Notes on the spider genus Acontius, with a description of two new species from Guinea and Burundi (Aranei: Cyrtaucheniidae)

Sergei L. Zonstein

doi:10.15298/arthsel.27.3.04

Notes on the spider genus Acontius, with a description of two new species from Guinea and Burundi (Aranei: Cyrtaucheniidae)

Sergei L. Zonstein^*

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School of Zoology

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Abstract

Acontius nimba sp.n. (♂♀) and A. kiriba sp.n. (♂♀) are described from Guinea and Burundi, respectively. Due to the similar structure of the male palp, the former resembles the Guinean A. stercoricola (Denis, 1955), while the latter looks to be related to the Eastern Congolese A. machadoi (Lawrence, 1938). However, both new species differ from their relatives by colouration, spination of legs I-IV, and the structural details of the tegulum and embolus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-226
Number of pages	8
Journal	Arthropoda Selecta
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.27.3.04
State	Published - 28 Sep 2018

Keywords

Africa
Araneae
Mygalomorphae
Spiders
Taxonomy

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Notes on the spider genus Acontius, with a description of two new species from Guinea and Burundi (Aranei: Cyrtaucheniidae)

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