Paradonea splendens (Lawrence)

Paradonea splendens (Lawrence) View in CoL Figs 10C, D13L14A68 D–F, I, J71

Adonea splendens Lawrence, 1936: 146.

Paradonea splendens (Lawrence, 1936). Lawrence 1968: 116.

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from other eresids except Dorceus , some Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n. by the wider than long cephalic region (Figs 10D, 68D), distinguished from these by the subtrapezoidal shape of the cephalic region, much wider anteriorly than posteriorly ( Figs 10D, 68D; subrectangular in Dorceus , Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n. with little difference in width anteriorly to posteriorly, e.g., Figs 8F, 9J); distinguished from other eresids except the male of Adonea by the posterior margin of the cephalic region, which slightly overhangs the thoracic region; distinguished from many eresids including Adonea , Dorceus , Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n. by the mesally excavated chelicerae (Fig. 68F; contiguous or only slightly excavated in Adonea , Dorceus , Dresserus , and Loureedia gen. n.).

Description.

Male (Sunnyside, South Africa, C1076, SAM): Carapace with band of white setae around margin of thoracic region, additional white setae form several patches including one on the posterior part of the cephalic region; cephalic region subtrapezoidal, wider than long anteriorly, posterior margin straight, strongly raised, slightly overhanging thoracic region posteriorly; AME distinctly smaller than PME (AME/PME 0.40), median eyes separated on horizontal axis, some overlap on vertical axis; ALE tubercles absent; PER narrower than AER (PER/AER 0.86), PLE position on carapace 0.44; clypeal hood forms acute angle; fovea moderately deep. Chelicerae with lateral boss, excavated mesally. Legs with bands of white setae, especially dorsally along the length of most segments; with row of distal ventral macrosetae on metatarsus I–IV and scattered ventral macrosetae on tibia, metatarsus and tarsus I–IV. Abdomen black with longitudinal stripe with uneven margins formed by a thick concentration of white setae (Figs 10C, D, 68 D–F; note description of pattern of setae and color on carapace, legs, and abdomen based in part on specimens other than C1076, which is missing most setae; see Appendix A)

Male palp with proximal-distal axis; tegulum bulbous; conductor and embolus together form apical complex making one helical turn; conductor moderately sclerotized, tip a blunt point; tegular division longer than embolic division; cymbium with several macrosetae over dorsal to prolateral surface (Figs 13L, 14A, 68I, J).

Female: Unknown.