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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Zabkattus furcatus
sp. nov.
Figs 319–324
Type material.
Holotype
: male,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
Central Province
:
Varirata National Park
,
9.436° S
,
147.364° E
, elev.
740 m
a.s.l.
,
4 August 2008
, coll.
W. Maddison
, A. Kore &
J. Kore
, WPM#08-029 (
UBC-SEM
AR00117
).
Etymology.
Latin
furcatus
(forked), referring to the forked protrusion on the front surface of male chelicera.
Diagnosis.
Differs from other species of the genus in the presence of two lateral white stripes on the carapace (
Fig. 321
), the small and forked cheliceral protrusion (
Fig. 322
), and the round tip of the retrolateral tibial apophysis from retrolateral view (
Fig. 324
).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00117). Carapace length 2.5; abdomen length 2.2. Clypeus and cheeks covered with white scales. Chelicera (
Fig. 322
): red brown; front protrusion near distal end, small and forked. Palp (
Figs 323–324
): yellow brown. Proximal tegular lobe big. Embolus long and spiral. Retrolateral tibial apophysis relatively long, with distal end round from retrolateral view. Tibia and metatarsus of first leg with three pairs of ventral macrosetae each. Measurements of legs: I 5.1, II 4.2, III 4.9, IV 4.5. Color in alcohol (
Fig. 321
): carapace red brown, with orange and white scales, with lateral stripes composed of white scales behind eye area; abdomen grayish brown, with irregular light yellow markings; femur of first leg red brown, other segments and legs yellowish with gray brown markings.
Natural history.
Specimens were found on leaf litter in forest.