Ant-like sac spiders from Jinyun Mountain Natural Reserve of Chongqing, China (Araneae: Corinnidae)
Author
Wang, Lu-Yu
Author
Zhang, Feng
Author
Zhang, Zhi-Sheng
text
Zootaxa
2012
3431
37
53
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.209833
2a58678e-8b32-42c5-be6c-b0fb9912d1b8
1175-5326
209833
Phrurolithus hamatus
sp. nov.
Figures 6
B, 8–9
Type
material.
Holotype
male,
China
, Chongqing, Jinyun Mountain Natural Reserve:
Jinyun Temple, 29°50.192ʹ N, 106°23.751ʹ E, Alt.
749m
,
7 May 2011
, Z.S. Zhang leg.
Paratypes
:
6 males
,
30 females
, with same data as
holotype
;
1 male
,
8 females
, Jinyun Temple,
20 March 2010
, L.Y. Wang, H.P. Wang and K.Y. Xu leg.;
4 males
,
5 females
, Jinyun Temple,
10 April 2010
, Z.X. Li, L.Y. Wang and K.Y. Xu leg.;
9 males
,
11 females
, Jinyun Temple,
16 October 2011
, M.X. Liu, D. Wang and L.Y. Wang leg.
Etymology.
The specific name comes from the Latin word ‘
hamatus
’, meaning ‘hamate’ or ‘hook-like’, referring to the shape of the tip of the RTA; adjective.
Diagnosis.
The new species is similar to
P
.
cangshan
(
Yang
et al.
2009
: 88, figs 1–6), but distinguished by the absence of small prolateral femoral process, the long PTA, the presence of a small hook at the tip of the RTA, the broad tegulum, and the retrolaterally curved embolus of the male palp, the relatively large copulatory openings, the wide distance of the posterior part of the bursae and the ball-like spermathecae with thin fertilization ducts anteriorly in the female epigyne (
Figs 8
A–E, 9E–I).
Description.
Male (
Figs 6
B, 9A, 9C–D). Total length 2.36–2.47.
Holotype
total length 2.47. Prosoma 1.21 long, 1.02 wide; opisthosoma 1.18 long, 0.83 wide. Dorsum of prosoma yellowish brown, with high cephalic area. Fovea longitudinal. Cervical groove and radial furrows indistinct. Eight eyes in two rows. Both eye rows recurved in dorsal view. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.08, PME 0.04, PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.01, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.07, ALE–PLE 0.04. MOA 0.16 long, front width 0.12, back width 0.12. Clypeus height 0.10. Chelicerae stout, yellowish brown, with 3 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal tooth. Gnathocoxae yellow brown, longer than wide. Labium yellow brown, as long as wide. Sternum yellow brown, heart-shaped, with sparse brown hairs. Leg measurements: I 3.91 (1.09, 1.50, 0.84, 0.48); II 3.46 (0.96, 1.13, 0.84, 0.53); III 3.44 (0.93, 1.06, 0.83, 0.62); IV 4.33 (1.11, 1.32, 1.19, 0.71). Leg formula: 4123. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellowish brown, with five bright chevron-like markings. Venter with some dark brown markings.
Male palp (
Figs 8
A–C, 9E–G). Femur with a ventral apophysis. RTA with a hooked tip. PTA long, extending forward along the dorsal surface of cymbium. Tegulum broad. Embolus anteriorly located, extending forward and then curved retrolaterally. Conductor membranous and small, near embolus.
FIGURE 7.
Otacilia taiwanica
(Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993)
. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Male eyes, dorsal view; D. Male eyes and chelicerae, front view; E. Left male palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view; G. Epigyne, ventral view; H. Vulva, dorsal view.
FIGURE 8.
Phrurolithus hamatus
sp. nov.
, holotype male (A
–
C) and paratype female (D
–
E). A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view.
Female (one of
paratypes
,
Figs 8
B, 12B). Total length 2.67. Prosoma 1.16 long, 0.97 wide; opisthosoma 1.52 long, 1.07 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.08, PME 0.04, PLE 0.06; AME–AME 0.01, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.05, ALE–PLE 0.04. MOA 0.15 long, front width 0.12, back width 0.13. Clypeus height 0.06. Leg measurements: I 3.66 (0.94, 1.35, 0.91, 0.46); II 3.16 (0.86, 1.10, 0.74, 0.46); III 2.81 (0.78, 0.84, 0.70, 0.49); IV 4.12 (1.10, 1.23, 1.12, 0.67). Leg formula: 4123.
Epigyne (
Figs 8
D–E, 9H–I). Atrium large, nearly heart-shaped. Copulatory openings located on the central part of atrium. Copulatory ducts long, with two large bursae anteriorly. Spermathecae subtriangular, located behind copulatory ducts, with thin fertilization ducts anteriorly.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality of Chongqing,
China
(
Fig. 14
).