Epeus glorius Żabka, 1985

Meng, Xiang-Wei, Zhang, Zhi-Sheng & Shi, Ai-Ming, 2015, Description of two unknown females of Epeus Peckham & Peckham from China (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 3955 (1), pp. 147-150 : 148-149

Epeus glorius Żabka, 1985

Figs 3–4 , 7–8 , 15–20

Epeus glorius Żabka, 1985: 216 , figs 121–124 (male holotype from Phu Que, Vietnam, deposited in Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, Poland, not examined); Xie & Peng 1993: 20, figs 5–8; Peng et al. 1993: 49, figs 125–128; Song, Zhu & Chen 1999: 508, figs 291P–Q; Peng & Li 2002: 387, figs 2A–E.

Material examined. CHINA: Chongqing: Mt. Jinyun: 1 ♂, Caijiagou, 29°50′8.1″N, 106°21′39.8″E, Alt. 414 m, 2.VI.2012, L.Y. Wang, D. Wang & X.K. Jiang ( SWUC); 1 ♂, Caijiagou, 24.V.2008, Z.H. Liu & G. Wei ( SWUC); 1 ♀, Caijiagou, 13.VII.2008, C.Q. Wu ( SWUC).

Diagnosis. Males of this species are similar to E. alboguttatus , E. edwardsi , E. furcatus , E. hawigalboguttatus , E. sumatranus and E. tener in having the proximally located tegular apophysis, but this species can be distinguished from all those by the long cymbial apophysis, armed with small serrula on its ventral edge, and the well-developed RTA ( Figs 15–16 ). Females are similar to E. sumatranus in having the widely separated copulatory openings, but can be distinguished by the presence of two depressions between the copulatory openings and by the relatively thinner and long copulatory ducts ( Figs 17–20 ).

Description. Male ( Figs 3–4 , 7 , 15–16 ). For detailed description, see Peng & Li (2002).

Female (SWUC) ( Fig. 8 ). Total length 10.02. Prosoma 4.22 long, 3.07 wide, 2.53 high; opisthosoma 5.66 long, 2.43 wide. Ocular quadrangle 1.37 long; anterior eye row 1.80 wide, posterior eye row 1.98 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.84, ALE 0.35, PME 0.08, PLE 0.30; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 1.85, PME- PLE 0.53, ALE-PLE 1.06. Clypeus 0.22 high. Chelicera with 2 promarginal and 1 retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 9.75 (2.82, 3.93, 1.81, 1.19); II 9.59 (3.08, 3.60, 1.83, 1.08); III 10.85 (3.53, 3.62, 2.43, 1.27); IV 9.87 (2.93, 3.35, 2.39, 1.20). Leg formula: 3412. Other characters similar to the male. Epigyne shown in Figs 15–20 .

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi ); Vietnam, Malaysia.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Epeus spp. 1 – 2 Epeus bicuspidatus, 1 male, anterolateral view; 2 female, dorsal view; 3 – 4 Epeus glorius, 3 male, dorsal view; 4 same, frontal view.

FIGURES 5 – 8. Epeus spp, dorsal view. 5 – 6 Epeus bicuspidatus, 5 male; 6 female; 7 – 8 Epeus glorius, 7 male; 8 female.

FIGURES 9 – 20. Epeus spp. 9 – 14 Epeus bicuspidatus, 9 left male palp, ventral view; 10 same, retrolateral view; 11, 13 epigyne, ventral view; 12, 14 same, dorsal view; 15 – 20 Epeus glorius, 15 left male palp, ventral view; 16 same, retrolateral view; 17, 19 epigyne, ventral view; 18, 20 same, dorsal view.