<mods:titleid="C4CD99199B57219CD6E65783B29C176B">Taxonomic notes of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan, China</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="F63BD1ECE9A68452295A95F08395E03B">Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou 554300, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="31E45DE8B65181753CE3B01918A31281">Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou 554300, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="72C6A892FDDC17BC62D59C726BE0A19B">Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="D082A41B01E8672B6FFFDF148FCFD1D9">College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="635CF2D2762DD1CA9B39229FB99C1C12"authorityName="Wang & Mi & Li & Xu"authorityYear="2024"class="Arachnida"family="Salticidae"genus="Irura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="yarlungzangbo"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="6AD374E5C5B3E13D3267BD7DCDF7EAA7"captionStart="Figure 9"captionStartId="F9"captionText="Figure 9. Male palp of Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov., paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A ventral B retrolateral C dorsal. Abbreviations: CP cymbial process; E embolus; DCE dorsal cymbial extension; DTP dorsal tibial process; RTA retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD sperm duct. Scale bars: 0.1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure9"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201114">Figs 9</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="47225E0BE7E62723C74AEF42E53AFE40"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="D01A626AFEAA6B7B1D1986212F9122F2"captionStart="Figure 47"captionStartId="F47"captionText="Figure 47. Distributional records of Cheliceroides jinxini sp. nov., Dendroicius qiong sp. nov., Icius deergong sp. nov., I. yarlungzangbo sp. nov., Mintonia shiwandashan sp. nov., Okinawicius nepalicus (Andreeva, Hęciak & Prószyński, 1984), Pancorius medog sp. nov., Piranthus maddisoni sp. nov., Stertinius lhoba sp. nov., Synagelides kongmingi sp. nov., S. yunchangi sp. nov., S. xuandei sp. nov., Yaginumaella daweishan sp. nov., Y. moinba sp. nov., and Y. pingbian sp. nov."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure47"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201156">47</figureCitation>
<paragraphid="8CE9C089E788C998E2B994F63484115C">The specific name refers to the Yarlung Zangbo National Nature Reserve, the type locality; noun in apposition.</paragraph>
<taxonomicNameid="DA099B26D53423165BC96FADE2880451"authorityName="Wang & Mi & Li & Xu"authorityYear="2024"class="Arachnida"family="Salticidae"genus="Irura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="yarlungzangbo"status="sp. nov.">
<taxonomicNameid="31B7F84384A5805DDA176397C176166D"authority="Gan, Wang & Peng, 2017"authorityName="Gan, Wang & Peng"authorityYear="2017"class="Arachnida"family="Salticidae"genus="Irura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="zhangae">
<bibRefCitationid="B7DC61C8B7CE56A94FCC61893109639A"DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.7"author="Gan JH & Wang C & Peng XJ"issue="2"journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa"pagination="273-282"refId="B6"refString="Gan JH, Wang C, Peng XJ (2017) Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4226 (2): 273 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4226.2. 7"title="Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China (Araneae: Salticidae)."volume="4226"year="2017">
<figureCitationid="2199C8151B101422C0EF85B19393F8D4"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 B</figureCitation>
) vs ~ 2 × longer than wide (
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: fig. 2 F, G, 3 D, E), and by the absence of an incision between copulatory openings (Fig.
<figureCitationid="61745A4B84B642B6DDE8BDE8AC9A3BF8"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 A</figureCitation>
) vs having a square incision between copulatory openings (
<bibRefCitationid="C6A54B7471F3539FC5B664E8FAA19363"DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.7"author="Gan"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Gan"issue="2"journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa"pagination="273-282"refId="B6"refString="Gan JH, Wang C, Peng XJ (2017) Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4226 (2): 273–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.7"title="Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China (Araneae: Salticidae)."volume="4226"year="2017">Gan et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2 F, G, 3 D, E). The male can be easily distinguished by the presence of dorsal cymbial extension (
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<taxonomicNameid="16C206C1A4FEAC9A62400C333B0ACF56"authorityName="Wang & Mi & Li & Xu"authorityYear="2024"class="Arachnida"family="Salticidae"genus="Irura"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="yarlungzangbo"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="13F21162BDA2AC61C63B3C2DAD357BC6"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 A, B, D – G</figureCitation>
). Total length 3.78. Carapace 1.43 long, 1.65 wide. Abdomen 2.05 long, 1.65 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances:
<abbrevid="ABBRID0EBKBG"xlink_title="anterior median eye">AME</abbrev>
<abbrevid="ABBRID0EVKBG"xlink_title="eye field length">EFL</abbrev>
0.74. Legs: I 3.28 (1.05, 0.75, 0.65, 0.48, 0.35), II 2.31 (0.75, 0.45, 0.45, 0.38, 0.28), III 2.02 (0.63, 0.35, 0.38, 0.38, 0.28), IV 2.49 (0.85, 0.43, 0.50, 0.43, 0.28). Carapace red-brown, covered with thin brown setae and pale scales, with pair of dark spots centrally on eye field. Chelicerae incised on base of anterior surface, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal fissidentate tooth with three cusps. Leg I robust, with two pairs of ventral spines on tibiae and metatarsi. Abdomen oval, dorsum mainly pale, with two pairs of anterior muscle depressions and medio-posterior shallow depressions surrounded by brown C-shaped stripes; venter with dark brown posterior half, and two pairs of pale yellow dotted lines.
<figureCitationid="97B184F12DEE88B67699AE60B0FFE3D2"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="79414E17748E4552BAAB882E98B963DD"captionStart="Figure 9"captionStartId="F9"captionText="Figure 9. Male palp of Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov., paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A ventral B retrolateral C dorsal. Abbreviations: CP cymbial process; E embolus; DCE dorsal cymbial extension; DTP dorsal tibial process; RTA retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD sperm duct. Scale bars: 0.1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure9"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201114">9</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="D0DE636E1A8CF8764DDB6938C4CD2CA6"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 C, H</figureCitation>
). Total length 2.63. Carapace 1.29 long, 1.37 wide. Abdomen 1.41 long, 1.22 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances:
<abbrevid="ABBRID0EIMBG"xlink_title="anterior median eye">AME</abbrev>
<abbrevid="ABBRID0E3MBG"xlink_title="eye field length">EFL</abbrev>
0.65. Legs: I 3.53 (1.05, 0.75, 0.78, 0.50, 0.45), II 2.34 (0.75, 0.43, 0.45, 0.43, 0.28), III 2.00 (0.63, 0.33, 0.38, 0.38, 0.28), IV missing. Carapace (Fig.
<figureCitationid="C30D259367B6B1A6B37F9282B2E25D30"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 C</figureCitation>
) brown, covered with purplish gold scales. Chelicerae (Fig.
<figureCitationid="44CD49D62F1FBAA51A85831767231512"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 H</figureCitation>
) similar to that of female except retromarginal fissidentate tooth only with two cusps. Legs brown, mingled with green. Abdomen (Fig.
<figureCitationid="4C16AEC79606A9DBDC0115A7D8762E19"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov. A, B, D – G female holotype and C, H male paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C, D habitus, dorsal E ditto, ventral F carapace, frontal G, H chelicera, posterior. Abbreviations: AS anterior chamber of spermatheca; CD copulatory duct; CO copulatory opening; FD fertilization duct; JS junction duct of spermatheca; PS posterior chamber of spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G, H); 0.5 mm (C – F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201115">10 C</figureCitation>
) oval, dorsum mainly dark brown, covered with purplish gold scales, with pair of pale median patches and transverse, posterior, pale band; venter dark brown.
<figureCitationid="B040D1DA5AC1F869753627645FC9C6C8"captionStart="Figure 9"captionStartId="F9"captionText="Figure 9. Male palp of Irura yarlungzangbo sp. nov., paratype (TRU - JS 0740) A ventral B retrolateral C dorsal. Abbreviations: CP cymbial process; E embolus; DCE dorsal cymbial extension; DTP dorsal tibial process; RTA retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD sperm duct. Scale bars: 0.1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640.figure9"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201114">9 A – C</figureCitation>
): femur length / width ratio ca 2.72; patella ~ 1.6 × longer than wide in retrolateral view; tibia slightly longer than patella, with well-developed, lamellar retrolateral apophysis (
