Two new linyphiid species from Borneo and Sumatra (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Author
Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
tanasevitch@gmail.com
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2020
2020-06-10
68
473
478
journal article
55740
10.26107/RBZ-2020-0065
8c7e8306-bdf3-4971-a98b-577b5df0fa40
2345-7600
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Ummeliata jambi
,
new species
(
Figs. 2–6
,
14–20
)
Holotype
.
Male
(
MHNG
),
INDONESIA
,
Sumatra
,
Jambi
,
Mt Kerinci
,
2,500 m
a.s.l.
,
sifting vegetation debris in moss forest
;
12 November 1989
, coll.
D. Burckhardt
,
I. Löbl
and
D. Agosti
[14].
Paratype
.
1 female
(
MHNG
), collected together with the holotype.
Diagnosis.
Ummeliata jambi
,
new species
, is characterised by a highly reduced mastidion on the chelicera, the distal apophysis of the convector in males well protruding forward, and by the deeper notch on the anterior wall of the epigyne in females. The species seems to be especially similar to
U. insecticeps
(
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
)
, which occurs in southern Siberia, the Russian Far East,
Korea
,
Japan
,
China
(including
Taiwan)
, and northern
Vietnam
(
Tu & Li, 2004
). The male of the new species is easily distinguishable from the larger postocular elevation, the highly reduced mastidion, the reduced radix, as well as the distal apophysis of the convector well protruding forward. The female differs by the deeper notch on the anterior wall of the epigyne and the absence of a tubercle at the bottom of the notch. The distal apophysis of the convector protruding from the palp in
U. jambi
,
new species
, resembles that of
U. xiaowutai
Han & Zhang, 2014
(termed by the authors as the anterior radical process), known from northeastern
China
(
Han & Zhang, 2014
). However, the shapes of the distal apophysis of the convector and other parts of the palp are different in both species.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to its
type
locality, the
Jambi province
of
Sumatra
.
Description.
Male
holotype
. Total length 2.03. Carapace modified: middle part of carapace with a rounded elevation separated from cephalic part by a deep slit (as in
Figs. 2–4
), 1.00 long, 0.75 wide, greyish brown with indistinct radial stripes. Eyes normal, not enlarged. Chelicerae 0.38 long, mastidion highly reduced. Legs pale brown. Leg I 2.71 long (0.75 + 0.25 + 0.63 + 0.60 + 0.48), IV 2.89 long (0.75 + 0.25 + 0.73 + 0.68 + 0.48). Chaetotaxy: 2.2.1.1. Length of spines 1–2 diameters of corresponding leg segment. TmI 0.68–0.69. Metatarsi I–IV each with a trichobothrium. Palp (
Figs. 14–19
): Tibia slightly elongated, with a small tubercle apically. Paracymbium narrow, L-shaped, with a blunt tooth in middle part. Tegulum distally bearing a small, almost transparent, poorly visible protegulum. Distal suprategular apophysis relatively short, rounded. Median membrane reduced. Convector very large, V-shaped, its distal apophysis well protruding forward. Radix reduced, embolus coiled, with a membranous edge. Abdomen (
Fig. 2
) 1.18 long, 0.78 wide, dark grey.
Figs. 7–13. Details of male palp structure of
Pseudomicrocentria uncata
,
new species
, paratype (7–11), and
P. simplex
Locket, 1982
(12–13), after
Locket (1982)
. 7, right palp, retrolateral view; 8, 13, right palp, prolateral view; 9, palpal patella, tibia, and paracymbium, prolateral view; 10, 12, palpal tibia, dorsal view; 11, distal part of embolic division. Scale = 0.1 mm. Figs. 11–13, not to scale.
Female
paratype
. Total length 2.25. Carapace unmodified (as in
Fig. 5
), 0.95 long, 0.78 wide, greyish brown with indistinct radial stripes. Eyes normal, not enlarged. Chelicerae 0.38 long, mastidion absent. Legs brown. Leg I 2.49 long (0.68 + 0.25 + 0.60 + 0.53 + 0.43), IV 2.72 long (0.78 + 0.25 + 0.68 + 0.63 + 0.38). Chaetotaxy: 2.2.1.1. Length of spines 1–2 diameters of corresponding leg segment. TmI 0.75. Metatarsi I–IV each with a trichobothrium. Abdomen (
Figs. 5, 6
) 1.43 long, 1.00 wide, dark grey. Epigyne (
Figs. 6
,
20
): Anterior wall (= ventral plate, auct.) with a deep and rounded notch. Receptacles spherical.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality in
Sumatra
,
Indonesia
.