Taxonomic notes on eleven species of the subfamily Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) from Asia Author Chu, Chang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-5463 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China Author Lu, Ying College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China Author Li, Shuqiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Author Yao, Zhiyuan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1631-0949 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China yaozy@synu.edu.cn text Biodiversity Data Journal 2022 2022-12-12 10 96003 96003 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e96003 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e96003 1314-2828-10-e96003 2A9D4A67DC0040DC9745BF531D767F55 76077326AB2251039D2C380A594EDA2A Bowie sabah S. Li & Yao sp. n. Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Z. Chen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon : order: Araneae ; family: Ctenidae ; genus: Bowie ; Location : country: Malaysia ; stateProvince: Borneo ; verbatimLocality: State of Sabah , Mount Trus Madi , Jungle Girl Camp ; verbatimElevation: 1234 m a.s.l. ; verbatimLatitude: 5°33.000'N ; verbatimLongitude: 116°30.960'E ; Event: samplingProtocol: Collected by hand in leaf litter ; year: 2016; month: 5; day: 3; Record Level: institutionCode: IZCAS-Ar 43732 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Z. Chen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon : order: Araneae ; family: Ctenidae ; genus: Bowie ; Location : country: Malaysia ; stateProvince: Borneo ; verbatimLocality: State of Sabah , Mount Trus Madi , Jungle Girl Camp ; verbatimElevation: 1234 m a.s.l. ; verbatimLatitude: 5°33.000'N ; verbatimLongitude: 116°30.960'E ; Event: samplingProtocol: Collected by hand in leaf litter ; year: 2016; month: 5; day: 3; Record Level: institutionCode: IZCAS-Ar 43733 Description Male (IZCAS-Ar 43732): PL 6.4, PW 5.1, AW 2.3, OL 4.8, OW 3.6. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.22, ALE 0.17, PME 0.27, PLE 0.23, AME-AME 0.25, AME-ALE 0.40, PME-PME 0.34, PME-PLE 0.49, AME-PME 0.17, ALE-PLE 0.29, clypeus AME 0.11, clypeus ALE 0.52. Palp and leg measurements: palp 8.2 (3.0, 1.2, 1.6, -, 2.4), I 20.5 (5.6, 2.6, 5.4, 5.1, 1.8), II 17.4 (5.1, 2.5, 4.3, 4.2, 1.3), III 14.5 (4.3, 2.2, 3.2, 3.7, 1.1), IV 22.4 (6.1, 2.2, 5.4, 6.8, 1.9). Leg formula 4123. Spination of palp and legs: palp 161, 001, 111; femora I p021, d111, r1111, II p112, d111, r112, III p001, d222, r112, IV p012, d111, r112; patellae I-IV 101; tibiae I p110, d111, r11, v22222, II p110, d11, r11, v22222, III-IV p11, d111, r11, v222; metatarsi I-II p111, d012, r111, v222, III p111, d002, r111, v222, IV p111, d012, r111, v222. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal, 4 retromarginal teeth and with elongated patch of 23 tiny denticles along entire cheliceral furrow. Retromargin of chelicerae close to fang base with 6 bristles. Sparse scopula on all tarsi and metatarsi I-III. Leg claws I with 5, II with 4, III with 5 and IV with 6 secondary teeth. Position of tarsal organ: I with 1.64, II 1.15, III 0.96, IV 1.28. Palp (Fig. 26 a-c). RTA arising from tibia subdistally, with slightly hooked tip. Cymbium tip slightly conical and with weakly-developed dorso-proximal outgrowth. Embolus (Fig. 28 e ) arising at 8 o'clock position, with membranous extension at its base and with spermophor opening situated subapically. Conductor arising at 10 o'clock position. Tegular apophysis arising at 6 o'clock position, its base situated on a slightly proximally protruding part of tegulum. Colour (Fig. 27 c and d). Yellowish-brown with darker patterns. Dorsal prosoma with characteristic lighter median band, widened behind eyes, eye field with sparse white hairs, with distinctly marked fovea and radial markings. Sternum and ventral coxae III + IV yellowish-brown with patches, coxae I + II yellowish-brown without patterns, labium and gnathocoxae yellowish-brown with lighter distal lips. Chelicerae dark yellowish-brown with longitudinal patterns. Palps and legs yellowish-brown, legs III + IV with distinct patterns. Dorsal opisthosoma yellowish-brown with black patches, anterior margin and central region light. Lateral opisthosoma spotted. Ventral opisthosoma dark brown with posteriorly converging lines of spots. Anterior lateral spinnerets laterally dark, posterior lateral and median spinnerets and anal tubercle light. Female (IZCAS-Ar 43733): PL 5.9, PW 4.4, AW 3.0, OL 5.2, OW 3.5. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.23, ALE 0.19, PME 0.27, PLE 0.25, AME-AME 0.20, AME-ALE 0.44, PME-PME 0.33, PME-PLE 0.52, AME-PME 0.17, ALE-PLE 0.28, clypeus AME 0.13, clypeus ALE 0.51. Palp and leg measurements: palp 5.8 (2.1, 1.1, 1.2, -, 1.4), I 13.9 (4.0, 2.1, 3.6, 3.1, 1.1), II 12.8 (3.8, 2.1, 3.0, 2.9, 1.0), III 11.3 (3.5, 1.7, 2.4, 2.7, 1.0), IV 16.7 (4.6, 1.9, 3.8, 4.9, 1.5). Leg formula 4123. Spination of palp and legs: palp 131, 001, 112, 203; femora I p021, d111, r011, II p012, d111, r111, III p112, d111, r112, IV p002, d111, r112; patellae I-II 000, III-IV 101; tibiae I-II v22222, III-IV p11, d111, r11, v222; metatarsi I-II v222, III-IV p111, d012, r111, v222. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal, 4 retromarginal teeth and with elongated patch of 12 tiny denticles along entire cheliceral furrow. Retromargin of chelicerae close to fang base with 7 bristles. Sparse scopula restricted almost entirely to tarsi, only metatarsi I-II with sparse scopula hairs. Palpal claw with 5 secondary teeth, leg claws I with 2, II with 3, III with 4 and IV with 3 secondary teeth. Position of tarsal organ: I 0.97, II 0.84, III 0.75, IV 1.06. Copulatory organ (Fig. 27 a and b). Epigynal field roughly as long as wide; constrictive anterior width/widest width: 0.53/1.15. Lateral teeth originating at posterior margin of median plate. Internal duct system with two large vulval folds laterally. Spermathecae bottle gourd-shaped. Vulval folds separated by less than the spermathecae length and subparallel medially. Fertilisation ducts pointing antero-medially. Colour (Fig. 27 e and f). As in male, except for being darker, reddish-brown. Chelicerae dark reddish-brown without pattern. Diagnosis Medium-sized Ctenidae (total length male 11.2, female 11.1). The new species is assigned to the scarymonsters -species group with the characteristics of embolus with a basal, ventral bulge (best seen in prolateral view), tegulum bulging proximally at tegular apophysis base, the subdistally arising, apically pointed RTA in males, transversally oval median plate and lateral teeth situated at posterior margin of epigyne and spermathecae bottle gourd-shaped. It resembles B. neukoeln Jaeger , 2022 (see Jaeger 2022 : figs 440-446 and 448-460) by having similar dorso-proximal cymbial outgrowth, RTA (Fig. 26 a-c) and lateral teeth (Fig. 27 a), but can be distinguished by the embolus tip visible in ventral view (Fig. 26 b and Fig. 28 e ; tegular apophysis covering the embolus tip in ventral view in B. neukoeln ), by the tegular apophysis longitudinally orientated (Fig. 26 b; tegular apophysis diagonally orientated in B. neukoeln ), by the conductor nearly quadrilateral (Fig. 26 b; conductor nearly elliptic in B. neukoeln ) and by the constrictive anterior width/widest width: 1/2 (Fig. 27 a; constrictive anterior width/widest width: 1/3 in B. neukoeln ). Etymology The specific name refers to the type locality and is a noun in apposition. Distribution Malaysia (Borneo, type locality; Fig. 1 ). DNA Barcode Male (IZCAS-Ar 43732): GGTTTGGAGCTTGAGCTTCTATAGTAGGAACATCTATAAGAGTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAGGACATTCTGGAAGATTATTAGGAGATGATCATTTATATAATGTAGTTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATGATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCTATTTTAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATATCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATTTATCATTTTGATTACTTCCTCCTTCTTTATTCTTATTATTTATGTCTTCTATAACTGAGATAGGAGTAGGAGCTGGTTGAACAGTATATCCTCCCTTAGCTTCTAGAATAGGACATATGGGAAGATCAATGGATTTTGCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGGGCTTCCTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTATTAATATACGATTATTGGGAATAAGAATAGAGAAAGTTCCATTATTTGTGTGGTCTGTTTTTATTACTGCGGTATTGTTGTTATTGTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACGGATCGTAATTTTAATACTTCTTTTTTTGACCCAGCTGGGGGGGGGGATCCCATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTTTGATTTTTGC (GenBank accession number OP572111). Female (IZCAS-Ar 43733): GGTTTGGAGCTTGAGCTTCTATAGTAGGAACATCTATAAGAGTATTAATTCGTATAGAATTAGGACATTCTGGAAGATTATTAGGAGATGATCATTTATATAATGTAGTTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATGATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCTATTTTAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTCTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATATCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATTTATCATTTTGATTACTTCCTCCTTCTTTATTCTTATTATTTATGTCTTCTATAACTGAGATAGGAGTAGGAGCTGGTTGAACAGTATATCCTCCCTTAGCTTCTAGAATAGGACATATGGGAAGATCAATGGATTTTGCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGGGCTTCCTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTATTAATATACGATTATTGGGAATAAGAATAGAGAAAGTTCCATTATTTGTGTGGTCTGTTTTTATTACTGCGGTATTGTTGTTATTGTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATATTATTAACGGATCGTAATTTTAATACTTCTTTTTTTGACCCAGCTGGGGGGGGGGATCCCATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTTTGATTTTTGC (GenBank accession number OP572109). Note B. sabah sp. n. belongs to the scarymonsters -species group because of the abovementioned characteristics, so the "diagonally orientated TA" in the diagnosis of the scarymonsters -species group in Jaeger (2022) should be changed to "tegulum bulging proximally at TA base".