Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam
Author
Lin, Yejie
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Author
Mo, Haolin
Key Laboratory of Wildlife Evolution and Conservation in Mountain Ecosystem of Guangxi, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, China
Author
Wang, Xihao
Jinan Licheng No. 2 High School, Jinan 250109, China Corresponding author, E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn
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Zoological Systematics
2024
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https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/be4c04f9-10f9-351c-8fd7-9c0289bee230/
journal article
10.11865/zs.2024101
2095-6827
10941018
CA760FC0-4A28-4FEC-8D5F-766024ACF490
Speocera yiduoi
Lin & Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 30
)
Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Mr. Yiduo Wang (Zhuhai,
China
), who has helped us greatly with this research; noun (name) in genitive case.
Diagnosis. The new species is similar to
S. ankalana
Li & Li, 2019
, but males can be distinguished by having the embolus shorter than the associated sclerite (
vs.
longer than the associated sclerite in
S. ankalana
).
Description. Male (
holotype
). Total length 1.01, carapace 0.61 long, 0.42 wide; opisthosoma 0.57 long, 0.33 wide. Chelicerae anterolateral margin with outgrowth, promargin with a series of 5 teeth. Leg measurements: I 1.94 (0.59, 0.69, 0.40, 0.26), II 1.76 (0.54, 0.63, 0.36, 0.23), III 1.58 (0.49, 0.52, 0.34, 0.23), IV 2.14 (0.63, 0.73, 0.47, 0.31).
Coloration. Carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern; pars cephalica flat, fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, longer than wide. Endites light yellow, suffused with purplish tinge; labium light yellow, suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical, short. Chelicerae light yellow. Eyes: 6 contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation, PME smallest, PLE largest. Legs light yellow. Opisthosoma oval; purplish.
Palp (
Fig. 30
). Femur almost as long as cymbium. Tibia shorter than cymbium. Cymbium conical, without prolateral extension. Bulb spherical. Embolus short, black, associated sclerite longer than embolus, tip blunt. Sperm duct gradually tapering distally.
Material
examined.
Holotype
♂
(IZCAS-Ar44823),
China
:
Guangdong
,
Zhuhai City
,
Jiangjun Mountain
(
22.2326°N
,
113.5666°E
, elev.
1200 m
),
4.IV.2022
,
Yiduo Wang
leg.
Distribution. Known only from the
type
locality.