The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae)
Author
Cao, Qi
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Author
Żabka, Marek
text
ZooKeys
2016
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43
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.630.8466
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.630.8466
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Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae
Gedea pinguis Cao & Li
sp. n.
Figs 23, 43
Type
.
Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, G213 road, Banyan tree (
21°54.089'N
,
101°17.024'E
, 579 m), 28 November 2009, G. Tang & Z. Yao leg.
Etymology.
From Latin
pinguis
(fat), in reference to the shape of the palp; adjective.
Diagnosis.
Similar to
Gedea tibialis
Żabka
, 1985 (see
Żabka
1985
: figs 263-267), but the cymbium is shorter (about 1/3 the length of the bulb in the new species vs. nearly equal in
Gedea tibialis
), embolus base with membrane (without in
Gedea tibialis
) (Fig. 23
C-D
),
tibial
apophysis with two branches, both with clusters of long apical bristles (only one without bristles in
Gedea tibialis
) (Fig. 23B).
Figure 23. Palp of
Gedea pinguis
sp. n., male holotype. A prolateral B retrolateral C ventral D bulb, ventral. Scale bar equal for
A-C
.
Description.
Male (holotype). In poor condition. Precise description of the habitus unavailable. Palpal tibia short, subequal to the tip of the cymbium, about 1/3 the length of the bulb. Tibial apophysis with two branches, each with clusters of long apical bristles (Fig. 23B). Tegulum with posterior lobe, and the width about 2/3 of the length. Embolus base hidden by the fold of the membranous structure of the tegulum (Fig. 23C). Embolus accompanied by a membrane, membrane with a triangular outgrowth (Fig. 23D).
Female. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality.