A new forest dwelling button spider from South Africa (Araneae, Theridiidae, Latrodectus) Author Wright, B. M. O. G. Author Wright, C. D. Author Sole, C. L. Author Lyle, R. Author Tippett, R. Author Sholto-Douglas, C. Author Verburgt, L. Author Engelbrecht, I. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-11-26 4700 4 584 600 journal article 24807 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.12 0860c42c-a07f-452f-873f-7ec6178e355b 1175-5326 3557552 1602CD7C-66ED-4C77-86ED-40A594187F99

TABLE 2. Summary of selected characteristics of males of African Latrodectus spp. from Dahl 1902, Schmidt et al 1994, Lotz 1994, Levy 1998, Mirshamsi 2005. Abbreviations: TL = total length, CW = carapace width, T1 = tibia I length. * = data unavailable. Length measurements in mm.

	L. umbukwane n. sp.	L. cinctus	L. indistinctus	L. karrooensis	L. renivulvatus	L. tredecimguttatus	L. geometricus	L. rhodesiensis	L. pallidus
TL	3.19 (2.75–3.50; n=7)	3.35 (3.00–3.85; n=10)	3.48 (2.60–4.15; n=10)	4.35 (3.93–4.85; n=10)	3.19 (2.55–4.00; n=10)	4.24 (4.10–4.40; n=4)	2.94 (2.65–3.25; n=10)	3.09 (2.60–3.75; n=10)	3.5–5.5
CW	1.09 (0.98–1.18) (n=6)	1.23 (1.05–1.35; n=10)	1.51 (1.25–1.80; n=10)	1.70 (1.65–1.75; n=10)	1.16 (1.00–1.30; n=10)	1.60 (1.45–1.65)	1.02 (0.90–1.02; n=10)	1.17 (1.00–1.35; n=10)	*
T1	2.08 (1.95–2.25; n=7)	2.88 (220–3.50; n=10)	2.93 (2.45–3.65; n=10)	3.75 (3.55–3.95; n=10)	2.52 (2.10–2.90; n=10)	3.35 (3.00–3.60; n=4)	2.18 (1.85–2.35; n=10)	2.44 (2.00–2.85; n=10)	*
Embolus	4 loops	3 loops	3 loops	3 loops	4 loops	3 loops	4 loops	5 loops	3 loops
Abdomen: dorsal	At maturity complete white spots that fade with age	Three orange transvers bands (with indistinct centers on posterior pair)	Similar to L. geometricus but without dark spots and distinct posterior median stripe	Red T-shaped marking on dorsum as female but more brightly coloured	3 continuous transverse orange-red bands and 3 longitudinal posterior short bands on a dark background	Anterior red transverse mark with 3 pairs of red lateral marks and 4 medial red marks	Broken light transverse areas on dark back- ground	Similar to L. geometricus	Mostly white or off-white with dark brown spots in rows
Abdomen: ventral	Yellow-white transverse ventral marking near the book lungs	2 orange transverse bands posterior with indistinct oblong mark in-between	Distinct orange-red hour glass pat- tern	As in female but more brightly coloured	Black	Narrow anterior red band discon- tinued in the middle and short posterior bar in front of spinnerets	Distinct orange-red hour glass pattern	Distinct orange-red hour glass pattern	White to yellowish hourglass marking