Acanthinozodium tibesti Jocqué, 1991

Acanthinozodium tibesti Jocqué, 1991 View in CoL

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Acanthinozodium tibesti Jocqué, 1991: 130 View in CoL , figs 315–319.

Acanthinozodium crateriferum Jocqué & Henrard, 2015: 4 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 1a–e, 2a–c, 3a–c. Syn. nov.

Acanthinozodium tibesti View in CoL – Jocqué & Henrard 2015: 21, fig. 12a.

Diagnosis

For male diagnosis, refer to Jocqué & Henrard (2015). Females can be distinguished from other congeners by a pair of triangular atria separated by a thin median septum ( Fig. 18A–B View Fig ).

Material examined

EGYPT • 1 ♀; Cairo, Mariout , Aswan; MNHN-AR2847 .

Description

For a detailed description of female, refer to Jocqué (1991).

Remarks

During our examination of the Simon collection, we identified a tube labelled Zodarium longipes rubidus MNHN-AR2847 , which contained one female specimen of A. tibesti beside additional specimens belonging to Z. nitidum .

Acanthinozodium tibesti was originally described from a single female collected in Chad ( Jocqué 1991: figs 315–319). Then, Jocqué & Henrard (2015: fig. 12a) provided a photograph of the epigyne to elucidate morphological features. In the same study, they described A. crateriferum from Ethiopia – a species morphologically very similar to A. tibesti – and provided a comparative diagnosis that emphasized distinctions between A. crateriferum and A. zavattarii Caporiacco, 1941 .

Upon detailed morphological comparison of the specimen from the Simon collection with the descriptions and illustrations of both A. tibesti and A. crateriferum , we found no substantial diagnostic differences to justify their separation. Accordingly, we propose that A. crateriferum should be synonymized with A. tibesti , with the former being recognized as a junior synonym.

Distribution

Acanthinozodium tibesti was formerly recorded from Chad and Ethiopia; this is the first report of this species from Egypt.