The Goblin Spiders of the Genus Opopaea (Araneae, Oonopidae) in Hainan Island, China
Author
Tong, Yanfeng
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2010
2327
23
43
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205793
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205793
Opopaea cornuta
Yin & Wang, 1984
Figs 1B, K
,
2A–E
,
9
Opopaea cornuta
Yin & Wang, 1984
: 52
, figs 2A–F (Ƥ).
Opopaea cornuta
.
Burger, Nentwig & Kropf, 2003
: 91
, fig. 24 (Ƥ).
Material examined:
7 males
,
22 females
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Bawangling National Natural Reserve (
19°04.871´N
,
109°07.395´E
), Yajia Bawangling Convention Center,
654 m
a.s.l.,
27 July 2007
, S. Li leg. (LiSQ 103);
3 males
,
3 females
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Bawangling National Natural Reserve (
19°01.952´N
,
109°06.147´E
),
698 m
a.s.l.,
29 July 2007
, S. Li leg. (LiSQ 116);
1 male
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Limushan Natural Reserve, Binlanghu (
19°11.982´N
,
109°43.756´E
),
576 m
a.s.l.,
13 August 2007
, S. Li leg. (LiSQ 194);
1 male
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Dongfang City, Datian National Natural Reserve (
19°06.609´N
,
108°47.362´E
),
52 m
a.s.l.,
22 July 2007
, S. Li leg. (LiSQ 68);
1 female
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Bawangling National Natural Reserve, Wangxia Town,
26 July 2007
, S. Li leg. (LiSQ 97);
2 males
,
5 females
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Yinggeling Natural Reserve,
2 August 2007
, C. Wang leg. (WangCX 117);
3 males
,
7 females
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Wuzhishan National Natural Reserve, Tropical forest,
7 August 2007
, C. Wang leg. (WangCX 129);
4 males
,
3 females
,
CHINA
: Hainan,
Sanya
, Liudao, Hills along coast (
18°10.645´N
,
109°33.989´E
),
5 m
a.s.l.,
15 July 2007
, C. Wang leg. (WangCX 13);
1 male
,
1 female
,
CHINA
: Hainan, Haikou, Dongzhaigang Mangrove Natural Reserve,
20 August 2007
, C. Wang leg. All specimens deposited in
IZCAS
.
Diagnosis:
This species can be separated from most congeneric species by the presence of cone-shaped tubercles on the posterior corners of the carapace. There are three other
Opopaea
species (
O. diaoluoshan
sp. nov.
,
O. gibbifera
Tong & Li, 2008
and
O. vitrispina
sp. nov.
) with similar characters.
O. cornuta
can be distinguished from them by the following characters: large tubercles on carapace (compare
Figs
1I
–L
), clypeus height about 2.5 times of ALE diameter (
Figs 1B, K
), epigastric area of female with a dark spot on postgynal plate (
Fig. 2D
) and outgrowths on male palpal embolus (
Figs 2A, B
).
Distribution:
China
(Hainan, Hunan and Yunnan (
type
locality), Zhejiang) (Map 1).
MAP 1.
Distribution of
Opopaea cornuta
Yin & Wang,
1984
in
China
.