Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanteriidae).
Author
Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa
text
2001
Brill Leiden; Boston; Köln
Leiden, Netherlands
Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders- Family Liocranidae
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book chapter
10.5281/zenodo.814704
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814704
Orthobula
quadrinotata
sp. n.
(
figs 700-704
,
map 36
)
Type locality.
—
Indonesia
, SE
Sulawesi
.
Material
examined.
—
Holotype
♂ from the type locality,
40 km
W of Kendari, Sampara, secondary forest litter
,
12.viii. 1980
,
P.R.
and
C.L. Deeleman
;
paratypes
: 2 ♂ 2 ♀, same data
.
Other material.
—
C
Kalimantan
,
Kaharian
,
2°02'S
,
113°40'E
, primary peat swamp forest, 1 ♀, leaf litter,
2-16.ix. 1985
,
S. Djojosudharmo
.
Diagnosis.
— A close relative of
impressa
,
trinotata
and
bilobata
.
O. quadrinotata
differs from
trinotata
by the presence of three anterior dark marks on a creamy white background on the abdomen in addition to a large broad posterior one, further by the shorter more compact embolus with proximal hook as in
bilobata
; from
crucifera
by the proximal hook on the embolus and in the epigyne by the conspicuous komma-shaped ducts in front of the spermathecae, reminiscent of that in
bilobata
.
A clearly smaller and lighter species than
bilobata
,
distinct from that species by the tegulum being less expanded and from
bilobata
and
yaginumai
by the presence of a long spine adjacent to the tibial apophysis; from
yag inumai
also by the dorsal abdominal pattern and the spine at the tibial apophysis.
Description.
— MALE. Total length
1.90 mm
. Carapace length
0.95 mm
, width
0.75 mm
, height at coxae II
0.30 mm
, head width
0.45 mm
, width eye region
0.30 mm
; abdomen
0.80 mm
long,
0.70 mm
wide. Leg lengths: leg I
2.25 mm
(0.60-0.85-0.45-0.35), leg II
1.65 mm
(0.50-0.55-0.35-0.25), leg III
1.60 mm
(0.50-0.55-0.30-0.25), leg IV
2.25 mm
(0.60-0.75-0.65-0.25), palp 0.25-0.15-
0.12-0.45 mm
. Carapace and mouthparts deep orange, femora orange, rest of legs uniform pale yellow, abdomen predominantly creamy white, with dark grey rear part and additionally three dark grey spots on the anterior median and lateral sides as in
fig. 700
; in dark specimens the grey area is extended over the flanks of the abdomen. Carapace with smooth median band, rows of large round depressions towards the sides, sternum with some round impressions. ALE a little larger AME, AME slightly separated, adjacent to ALE; PME separated by a little less than their d, almost adjacent to PLE. Leg spination: tibiae I with 6pv and 5rv, tibia II with 5pv and 4rv or 5rv; metatarsus I and II with 2-2-2-2v, tarsus I and II with 2-
2v.
Abdomen shiny, dorsally entirely covered by scutum, ventrally an epigastric and a partial postgenital scutum. Palp
figs 701-702
, tibial apophysis accompanied by a long spine; tegulum slightly bilobed posteriorly, maximal width about
2 x
that of cymbium.
FEMALE. Total length
2.15 mm
. Carapace length 1.00 mm, width
0.80 mm
, head width
0.50 mm
, eye group width
0.30 mm
; abdomen
1.05 mm
long,
0.80 mm
wide, epigynal plate
0.25 mm
wide,
2.5 mm
long. Leg lengths: leg I
2.40 mm
(0.65-0.90-0.55-0.30), leg II
2.15 mm
(0.65-0.75-0.50-0.25), leg III
1.80 mm
(0.55-0.60-0.45-0.20), leg IV
2.55 mm
(0.75-0.85-0.60-0.35), palp 0.30-0.12-0.14-
0.22 mm
. Carapace, eyes, mouthparts and legs as in male. Abdomen colouration as male. Epigyne (
fig. 703
) characterized by conspicuous komma-shaped openings annex ducts; surface showing a round depression in that area. Vulva (
fig. 704
) with large membranous bursae, issued from a chitinous coiled base situated between openings and spermathecae.
Distribution.
— Indonesia. Found in SE Sulawesi and C Kalimantan.
Etymology.
— In analogy with
Orthobula trinotata
,
this species is called
quadrinotata
,
composed of Latin
quadri- =
four,
notata
= markings.