Two New Genera of Jumping Spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Salticidae)
Author
Zhou, Yuanye
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2013
3712
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1
84
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3712.1.1
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1175-5326
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Genus
Corusca
gen. nov.
Type
specis:
Corusca gracilis
sp. nov.
Etymology.
The generic name is from Latin
coruscus
(flashing), in reference to the male palp that covered with white setae, which is coruscant under sunshine. Feminine in gender.
Diagnosis.
The jumping spiders of
Corusca
gen. nov.
can be distinguished from the Salticoida species by the presence of median apophysis and the varying compound terminal apophysis of male palp (except in
C. viriosa
sp. nov.
and
C. wuzhishanensis
sp. nov.
); from
Lyssomaninae
,
Hisponinae
and
Eupoa
by the presence of varying tegular apophysis on hemispheric bulbus and the absence of paired copulatory openings on epigyne; and from
Insula
gen. nov.
by the presence of median apophysis and the densely white setae on male palp.
Description.
Small sized spiders ranging from
1.5 to 3.1 mm
in length. Sexes similar in general body form, but female lighter in colour than male, especially at the edge of opisthosoma. Prosoma square-built, with dark sides. Opisthosoma cylindrical or oval, yellowish white, with paired grayish black segments (
Figs 29–30
). Palp covered with long white setae; patella without apophysis (except in
C. viriosa
sp. nov.
and
C. wuzhishanensis
sp. nov.
); tibial apophysis short and pointed. Bulbus mostly hemispherical; tegular apophysis and median apophysis varying in shape; embolus long and convoluted; compound teminal apophysis originating from median bulb, pointing to the retrolateral side of palp (
Figs 19, 20
,
23–26
). Female epigyne moderately sclerotized, without paired copulatory openings (
Figs 22
,
27
). Copulatory ducts long, coiled and merged (
Figs 21
,
28
). Spermathecae small and oblong. Glandular duct absent.
Eleven species are included in genus
Corusca
gen. nov.
:
Corusca acris
sp. nov.
,
C. bawangensis
sp. nov.
,
C. falcata
sp. nov.
,
C. gracilis
sp. nov.
,
C. jianfengensis
sp. nov.
,
C. liaoi
(Peng & Li, 2006),
C. sanyaensis
sp. nov.
,
C. setifera
sp. nov.
,
C. viriosa
sp. nov.
,
C. wuzhishanensis
sp. nov.
.
C. liaoi
(Peng & Li, 2006) is transferred from
Eupoa
. All of the specimens were collected from Hainan, Southern
China
.
Remark.
The placement of
C. wuzhishanensis
sp. nov.
and
C. viriosa
sp. nov.
is according to the slender embolus which with bend embolic apophysis, and the big tibial apophysis, that particular belong to genus
Corusca
.
C. viriosa
sp. nov.
and
C. wuzhishanensis
sp. nov.
are considered as the derived group of
Corusca
.