Five new genera of the subfamily Psilodercinae (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia
Author
Liu, Chang
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar
Author
Li, Fengyuan
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Corresponding author, E-mail: zhengguo @ synu. edu. cn
Author
Zheng, Guo
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China
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Zoological Systematics
2017
42
4
395
417
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4617038
journal article
4160
10.11865/zs.201717
935ddcb1-d943-4ee3-97bd-aa295badd9ac
2095-6827
5585652
286CFD9F-1456-4772-B3D5-8A13FF24A9F1
Luzonacera duan
Li & Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 3–4
,
15
)
Material
examined.
Holotype
male,
Philippines
,
Luzon Island
,
Kalinga Province
,
Tabuk City
,
Pasil Area
,
Road
to
Lubuagan Village
, rainforest on a steep slope, in humid litter (
17º22.490’N
,
121º10.864’E
; elev.
915 m
),
02 June 2015
, leg.
F. Ballarin
&
Y. Li.
Paratypes
.
2 females
, same data as holotype (
IZCAS
)
.
Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin "duǎn" ("short") and refers to the relatively short embolus.
Diagnosis. Both sexes of the two species of
Luzonacera
gen. nov.
are very similar; distinguishing them is discussed under
L. chang
Li & Li
,
sp. nov.
Description. Male (
holotype
). Total length 3.48; carapace 0.95 long, 0.98 wide; abdomen 2.10 long, 0.69 wide. Carapace round, pink, with three longitudinal brown bands of which middle three times wider than laterals (
Fig. 4C
). Fovea shallow, brown. Anterior margin of thoracic region distinctly elevated. Chelicerae brown with lamina, promargin with one tooth, retromargin with two small teeth, posterior surface of fang with 22 small denticles. Clypeus slanting, brown with two pale rounded areas laterally. Labium slanting, brown. Sternum yellow, with complex patterns. Abdomen elongate, with complex patterns dorsally and ventrally. Legs brown, with white annulation; measurements: I 15.10 (4.50, 0.40, 4.20, 4.70, 1.30), II 11.48 (3.28, 0.38, 3.20, 3.52, 1.10), III 7.63 (2.25, 0.34, 2.18, 1.96, 0.90), IV 12.15 (3.68, 0.38, 3.44, 3.52, 1.13). Palp (
Figs 3
A–D): tibia remarkably swollen; cymbium with distal protrusion; bulb light yellow, pyriform; conductor lacking, embolus a relatively short spiral extending subapically from bulb.
Female. Similar to male in coloration and general features but slightly smaller (
Figs 4
D–E). Measurements: total length 2.97; carapace 0.88 long, 0.88 wide; abdomen 1.70 long, 1.14 wide. Leg measurements: I - (3.32, 0.32, 3.40, 3.60, -), II missing, III 6.29 (1.76, 0.31, 1.78, 1.62, 0.82), IV 8.22 (2.72, 0.34, 2.72, 1.62, 0.82). Vulva with two pairs of elongate, distally swollen spermathecae (
Fig. 4A
).
Distribution. Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 15
).