Dictis soeur Zamani & Stockmann & Magalhaes & Rheims 2022, comb. n.

• Published in: The Canadian field-naturalist
• Main Authors: Zamani, Alireza, Stockmann, Mark, Magalhaes, Ivan L. F., Rheims, Cristina A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Scytodidae; Dictis; Dictis soeur; Bird Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876568; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/870687D7FF83FFAD15A593DCAD2D9146

Dictis soeur (Saaristo, 1997) comb. n. Figs 8A–G, 9A–C Soeuria soeur Saaristo, 1997: 55, figs 18‒19 (♀ holotype from SEYCHELLES, Petit Soeur [04°17'S, 55°52'E], 24 April 1975, M. Muhlenberg leg., deposited in RMCA_ARA_177156, examined); Saaristo 2010: 207, figs 28.20‒23. Additional material examined. SEYCHELLES: 1♂, 1♀, 1juv., Alphonse [7°00'S 52°43'E], 8‒9 April 2001, J. Gerlach leg. (ZMUT AA2.154, 2.161); 1♀, Bird Island [3°43'S 55°12'E], pitfall, 25 March 2000, BirdLife team leg. (ZMUT AA1.744); 14juv., Cousine Island [4°21'S 55°38'E], 23‒25 January 1999, M. Saaristo leg. (ZMUT AA1.139‒1.142); 1♂, 1♀, Denis Island [3°48'S 55°40'E], sweeping, October 1999, BirdLife team leg. (ZMUT AA1.738); 1♀, same locality as previous specimen, sweeping, April 2000, BirdLife team leg. (ZMUT AA2.070); 2juv., Marianne Island [4°20'S 55°55'E], sweeping, 23 October 1999, BirdLife team leg. (ZMUT AA2.071‒2.072); 10juv., Silhouette Island [4°29'S 55°14'E], December 1993, J. Gerlach leg. (ZMUT AA1.143); 3♀, Praslin Island, Anse Cimitiere [4°29'S 55°15'E], 17‒18 January 1999, M. Saaristo leg. (ZMUT AA1.136‒1.138); 1♀, Silhouette Island, Anse Lascars [4°29'S 55°15'E], 12 January 1999, J. Gerlach leg. (ZMUT AA1.135); 3♂, 2♀, 23juv., same locality as previous specimen, 7 January 1999, M. Saaristo leg. (ZMUT AA1.133‒1.134); 2♂, 1♀, 7juv., no specific locality, 12‒22 January 1999, M. Saaristo leg. (ZMUT AA1.129‒1.132). Diagnosis. Males of D . soeur resemble those of D. striatipes (Fig. 11G–K) by the palp with a subdistal prolateral pick and a retrolateral claw-like hyaline membrane. They differ from the latter species by the palpal tibia longer than patella ( vs . subequal in D. striatipes ), and by the embolus slightly constricted at base, subdistally curved with undulate tip (Fig. 8F–G) ( vs . without constriction, mostly straight with gently curved tip in D. striatipes ). Females are distinguished from all congeners by positioning ridges and postepigastric fovea separated from one another by almost seven times their width (Fig. 9A–C) ...