsal, elephant-trunkshaped process; paracymbium narrow, long, forming a loop; tegulum with a knob ventrally; median membrane developed as a swollen, shapeless mass; embolic division large; radix fusiform, its tailpiece relatively long, slightly expanded in the middle; embolus flat, long, helical. Abdomen (Fig. 32) 1.00 long, 0.65 wide, dark grey, sparsely covered with long hairs.

Taxonomic remarks: This specimen slightly differs from the types described by Russell-Smith & Jocqué (1986) by its smaller size (1.28 versus 1.64), as well as by the curved tailpiece and its tapering proximal end.

Distribution: Known only from Nairobi and Lake Naivasha, Kenya (Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 and present paper).