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Icius ombella sp. nov. Fig. 14 Diagnosis. The species is closest to Icius olokomei Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 from Nigeria with which it shares a similar habitus and an epigyne with two large oval depressions. It can be distinguished by the course of the seminal ducts entering the spermathecae in their anterior part, rather than in the posterior part in Icius olokomei — compare Fig. 14D with fig. 81 in Wesołowska & Russell-Smith (2011). Etymology. The name is derived from Ombella prefecture, where the type locality is situated, it is a noun in apposition. Type material. Holotype, ♀: C.A. R., Ombella Mpoko, Bangui, après la corniche, route de Ouango, 4°22'22.12"N, 18°35'53.70"E, alt. 356m, jardin autour maison, 3–10 Nov. 2010. Description. Male unknown. Female: Dimensions. Cephalothorax length 1.8, width 1.5, height 0.7. Eye field length 0.7, anterior width 1.1, posterior width 1.2. Abdomen length 2.4, width 1.7. General appearance as in Fig. 14A. Carapace oval, moderately high, dark brown with slightly lighter slopes, eye field black. Whole carapace clothed in thin greyish setae, longer bristles near eyes. Stridulatory apparatus absent. Some white setae on clypeus. Chelicerae unidentate, labium and endites brown with whitish tips, sternum brown. Abdomen ovoid, greyish-brown, with three pairs of small yellowish median patches and four pairs of submarginal spots, light patch at end of abdomen (Fig. 14A). Dorsal surface of abdomen covered with brown setae. Venter medially beige with two line of light dots, laterally yellow. Anterior spinnerets yellow, posteriors grey. Legs yellowish-brown with darker distal parts of segments. Palps yellow with brown patch at their ends. Epigyne rounded, very weakly sclerotized, with two large rounded depressions (Fig. 14B–C), genitalia small in relation to epigyne area. Internal structure as in Fig. 14D. Natural history. The only specimen was collected in garden in Bangui, close to the Ubangui river, but also in the still wild Bangui Hill. Further specimens will be needed to understand the biology and distribution of the species. Distribution. Known only from C.A.R. (Bangui).