New species of Langona Simon, 1901 and Neaetha Simon, 1884 (Araneae Salticidae) from Thailand
Author
Żabka, Marek
0000-0001-8903-3009
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, B. Prusa 14, 08 - 110 Siedlce, Poland marek. zabka @ uph. edu. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8903 - 3009
marek.zabka@uph.edu.pl
Author
Patoleta, Barbara M.
0000-0002-6931-7597
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, B. Prusa 14, 08 - 110 Siedlce, Poland marek. zabka @ uph. edu. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8903 - 3009 & barbara. patoleta @ uph. edu. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6931 - 7597
barbara.patoleta@uph.edu.pl
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-30
4899
1
374
383
journal article
8725
10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.19
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1175-5326
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Langona pattayensis
sp. nov.
Figs 1–20
Etymology.
The species is named after the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
In the similar
L
.
davidi
(
Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015
)
, the anterior tegular outgrowth is oriented retrolaterally
vs
prolaterally in
L. pattayensis
sp. nov.
The embolus (
Fig. 10
) is much longer than in
L
.
davidi
(see
Caleb 2020
: fig. 17I), coiling more than 360°
vs
180º in
L
.
davidi
. The shape of the epigyne (
Fig. 18
) is most similar to that of
L. pallida
Prószyński, 1993
, but the pockets are deeper, and the spermathecae (
Figs 19–20
) have more distinctive accessory glands.
Description.
Male
(
Holotype
, UUME UPSZTY 155662,
Figs 1–12
).
Carapace rather low and flat. Thoracic part almost twice as long as cephalic part, with 2 longitudinal stripes of white setae. Clypeus high, light brown, cheeks covered with white scales. Endites and labium light brown, with light tips. Sternum brown. Legs light brown, dorsally darker, legs I and IV with brown joint areas. Leg spination not distinctive. Dorsal opisthosoma with delicate scutum making up 57% of opisthosoma length, colouration light brown, centrally lighter with long protruding anterior white and brown setae. Spinnerets not distinctive, brown. Ventral opisthosoma light brown, with light setae.
Palp as in
Figs 7–12
. Ventral tibial apophysis in form of round outgrowth, retrolateral apophysis wide at base, distally pointed, ventrally bent and accompanied by long, thick, brown bristles. Tegulum elongate, with posterior pointed lobe and apical outgrowth. Embolus long, proximal part hidden by tegulum, coiling ca. 540º, visible distal part needle-like.
Dimensions: CL 2.90, CW 2.08,
CH
1.39, clypeus height 0.27, EFL 0.99, AEW 1.57, AME diameter 0.47, PEW 1.39, OL 2.75, OW 1.80, legs: I 4.81 (0.30, 1.45, 0.93, 0.89, 0.65, 0.59), II 4.47 (0.28, 1.36, 0.87, 0.81, 0.53, 0.62), III 6.40 (0.32, 2.03, 1.03, 1.06, 1.32, 0.64), IV 6.19 (0.32, 1.70, 1.02, 1.08, 1.37, 0.70).
Female
(
Paratype
, UUME UPSZTY 155663,
Figs 13–20
).
Carapace brown, with darker eye field, covered with brown setae and white scales, latter forming two thoracic stripes. Clypeus light brown, cheeks covered with white scales. Chelicerae light brown, palps light brown with white setae. Endites and labium light brown, with lighter tips, sternum elongate, yellowish. Legs light brown, with brown patches and annulations. Leg spination not distinctive. Opisthosoma poorly preserved, dorsally light brown, covered with brown setae. Ventral opisthosoma light grey. Spinnerets not distinctive, light brown.
Epigyne as illustrated in
Figs 18–20
: with 2 merging posterior pockets, copulatory openings crescent-shaped, oriented towards each other, copulatory ducts C-shaped, membranous, spermathecae thick-walled, strongly sclerotized, multi-chambered, with distinctive accessory glands.
FIGURES 1–6.
Male holotype of
Langona pattayensis
sp. nov.
1 Habitus, dorsal; 2 Carapace pattern; 3 Chelicerae, endites and labium, ventral; 4 Habitus, ventral; 5 Same, lateral; 6 Prosoma, frontal. Scales: 1, 4–6 = 1 mm.
FIGURES 7–12.
Male paratype palps of
Langona pattayensis
sp. nov.
7, 11 Ventral; 8 Retrolatero-ventral; 9 Retrolateral, expanded tegulum; 10 Same, apical; 12 Retrolateral. Abbreviations: ao—anterior tegular outgrowth; b—bristles; e—embolus; rta—retrolateral tibial apophysis; sd—sperm duct; t—tegulum; tl—tegular lobe; vta—ventral tibial apophysis. Scales: 7 = 1 mm, 11–12 as in fig.
Dimensions: CL 3.06, CW 2.08,
CH
1.52, clypeus height 0.10, EFL 1.05, AEW 1.60, AME diameter 0.31, PEW 1.47, OL 4.15, OW 2.92, legs: I 4.88 (0.38, 1.57, 0.97, 0.84, 0.61, 0.51), II 4.61 (0.38, 1.43, 0.94, 0.71, 0.57, 0.58), III 6.14 (0.44, 1.17, 1.09, 1.07, 1.21, 0.63), IV 6.09 (0.47, 1.68, 0.84, 1.09, 1.40, 0.61).
FIGURES 13–20.
Female paratype of
Langona pattayensis
sp. nov.
13–15 Habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral; 16 Chelicerae, endites and labium, ventral; 17 Prosoma, frontal, 18 Epigyne; 19–20 Vulva. Abbreviations: ag—accessory gland; cd—copula-tory duct; co—copulatory opening; p—epigynal pocket; s—spermatheca. Scales 13, 14, 17 = 1 mm, 19 = 0.1 mm.
Type material.
Holotype
³:
THAILAND
:
Chonburi Province
: Pattaya, leg.
Å. Holm
,
2–15.XII.1979
(amongst grass near seashore) (
UUME
UPSZTY 155662
).
Paratypes
: Same data as holotype, 13³,
1♀
(
UUME
UPSZTY 155663
)
.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 34
).
Remarks.
The copulatory organs are very uniform within the genus. The new species is most similar to
L
.
albolinea
Caleb & Mathai, 2015
,
L
.
alfensis
Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983
,
L
.
davidi
,
L
.
hongkong
Song, Xie, Zhu & Wu, 1997
and
L
.
simoni
Hęciak & Prószyński, 1983
, but the true relationships may not reflect these similarities; all species listed are known from south and southeast Asia.