taxonID	type	description	language	source
4F414E6F5C475C2EAEE00472EC4A81FC.taxon	materials_examined	Other material examined. 2 ♂ subadults, Kenya, Uasin Gishu County, Endebbes Town, Mount Elgon National Park, Mutamaiyo Camp Site, 34 ° 43.07 ' E, 01 ° 4.02 ' N, 2824 m, 7. VII. 2017, Grace Kioko leg.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
4F414E6F5C475C2EAEE00472EC4A81FC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is a combination of two Swahili words " macho ", meaning eyes, and " ndogo' ', meaning small, referring to the indiscernible posterior median eyes of this species.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
4F414E6F5C475C2EAEE00472EC4A81FC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Like other members of Chediminae, Hybosida machondogo sp. nov. possess contiguous lateral eyes and accessory structures of the male palp (see Zonstein and Marusik 2013, figs 1 - 9; Zonstein et al. 2018). It closely resembles H. lesserti by having (1) a more compact carapace with the cephalic part narrowed (2) an elevated carapace with a steep posterior slope (3) a strongly convex carapace in lateral view and (4) poorly developed scopula on both the metatarsi and tarsi of legs I (see Berland 1920, figs 128, 131). However, H. machondogo sp. nov. differs from H. lesserti and other members of this genus by having (1) 8 eyes instead of 6, (2) a bulb with relatively long, sharp and less curved apophysis (vs. strongly curved in H. lesserti).	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
4F414E6F5C475C2EAEE00472EC4A81FC.taxon	description	Description. Male. Fig. 5 A-C. Total body length 2.05. Carapace, pedicel and sternum reddish orange, 1.11 long, 0.83 wide at leg II, carapace dome-shaped and covered with white setae at the edges, finely rugose. Thoracic region higher than cephalic region, steeply sloping towards pedicel (Fig. 5 C). Fovea crescent-like, bipartite (Figs 5 A, 6 D), wide distally (sulci diverging). Sternum with long, gray setae. Eyes: AER strongly recurved, PER slightly procurved (Fig. 6 C). Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, PME ≤ 0.01, PLE = ALE = 0.04, AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.08, AME-PLE 0.06, PME-PME 0.09. Clypeus about 2 times higher than diameter of AME. Labium deeply notched (smoothly recurved in all described palpimanids). Endites colored as sternum, depressed proximally, covered with gray setae. Legs: yellowish without spines. Femur I enlarged and longer than patella; scopula on tibia, metatarsus and tarsus weakly developed (compared to Scelidocteus). Femur II somewhat longer than femora III-IV (Fig. 5 C), tarsal claws long and unidentate. Metatarsi II-IV with distal preening comb. Generally, leg integument appears rough. Leg and palp measurements as in Table 3. Abdomen: unsclerotized, uniformly yellowish, oval, narrow towards the pedicel and wide at the middle. Pedicel considerably exposed, lateral and postgastric scutum extensions absent, dorsal portion of scutum present but short. Spinnerets short yellowish and unsegmented. Palp yellowish, femur longer than tibia, patella about 2 times shorter than femur. Tibia enlarged, almost conical in prolateral view, 1.86 times wider than patella, about 2 times wider than femur. Cymbium about 1.5 times longer than tibia, slightly shorter than apophysis. Tegular region is membranous, apophysis pointed, extends anteriorly. Embolus short, blunt and directed laterally (Fig. 5 D-F). Female. Unknown.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
4F414E6F5C475C2EAEE00472EC4A81FC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species is currently known only from the type locality.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
D39809A043FB532EA0B6AE7A77B431D8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. All four described species of this genus have six eyes, PMEs are absent (Simon 1898, Platnick 1979, Saaristo 2010). H. dauban Platnick, 1979 and H. lucida Simon, 1898 are endemic to Seychelles and H. scabra and H. lesserti are known from East Africa.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
CA005CE68FC151ED9499841D2570FE19.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is a combination of Taita and Taveta, the county from which the specimens were collected; noun in apposition.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
CA005CE68FC151ED9499841D2570FE19.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Males of this species differ from those of other members of Scelidocteus by the uniquely spiral-shaped embolus (Fig. 3 C-E cf. Pocock 1903, fig. 3; de Lessert 1930, fig. 4; Jezequel 1964, figs 2 A, B, 4 a, b). Females of S. taitave sp. nov. differ from those of other species by the structure of the endogyne; the orientation of sac-like receptacles (touching medially, with a space below them) mounted on oval, membranous receptive chambers and the outline of a rigid extension of the posterior wall of the epigastric fold (Fig. 4 C, D; Jezequel 1964, figs 1, 3).	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
CA005CE68FC151ED9499841D2570FE19.taxon	description	Description. Male. Fig. 3 A, B. Total body length 3.90. Color in alcohol: carapace and chelicerae orange-red, legs I, endites, sternum and labium orange, legs II-IV lighter, yellowish. Carapace 1.88 long, 1.50 wide at leg II, oval in dorsal view, finely granulate, cephalic part slightly elevated behind eye area. Thoracic fovea a longitudinal, deep slit, approximately 0.10 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.06, PLE 0.06, PME 0.06, AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.09, AME-PLE 0.04, ALE-PLE <0.01, PLE-PME 0.24. AER slightly procurved, almost straight, PER strongly recurved. Chelicerae flattened anteriorly towards the fangs, 1.60 long, cheliceral furrow with several peg-like teeth. Stridulatory mound absent. Clypeus approximately 2 times shorter than length of chelicerae. Sternum 1.09 long, 0.86 wide at leg II; shield shaped, rebordered, finely granulate. Endites almost D-shaped, labium notch 0.13 long, about a quarter of labium length. Leg I: coxa, patella and tibia possess dark, thorn-like outgrowths and well developed prolateral scopula on tibia and metatarsus. Tarsus I with weakly developed scopula. Leg and palp measurements as in Table 2. Abdomen oval with short, grey setae, dorsal portion of epigastric scutum very small, pedicel short, spinnerets short and unsegmented. Palp (Fig. 3 C-E): tibia, as long as wide, approximately 2.5 times wider than femur. Cymbium long and thin, tapering distally. " Conductor " bifurcate; embolus long and spiral, obscuring some parts of tegulum. Embolus ends with a bleached, claw-like structure at apex. Female. General appearance as in Fig. 4 A, B. Coloration as in male. Total length 4.88. Carapace 2.19 long, 1.72 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.06, PLE 0.06, PME 0.06, AME-AME 0.05, ALE-AME 0.08, ALE-PLE <0.01, PLE-PME 0.20, PME-PME 0.7. Sternum 1.25 long, 1.00 wide, labium 0.5 long, 0.44 wide at the base, labium notch 1 / 3 length of labium. Vulva with fine, thread-like structures and 3 pairs of stalked, grape-shaped glands attached to a pair of relatively ovate and membranous receptive chambers.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
CA005CE68FC151ED9499841D2570FE19.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species is currently known only from the type locality.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
B340A354E03A54CAA415990C00D080A7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after Mr. Brian Marsh OBE, the founder of the Marsh Christian Trust Awards for Ecologists in Africa, which the third author was awarded in 2019; noun (name) in genitive case.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
B340A354E03A54CAA415990C00D080A7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. See diagnosis of the genus.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
B340A354E03A54CAA415990C00D080A7.taxon	description	Description. Male. Habitus as in Fig. 1 A-C. Total body length 3.83. Color in alcohol: carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium, leg I coxa and epigastric scutum uniformly reddish orange to reddish brown, entire palp and most of leg I slightly paler reddish orange, legs II-IV with yellowish femur and patella and darkened distal segments. Carapace 2.13 long, 1.75 wide. Fovea longitudinal, open posteriorly. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, PME 0.05, PLE 0.06, ALE 0.06, AME-AME 0.09, PME-PME 0.19, AME-PME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PLE 0.13, ALE-PLE <0.01. AER almost straight. Labium triangular 0.25 long, 2 times the length of labium notch, clypeus 2 times shorter than length of chelicerae. Sternum 1.00 long, 0.78 wide, granulate. Endites trapezoidal, pale yellow anteriorly. Abdomen as in genus description. Palp: Patella sub-globular, as long as 1 / 3 length of tibia. Tibia 0.35 long, 0.31 wide. Cymbium about 2 times longer than wide. Female. Cephalothorax in dorsal and ventral aspects as in Fig. 2 A, B, respectively. Color in alcohol: carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium, leg I coxa and epigastric scutum and abdomen same as in male. Body length 5.1. Carapace 3.1 long, 2.2 wide, fairly granulate. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, PME 0.08, PLE 0.06, ALE 0.06, AME-AME 0.09, PME-PME 0.19, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PLE 0.13, ALE-PLE <0.01. Notch is approximately 1 / 2 the length of labium which is 0.24 long. Clypeus / chelicera length ratio 1: 1. Epigastric scutum sclerotized, book lung operculum visible, lateral sclerites present, posterior edge strongly undulate. Vulva not visible through integument, distant from epigastric fold, with stalked grape-shaped glands. Receptacles oval, mounted on a pair of irregular receptive chambers, separated (Fig. 2 C, D). Leg and palp measurements in Table 1.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
B340A354E03A54CAA415990C00D080A7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species is currently known only from the type locality.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
E47127347E665842B72E43E27A04D942.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This genus possesses some characteristics that are also found in Sarascelis Simon, 1887 and Scelidocteus Simon, 1887, such as the dentate segments of leg I (which include at least the dorsal surface of the coxa and basal part of the femur) and the spiral embolus. The name is a combination of " Sceli " from Scelidocteus and " Scelis " from Sarascelis. The gender is feminine.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
E47127347E665842B72E43E27A04D942.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new genus closely resembles Sarascelis in general appearance by having much larger AMEs (Fig. 1 A; also see Jezequel 1964, fig. 5 a-c, Zonstein and Marusik 2013; figs 5, 6). It can, however, be distinguished from Sarascelis, Scelidocteus and the close ally Steriphopus Simon, 1887 by (1) having a greatly extended bulb (vs. the more or less bulky palpal structures of Sarascelis and Steriphopus) (2) the large AMEs (Steriphopus has considerably smaller AMEs) (3) the shape of the thoracic fovea, which is an elongated Ω-shape in Sceliscelis (vs. a longitudinal slit or anchor-like in Sarascelis and Scelidocteus) (4) the presence of a hook-like extension at the distal end of a sword-like " conductor " (vs. extension absent in other members of the family) (5) the poorly developed scopula on metatarsus and tarsus I (6) the rugose carapace in Sceliscelis gen. n. (vs. smooth or finely rugose in Sarascelis, Scelidocteus and Steriphopus) (see Zonstein and Marusik 2013). Females of Sceliscelis can be distinguished from those of Sarascelis and Scelidocteus by the wavy, rigid extension of the genital area and by a pair of divergent sac-like receptacles.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
E47127347E665842B72E43E27A04D942.taxon	description	Description. Medium-sized. Carapace dome shaped, coarsely granulated and hairless, medially elevated, fovea longitudinal, open posteriorly (elongated Ω-shape). Eight eyes, MOQ trapezoidal; AME largest, about 3 times as large as PME; ALE, PLE and PME subequal to each other. AER straight. Labium triangular, notched, longer than wide but broader at base. Chelicerae directed ventrally, 2 times longer than clypeus, granulate. Endites trapezoidal, about 1.5 times longer than wide. Abdomen clay yellow, oval and covered with short, gray setae in both sexes. Femur of male palp slender, longer than wide, patella shorter than " conductor ". Cymbium with setae, pointed at tip and indented (prolateral view). Embolus spiral, with accompanying membrane and a silvery, palm-like embolic extension. " Conductor " sword-shaped, longer than wide, slightly longer than embolus. Endogyne wavy anteriorly, forming a rigid epigastric wall.	en	Oketch, Ambata D., Zonstein, Sergei, Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2020): Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61 (2): 93-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
