New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae) 3491
Author
Zhang, Jun-Xia
Author
Maddison, Wayne P.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-20
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Bathippus gahavisuka
sp. nov.
Figs 15–27
Type material.
Holotype
: male,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
Eastern Highlands Province
:
Mt. Gahavisuka Provincial Park
,
6.015° S
,
145.412° E
, elev.
2320 m
a.s.l.
,
1–2 August 2008
, coll.
W. Maddison
, WPM#08-025 (
UBC-SEM
AR00079
)
.
Paratype
:
1 female
, same data as holotype (
UBC-SEM
AR00080
)
.
Etymology.
A noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Similar in color pattern and markings to
B. korei
, but differs in the presence of a curved spur on the prolateral surface of the male chelicera (
Fig. 21
), the thinner embolus and the shorter retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp (
Figs 23–25
), and the wider median septum of the epigynum (
Fig. 26
).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00079). Carapace length 2.9; abdomen length 3.8. Chelicera (
Figs 21–22
): dark red brown; promargin with three teeth and retromargin with one tooth; fang with a small cusp in the middle; prolateral surface with a curved spur. Palp (
Figs 23–25
): sandy yellow to red brown. Tegulum narrow. Embolus short and slightly curved. Retrolateral tibial apophysis thin and finger-like. Measurements of legs: I 8.9, II 7.2, III 7.8, IV 7.1. Color in alcohol (
Fig. 19
): carapace brown with two lateral cream stripes; abdomen grayish brown, with light yellow markings; legs yellowish to dark red brown.
Female
(
paratype
, UBC-SEM AR00080). Carapace length 2.7; abdomen length 2.8. Chelicera: with two promarginal and one retromarginal tooth. Measurements of legs: I 6.0, II 5.4, III 6.7, IV 6.2. Epigynum (
Figs 26–27
): window occupying about half of the epigynal plate; median septum wide almost reaching the anterior margin of window. Copulatory duct short with an accessory gland; spermatheca relatively small and oval. Color in alcohol (
Fig. 20
): carapace light orange, with two lateral yellowish stripes; abdomen brownish, with yellowish speckles and a large leaf-like marking in the middle.
Natural history.
Specimens were collected by beating forest understory vegetation.