Description of eight new species of Otacilia Thorell, 1897 from southern China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae)
Author
Mu, Yannan
0000-0002-2504-673X
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & 15188605531 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2504 - 673 X
Author
Jin, Chi
0000-0002-4694-4870
School of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Heibei 056038, P. R. China & jinchi _ spider @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4694 - 4870
Author
Zhang, Feng
0000-0002-3347-1031
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & dudu 06042001 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3347 - 1031
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-10
5134
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journal article
55591
10.11646/zootaxa.5134.2.4
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1175-5326
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Otacilia jiajinshan
sp. nov.
(ẊḔ山Þffifl)
Figs 1E–F
,
6
,
7
Type material.
Holotype
♂
:
CHINA
:
Sichuan Province
:
Ya’an City
,
Baoxing County
,
Jiajinshan National Forest
Park
,
Xinzhaizigou
(
30°48.32′N
,
102°43.64′E
,
2457 m
elev.),
30 Jul. 2016
, leg.
Chi Jin.
Paratypes
:
2♂
3♀
, with same data as holotype
.
Etymology.
The species name is derived from the
type
locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
This new species is similar to
Otacilia submicrostoma
Jin, Fu, Yin & Zhang,
2016
in having a similarly shaped FA, sperm duct and embolus, but the male can be recognized by: 1) the RTA wide, with a blunt tip (vs thin and pointed, compare
Fig. 7B, D
with fig. 12B–C in
Jin
et al.
2016
), and 2) the presence of a protruding excrescence on the distal part of the tegulum (vs absent, compare
Fig. 7B
with fig. 12C in
Jin
et al.
2016
). The female can be recognized by: 1) the long connecting tube (vs short, compare
Fig. 7E
with fig. 12D in
Jin
et al.
2016
), and 2) a pair of large COs (vs small, compare
Fig. 7E
with fig. 12D in
Jin
et al.
2016
).
FIGURE 6.
Otacilia jiajinshan
sp. nov.
: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. same, retrolateral view; C. Same, ventral view; D. same, dorsal view; E. epigyne, ventral view; F. Same, dorsal view.
Description.
Male: total length 3.15–3.63 (n=3).
Holotype
(
Fig. 1E
): total length 3.63, carapace 1.70 long, 1.42 wide (CW); abdomen 1.93 long, 1.36 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.11, PME 0.09, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.24, PME–PME 0.13, PME–PLE 0.08, PLE–PLE 0.43, ALE–PLE 0.09. Eye area 0.56 wide (EAW), cephalic region 0.76 wide (CRW), EAW/CRW 0.74. CRW/CW 0.54. MOA 0.25 long, anterior width 0.22, posterior width 0.31. Clypeal height 0.17 (
CH
),
CH
/AME 1.89. Chelicerae with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth. Carapace black, with light ring around margin of carapace; broad longitudinal gray band along midline, slightly broader than eye area, with several shapes resembling flowing water droplets beside fovea. Abdomen oval, gray, with small, black and inverted triangular dorsal scutum anteriorly, four black chevron stripes posteriorly (
Fig. 1E
).
Palp as in
Figs 6
,
7
(A–D). FA high. RTA slightly curved, snake head-shaped in retrolateral view, with blunt tip (
Fig. 7B
). Tegulum nearly as wide as cymbium, parallelogram shaped. Sperm duct obvious, tapering from retrolateral to prolateral side of tegulum, then distally. Embolus thin, straight, transverse. TA small, triangular (
Fig. 7C
).
Female: total length 3.46–3.60 (n=3). One
paratype
(
Fig. 1F
): total length 3.57, carapace 1.70 long, 1.52 wide (CW); abdomen 1.87 long, 2.87 wide.
Eye
sizes and interdistances:
AME
0.09,
ALE
0.10,
PME
0.08,
PLE
0.10;
AME
–
AME
0.06,
AME
–
ALE
0.02,
ALE
–
ALE
0.26,
PME
–
PME
0.13,
PME
–
PLE
0.08,
PLE
–
PLE
0.43,
ALE
–
PLE
0.10.
Eye area
0.56 wide (EAW), cephalic region 0.78 wide (CRW), EAW/CRW 0.72. CRW/CW 0.51.
MOA
0.23 long, anterior width 0.21, posterior width 0.30.
Clypeal
height 0.12 (
CH
),
CH
/
AME 1.33
.
Other
characters as for male, except four brown chevron stripes posteriorly on abdomen, lack of DS, brown color and slightly smaller body size (
Fig. 1F
)
.
FIGURE 7.
Otacilia jiajinshan
sp. nov.
: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. same, retrolateral view; C. Same, ventral view; D. same, dorsal view; E. epigyne, ventral view; F. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A—atrium; B—bursa; CD—copulatory duct; CO—copulatory opening; CT—connecting tube; E—embolus; FA—femoral apophysis; FD—fertilization duct; GA— glandular appendage; PTA—prolateral tibial apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; S—spermatheca; SD—sperm duct; TA—tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A–F).
Epigyne as in
Figs 6
,
7
(E–F). An obvious atrium with straight posterior edge and curved anterior edge located at middle part of epigynal plate (
Fig. 6E
). Median septum thin, truncated anteriorly at atrium (
Fig. 6E
). Copulatory openings large, located at posterior edge of atrium, separated by about diameter of spermathecae (
Fig. 7E
). Copulatory ducts short and thick, extending downward and finally curved toward retrolateral side, connecting with long curved bursa. Glandular appendages slender, digit-shaped. Connecting tube thin and long, extending from anterior of copulatory ducts to posterior of spermathecae. Spermathecae large, globular, separated by less than one diameter of spermathecae. Fertilization ducts located prolaterally on anterior margin of spermathecae.
Measurements of legs:
♂/♀ |
Fe |
Pa |
Ti |
Me |
Ta |
Total |
Leg I |
1.60/1.61 |
0.63/0.64 |
1.67/1.74 |
1.41/1.48 |
0.69/0.77 |
6.00/6.24 |
Leg II |
1.34/1.40 |
0.54/0.58 |
1.20/1.31 |
1.44/1.19 |
0.74/0.78 |
5.26/5.26 |
Leg III |
1.22/1.21 |
0.54/0.54 |
0.94/0.96 |
1.12/1.15 |
0.73/0.76 |
4.55/4.62 |
Leg IV |
1.80/1.76 |
0.62/0.64 |
1.44/1.48 |
1.75/1.78 |
1.01/0.97 |
6.62/6.60 |
Spination of legs: |
Fe |
Pa |
Ti |
Me |
Ta |
♂ |
Leg I |
d 2 pl 3 |
– |
pv 7 rv 7 |
pv 4 rv 4 |
– |
Leg II |
d 1 pl 1 |
– |
pv 6 rv 5 |
pv 4 rv 3 |
– |
Leg III |
d 1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Leg IV |
d 1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
♀ |
Leg I |
d 2 pl 3 |
– |
pv 7 rv 7 |
pv 4 rv 4 |
– |
Leg II |
d 2 pl 2 |
– |
pv 6 rv 6 |
pv 4 rv 3 |
– |
Leg III |
d 1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Leg IV |
d 1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan Province
).