Two new species of the genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from China Author Wang, Wei Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China Author Lin, Yejie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6789-2731 Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang, Hebei 065000, China linyejie15@gmail.com Author Zhang, Xiaoqing Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Chu, Chang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-5463 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China Author Li, Shuqiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Huang, Chengming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China cmhuang@ioz.ac.cn text Biodiversity Data Journal 2023 2023-04-11 11 103298 103298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e103298 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e103298 1314-2828-11-e103298 033EA0D095B346638F3496FE6C8F8BC0 F366D4CFA600576D8199ABA0BC5500FF Asceua haocongi Lin & Li, 2023 sp. n. Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Haocong Yang ; sex: male ; occurrenceID: 840AD 147-8576-5FF5-9E4E-7454F1D069F4 ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hainan ; locality: Sanya City , Jiyang District , Sanya Xiaodonghai Wedding Photography Base ; verbatimElevation: 2 m ; verbatimCoordinates: N18.2004° , E109.4984° ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yejie Lin ; Event: year: 2023; month: 2; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: IZCAS-Ar 44408 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Haocong Yang ; sex: female ; occurrenceID: 0D741223-ED30-5E71-909A-A073F7FDF091 ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hainan ; locality: Sanya City , Jiyang District , Sanya Xiaodonghai Wedding Photography Base ; verbatimElevation: 2 m ; verbatimCoordinates: N18.2004° , E109.4984° ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yejie Lin ; Event: year: 2023; month: 2; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: IZCAS-Ar 44409 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Haocong Yang ; sex: female ; occurrenceID: 0D741223-ED30-5E71-909A-A073F7FDF091 ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hainan ; locality: Sanya City , Jiyang District , Sanya Xiaodonghai Wedding Photography Base ; verbatimElevation: 2 m ; verbatimCoordinates: N18.2004° , E109.4984° ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yejie Lin ; Event: year: 2023; month: 2; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: IZCAS-Ar 44410 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Haocong Yang ; sex: female ; occurrenceID: 0D741223-ED30-5E71-909A-A073F7FDF091 ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hainan ; locality: Sanya City , Jiyang District , Sanya Xiaodonghai Wedding Photography Base ; verbatimElevation: 2 m ; verbatimCoordinates: N18.2004° , E109.4984° ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yejie Lin ; Event: year: 2023; month: 2; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: IZCAS-Ar 44411 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Haocong Yang ; sex: female ; occurrenceID: 0D741223-ED30-5E71-909A-A073F7FDF091 ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hainan ; locality: Sanya City , Jiyang District , Sanya Xiaodonghai Wedding Photography Base ; verbatimElevation: 2 m ; verbatimCoordinates: N18.2004° , E109.4984° ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yejie Lin ; Event: year: 2023; month: 2; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: IZCAS-Ar 44412 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Haocong Yang ; sex: female ; occurrenceID: 0D741223-ED30-5E71-909A-A073F7FDF091 ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hainan ; locality: Sanya City , Jiyang District , Sanya Xiaodonghai Wedding Photography Base ; verbatimElevation: 2 m ; verbatimCoordinates: N18.2004° , E109.4984° ; Identification: identifiedBy: Yejie Lin ; Event: year: 2023; month: 2; day: 4; Record Level: institutionID: IZCAS-Ar44413 Description Male (holotype). Total length 2.13; carapace 1.07 long, 0.74 wide, opisthosoma 1.06 long, 0.71 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.06, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06, AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.08, AME-PME 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.05. MOA 0.21 long, front width 0.19, back width 0.19. Clypeus height 0.29. Chelicerae with 2 promarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 3.00 (0.76, 0.24, 0.73, 0.78, 0.49), II 2.34 (0.64, 0.25, 0.48, 0.61, 0.36), III 2.34 (0.64, 0.25, 0.47, 0.64, 0.36), IV 3.23 (0.84, 0.25, 0.73, 0.96, 0.45). Colouration (Fig. 4 A, B). Carapace red-brown, edge brown. Chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum red-brown. Legs yellow-brown with black ring pattern. Opisthosoma oval, dark brown with numbers of small yellow-brown spots, with ventral scutum covering opisthosoma, dorsal white with purple spots. Spinnerets purple. Palp (Fig. 2 ). Patella almost as long as tibia. Tibia with two apophyses, retrolateral tibial apophysis blunt, triangular-shaped; dorsal tibial apophysis lamellate. Cymbium almost two times longer than wide. Cymbial furrow with a hood anteriorly and a digitiform apophysis posteriorly. Bulb almost 1.5 times longer than wide. Tegulum almost round. Tegular apophysis black, terminal sharp. Conductor bent, originating dorsally on bulb, with slightly widened tip. Embolus slender and whip-like, distal portion pointing to middle of conductor in ventral view. Base of embolus large, with large membranous prolateral part, arising at 7 o'clock position. Female (IZCAS-Ar44409). Total length 2.57; carapace 1.22 long, 0.84 wide, opisthosoma 1.35 long, 0.92 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.07, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06, AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.09, PME-PLE 0.10, AME-PME 0.10, ALE-PLE 0.06. MOA 0.23 long, front width 0.20, back width 0.21. Clypeus height 0.33. Chelicerae with 2 promarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 2.90 (0.77, 0.27, 0.65, 0.73, 0.48), II 2.44 (0.67, 0.27, 0.49, 0.61, 0.40), III 2.45 (0.66, 0.28, 0.49, 0.66, 0.36), IV 3.34 (0.87, 0.28, 0.75, 0.98, 0.46). Colouration (Fig. 4 C, D). As in male, except lacking scutum on opisthosoma and opisthosoma with three pairs of white spots, first pair oblong-oval, longitudinal, largest; second pair irregular in shape, positioned lateral to the first pair, third pair ovoid, transverse, slightly connected to the second pair. Epigyne (Fig. 3 ). Epigynal plate as long as wide. Copulatory openings located on anterior portion of epigyne. Copulatory ducts intertwined. Spermathecae kidney-shaped, two times wider than copulatory ducts. Fertilisation ducts directed at the 2 o'clock position from spermathecae. Diagnosis The male is similar to that of Asceua radiosa Jocque , 1986 by the triangular-shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis, same shaped cymbial furrow and tegular apophysis needle-shaped. Females share the same shape of the copulatory duct. However, the new species can be distinguished from A. radiosa by the cymbial furrow with a digitiform apophysis posteriorly (Fig. 2 C) [vs. absent in A. radiosa (see Jocque (1986) , fig. 4)] and tegular apophysis strongly curved (Fig. 2 B) [vs. almost straight in A. radiosa (see Jocque (1986) , fig. 5)]. The female can be distinguished from A. radiosa by the kidney-shaped spermatheca (Fig. 3 B) [vs. oval in A. radiosa (see Jocque (1986) , fig. 8)]. Etymology The species is named after the collector Mr. Haochong Yang; noun (name) in genitive case. Distribution Known only from the type locality (Fig. 9 ).