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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journal article
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Phasmolia elegans
sp. nov.
Figs 183–195
Type material.
Holotype
: male,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
Southern Highlands Province
:
Tualapa
, near
Wanakipa
,
5.283° S
,
142.498° E
, elev.
1100 m
a.s.l.
,
13–22 July 2008
, forest edge, coll.
W. Maddison
&
Luc Fimo Tuki
, WPM#08-010 (
UBC-SEM
AR00093
)
.
Paratypes
:
1 female
, same data as holotype (
UBC-SEM
AR00094
)
;
6 males
and
2 females
in three vials,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
Southern Highlands Province
:
Tualapa
, near
Wanakipa
,
5.283° S
,
142.498° E
, elev.
1000–1100 m
a.s.l.
,
11–22 July 2008
, forest interior and river side, coll.
W. Maddison
&
Luc Fimo Tuki
, WPM#08-008
;
1 female
,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
Southern Highlands Province
: trail from
Tualapa
to
Umgé
,
5.2933° S
,
142.4999° E
, elev.
1210 m
a.s.l.
,
19 July 2008
, coll.
W. Maddison
, WPM#08-015
.
Etymology.
Latin
elegans
, referring to the elegant body form.
Diagnosis.
See the diagnosis of the genus.
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00093). Carapace length 1.5 (variation 1.5–1.7, n=7); abdomen length 1.8. ALEs relatively posterior to AMEs. Chelicera: gray brown. Palp (
Figs 191–192
): cymbium light yellow, and other segments gray brown. Embolic disc almost round; embolus slender and curved for about half a circle. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-like. Tibia of first leg with four pairs of ventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs. Measurements of legs: I 3.4, II 3.3, III 3.8, IV 3.4. Color in alcohol (
Fig. 189
): carapace dark brown with a large light brown marking behind PLEs; eye area covered with gray white long scales between ALEs and PMEs; abdomen dark gray, with one anterior light yellow band and two lateral round light yellow patches near the middle; legs light yellow, all femora with distinct dark gray markings.
Female
(
paratype
, UBC-SEM AR00094). Carapace length 1.5 (variation 1.5–1.7, n=4); abdomen length 1.9. Chelicera (
Fig. 193
): light yellow. Tibia of first leg with five pairs of ventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs. Measurements of legs: I 3.2, II 3.0, III 3.4, IV 3.5. Epigynum (
Figs 194–195
): window relatively large; opening to copulatory duct near anterior edge of the window; median septum narrow. Copulatory duct relatively narrow and not convoluted; spermatheca almost spherical. Color in alcohol (
Fig. 190
): eye area dark, other regions light yellow; abdomen dark with a light yellow transverse band near the middle and two lateral light yellow patches at posterior end; legs light yellow without dark markings.
Natural history.
Specimens were collected by beating forest understory vegetation.