NEW SPECIES OF SPIDERS (ARANEAE) FROM HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA
Author
Alberto T. Barrion
Author
Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo
Author
Josie Lynn A. Catindig
Author
Sylvia C. Villareal
Author
Ducheng Cai
Author
Qianhua Yuan
Author
Kong Luen Heong
text
UPLB Museum Publications in Natural History
2016
3
1
103
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.269136
aa2af867-04e4-4d4d-b40f-5d3d530c15d2
0119-0084
269136
Strandella paranglampara
Barrion
, Barrion- Dupo & Heong, new species
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Figure
12
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MALE.
Holotype
male, total length
1.49mm
. Cephalothorax length
0.77 mm
, width
0.57 mm
. Abdomen length
0.71 mm
, width
0.31 mm
.
Paratype
male, total length
1.30 mm
.
Carapace
. Brownish yellow,
1.35
x longer than wide and broadest medially. Cephalic area higher than the thoracic area. Chelicerae brownish yellow, twice longer than broad. Promargin bears three teeth. Maxillae, labium and sternum light brown. Sternum slightly longer than wide.
Eyes
. In two rows of four, subequal in length. AER strongly recurved.
PER
moderately procurved. Eye diameter (mm.): PME=ALE (
0.06
)> AME (
0.04
)> PLE (
0.035
). Clypeus height wide,
2.16
x PME diameter.
Legs
. Yellowish brown except for light yellow coxae, basal one-third of femora III and IV, all metatarsi and tarsi. Femora I and II slightly swollen towards base. Tibia I as long as metatarsus IV. Tibia IV and femur II subequal in length. Leg formula
1423
.
Pedipalp
0.29
0.09
0.14 - 0.31
0.83
Abdomen.
Black, oblong,
2.29
x longer than
wide and distinctly narrower than cephalothorax.
Palpal organ reddish brown and slightly longer than femur I. Tibia and paracymbium form four fingers in normal repose (dorsal view). Tibia with five arms (teeth), two located ventrally and three retrolaterally. Paracymbium long, J-shaped forming a whitish lamp-like bulb apically. Cymbium blunt apically and protruded laterally towards apex of paracymbium.
FEMALE.
Unknown.
Material Examined.
Holotype
male (coll. no. SO
44
a) and
paratype
male (coll. no. SO
44
b), CHI- NA, Hainan Island,
Panja
Town, Songtao Reservoir,
3
April
2011
, ATBarrion, JLACatindig and SCVillareal.
Diagnostic Features.
This new species runs close to
Strandella quadrimaculata
(Uyemura,
1937
)
but differs from the latter in (
1
) the unique shape of the paracymbium, conductor and embolus, (
2
) body length, and (
3
) leg spination and measurements.
Leg measurements (mm):
| Leg 1 |
Femur 1.75 |
Patella
0.91
|
Tibia
1.37
|
Meta- tarsus
1.50
|
Tarsus
1.00
|
Total
6.53
|
|
2
|
1.60 |
0.89 |
1.17 |
1.40 |
0.90 |
5.96 |
|
3
|
1.51 |
0.70 |
0.95 |
1.30 |
0.70 |
5.16 |
|
4
|
2.09 |
0.85 |
1.50 |
2.15 |
1.10 |
7.69 |
|
Pedipalp
|
0.90 |
0.30 |
0.35 |
- |
0.85 |
2.40 |
Etymology:
Derived from the bulb-like shape of the paracymbium in Tagalog (parang=like + lampara=bulb).