Four new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from China (Araneae: Dictynidae)
Author
Wang, Lu-Yu
Author
Zhou, Gu-Chun
Author
Peng, Xian-Jin
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-13
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.7
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Cicurina yuelushanensis
spec. nov.
Figures 7
A–D, 8A–G, 12
Type material.
Holotype
male
,
China
,
Hunan Prov.
,
Changsha City
,
Mt. Yuelu
,
28°10′52″ N
,
112°55′58″ E
, elev.
234 m
,
19 November 2017
,
L.Y. Wang
leg.
Paratypes
(
20 males
and
55 females
):
1 male
,
8 females
,
Mt. Yuelu
, same location as holotype,
9 February 2017
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
;
2 males
,
5 females
,
Mt. Yuelu
,
28°11′05″ N
,
112°55′51″ E
, elev.
289 m
,
15 February 2017
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
;
1 male
,
2 females
,
Mt. Yuelu
,
28°10′50″ N
,
112°56′17″ E
, elev.
142 m
,
16 February 2017
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
;
1 male
,
Mt. Yuelu
,
28°10′59″ N
,
112°56′13″ E
, elev.
163 m
,
1 March 2017
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
;
4 females
,
Mt. Yuelu
, same location as holotype,
26 March 2017
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
;
8 females
,
Mt. Yuelu
,
28°10′50″ N
,
112°56′19″ E
, elev.
115 m
,
24 April 2017
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
;
15 males
,
28 females
,
Mt. Yuelu
, same location as holotype,
8 December 2016
,
G.C. Zhou
leg.
Male pedipalp (
Figs 7
A–B, 8C–E). RTA strong, with a single fold and rounded end. Embolus originating at approximately 6-o’clock position. Embolus slender and filiform, its anterior part resting in the long groove of conductor. Conductor strong and with a knife-like end.
Females total length 3.61–4.48. The female (
Fig. 8B
) of total length 3.63: Prosoma 1.57 long, 1.21 wide; opisthosoma 2.04 long, 1.77 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.02, ALE 0.08, PME 0.08, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.05. MOA 0.21 long, anterior width 0.08, posterior width 0.24. Clypeus height 0.11. Leg measurements: I 4.41 (1.24, 1.56, 0.93, 0.68); II 3.95 (1.16, 1.33, 0.90, 0.56); III 3.56 (1.01, 1.20, 0.86, 0.49); IV 4.63 (1.28, 1.55, 1.16, 0.64).
Epigyne (
Figs 7
C–D, 8F–G). Atrium wide and archway-like. Copulatory openings located on the shoulders of atrium. Copulatory ducts long and folded. Spermathecae large and ball-shaped. Fertilization ducts hook-like.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality,
Hunan
,
China
(
Fig. 12
).