. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa. 595 scattered blackish dots, darker towards the posterior apex, especially at the sides and just above the spinners; legs not strongly banded, tibiae with 2 light and 2 dark bands. Eyes.—Medians fairly strongly recurved, a line touching the upper surfaces of the anteriors passing through the centres of the posterior m -. Fig. 35.—Selenops capensis n. sp. a, normal, and 6, abnormal, form of vulva, $. c, d, tibia of pedipalp, cJ, from in front, and from out
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa. 595 scattered blackish dots, darker towards the posterior apex, especially at the sides and just above the spinners; legs not strongly banded, tibiae with 2 light and 2 dark bands. Eyes.—Medians fairly strongly recurved, a line touching the upper surfaces of the anteriors passing through the centres of the posterior m -. Fig. 35.—Selenops capensis n. sp. a, normal, and 6, abnormal, form of vulva, $. c, d, tibia of pedipalp, cJ, from in front, and from outer side. medians; anterior medians a little smaller than posterior medians, a little less than their own diameter apart, their radius from the posterior medians; posterior medians half the diameter of the posterior laterals; anterior medians their radius or a little more from the edge of clypeus. Chelicerae.—Inferior margin with 2 teeth separated by more than the width of the apical tooth, the basal a little smaller than the apical tooth. Legs.—Tibia I and II with 6 pairs of inferior spines, metatarsus I and II with 3 pairs of inferior spines. Vulva as in fig. 35, a. This is the usual type of structure found in this species, while fig. 35, b, represents an abnormal form from the same locality (Signal Hill, Cape Town).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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