Six New And One Newly Recorded Species Of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Singapore And Malaysia
Author
Zhang, J. X.
Author
Song, D. X.
Author
Li, Daiqin
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2003
51
2
187
195
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4618788
2345-7600
4618788
Bathippus rectus
,
new species
(
Figs. 4
A-D)
Material examined. –
Holotype
– male (
ZRC
.ARA.52), Bukit Timah Nat. Res.,
Singapore
, coll.
D. Li
,
24 Aug.1999
.
Paratype
–
1 male
(
ZRC
.ARA.53), Bukit Timah Nat. Res.,
Singapore
, coll.
D. H. Murphy
,
8 Jun.1967
.
Diagnosis. –
The arrangement of cheliceral teeth of the new species is similar to that of
Bathippus shelfordii
Peckham & Peckham, 1907
(
Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 620
;
Zabka, 1988: 431
, f. 22-28), but differs from the latter in the structure of palpal organ; the palpal organ of the new species resembles that of
Bathippus molossus
(
Thorell, 1881
)
(
Plexippus molossus
Thorell, 1881: 553
, 708;
Bathippus molossus
- Prószynski théfrom, 1984: 8), but differs the latter in embolus relatively longer, coiled in more than one circle and tibial apophysis not hook-like.
Description. –
Males
. Total length 6.75 (
paratype
)-8.45. Length of
holotype
8.45: cephalothorax 3.42 long, 2.79 wide; abdomen 5.09 long, 2.03 wide. Carapace (
Fig. 4A
) dark brown, the PME and PLE surrounded by black circle. Eye sizes: AME 0.87, ALE 0.49, PME 0.09, PLE 0.46. Anterior eye row 2.48 wide, posterior row 2.25 wide, eye area 1.62 long. Chelicera (
Fig. 4B
) long, orange yellow, with 3 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal tooth. Endite and labium orange yellow, sternum yellow. Legs: femora I, II and patellae I, II dark red, other segments orange yellow. Femur I dorsally and patella I dorsally and ventrally with dense scopulae. Tibiae I, II and metatarsi I, II each with 4 pairs of ventral spines. Leg measurements: I 13.28 (3.87+5.22+ 3.06+1.13); II 10.36 (3.20+3.69+2.34+1.13); I I I 1 5. 0 4 (5. 0 9 + 4. 9 1 + 4. 1 4 + 0. 9 0); I V 1 0. 0 9 (2.93+3.15+3.20+0.81). Leg formula: 3124. Dorsum of abdomen grayish brown (yellow in
paratype
), centrally with 2 pairs of small brown spots; venter grayish brown, with 4 rows of light yellow, longitudinal markings. Embolus of palpal organ (
Figs. 4C, D
) slender, coiled into more than one circle, its basal part swollen as a bulb; tibial apophysis finger-like, not curved.
Fig. 4.
Bathippus rectus
,
new species
, holotype (ZRC.ARA.52). A. male; B. left chelicera, ventral view; C. left palp, ventral view; D. same, lateral view. Scales: A, B = 1.0 mm, C, D = 0.5 mm.
Etymology. –
The specific name refers to the straight apophysis of palpal tibia.