Triaeris menchum, new species Figures 61–67 TYPE: Female holotype taken in a forest at an elevation of 2150 m at Lake Oku, 6°12′N, 10°27′E, Menchum Division, North-West Province, Cameroon (Feb. 7–13, 1992; C. Griswold, S. Larcher, N. Scharff, C. Wanzie), deposited in CAS (PBI_OON 3486). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the leaf-shaped sclerotizations at the sides of the posterior receptaculum (figs. 66, 67). MALE: Unknown. FEMALE (PBI_OON 3486, figs. 61–67): Total length 2.29. Carapace pale orange, sides finely reticulate. Eyes subequal, ALE separated by more than their diameter; posterior eye row procurved from front. Sternum, mouthparts pale orange. Dorsal scutum pale orange, covering less than half of abdomen length, less than 1/4 of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, without posteriorly directed lateral apodemes. Legs pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination: patella I v0-1p-1r; tibiae: I v2-4-0; II v1r-1r-0; IV v0-0-2. Genital atrium represented only as narrow slit; posterior receptaculum globular, with leaf-shaped lateral sclerotizations. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One female with the same data as the holotype, “beneath rocks and logs” (CAS PBI_OON 3482). DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

Published as part of Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, Got Males?: The Enigmatic Goblin Spider Genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae), pp. 1-36 in American Museum Novitates 2012 (3756) on page 32, DOI: 10.1206/3756.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5986419