. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. BONNER ZOOLOGISCHE MONOGRAPHIEN Nr. 58/2011 Description. Body length , carapace width AME always present, triads on low eleva- tions. Clypeus and sternum unmodified, male che- licerae with proximal and distal apophyses, distal apophyses provided with modified hairs. Male palpal coxa unmodified, trochanter with small retrolatero- ventral apophysis, femur simple, widening ventrally, tarsus without dorsal elongation, tarsal organ capsu- late, procursus with ventral 'knee', without dorsal spines. Male bulb either with uncus and appendix
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. BONNER ZOOLOGISCHE MONOGRAPHIEN Nr. 58/2011 Description. Body length , carapace width AME always present, triads on low eleva- tions. Clypeus and sternum unmodified, male che- licerae with proximal and distal apophyses, distal apophyses provided with modified hairs. Male palpal coxa unmodified, trochanter with small retrolatero- ventral apophysis, femur simple, widening ventrally, tarsus without dorsal elongation, tarsal organ capsu- late, procursus with ventral 'knee', without dorsal spines. Male bulb either with uncus and appendix {Ph. bourgini, Ph. chattoni), or only with appendix {Ph. guineensis, Ph. kindia, Ph. doucki), with weakly sclerotized embolus. Legs long, tibia 1 in males , tibia 1 L/d -60-80, legs without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs, tibiae with three trichobothria each except tibia 1 (prolateral trichobothrium absent), retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 3-4%. Abdomen cylindrical, with dis- tinctive ventral cuticular color pattern (two large marks with narrow connection; Figs. 1044, 1049, 1052), male gonopore with four epiandrous spigots, ALS with one widened, one pointed, and variable number of cylindrically-shaped spigots (two in Ph. doucki and Ph. chattoni, five in Ph. bourgini, un- known in other species), PMS with two small spigots. Sexual dimorphism slight, female chelicerae un- modified, body size as in males, legs slightly shorter (tibia l:-8-15). Epigynum sclerotized with 'knob', internal genitalia with pair of pore-plates of variable shape. Monophyly. The species included share the distinctive pattern ventrally on the abdomen (char. 15; two large marks with narrow connection; Figs. 1044, 1049, 1052). Relationships. The Ph. guineensis group has great su- perficial similarity with the East African lamperti group but no synapomorphies are known to link the two groups, or to suggest a closer relationship of the Ph. guineensis group with any other specie
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