Abstract
Two new species of Telemidae from Kenya are described: Guhua kakamegaensis Zhao & Li, gen. et sp. n., Apneumonella taitatavetaensis Zhao & Li, sp. n. Holotypes are deposited in the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, and all paratypes are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. A distribution map of Telemidae found in Kenya is presented.
Highlights
Telemidae Fage, 1913 is a relatively small family consisting of nine genera and 69 species (World Spider Catalog 2017), which are unevenly distributed in rainforest and karst regions of tropical Africa, Europe, East and Southeast Asia and the New World
Type specimens were deposited in the National Museum of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi and the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China
This new species is similar to A. oculata but females can be distinguished by their globular abdomen with two outgrowths near the carapace, which are not present in A. oculata
Summary
Telemidae Fage, 1913 is a relatively small family consisting of nine genera and 69 species (World Spider Catalog 2017), which are unevenly distributed in rainforest and karst regions of tropical Africa, Europe, East and Southeast Asia and the New World. Type specimens were deposited in the National Museum of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi and the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China. The first record of Telemidae from Kenya, with the description of two new species... Females can be distinguished by the sclerotized and arched receptacle (Fig. 3C–D), as no sclerotized receptacle have been reported in other genera. It is presumed that this new genus was the first record of a sclerotized receptacle in Telemidae.
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