Campanicola anguilliformis Li & Liu, 2021

Li, Zichang, Agnarsson, Ingi, Peng, Yu & Liu, Jie, 2021, Eight cobweb spider species from China building detritus-based, bell-shaped retreats (Araneae, Theridiidae), ZooKeys 1055, pp. 95-121 : 95

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1055.67620

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scientific name

Campanicola anguilliformis Li & Liu
status

sp. nov.

Campanicola anguilliformis Li & Liu sp. nov.

Figs 7 View Figure 7 , 16 View Figure 16

Type material.

Holotype: ♀, China, Fujian Province: Wuyishan City, Wuyi Mountain Natural Reserves (26°39'42"N, 117°56'24"E, 399 m), 28 August 2019, Y. Zhong and F.J. Liu leg. Paratypes: 1 ♀, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis.

This new species is similar to C. ferrumequina , C. tauricornis sp. nov. and C. volubilis sp. nov. in having spherical spermathecae, and long and looped copulatory ducts, but can be distinguished from them by the direction of the copulatory duct: it starts from the middle and anterior part of the atrium, extends posteriorly, then curves several times and enters the spermathecae laterally and ventrally in C. anguilliformis sp. nov. (Fig. 7E-H View Figure 7 ); it starts from the lateral and anterior part of the atrium, extends anteriorly, then curves several times and enters the spermathecae laterally and dorsally in C. ferrumequina (Fig. 4E-H View Figure 4 ); it starts from the lateral and anterior part of the atrium, extends anteriorly, then curves several times and enters the spermathecae laterally and ventrally in C. tauricornis sp. nov. and C. volubilis sp. nov. (Figs 10D-G View Figure 10 , 11D-G View Figure 11 ).

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective Campanicola anguilliformis , meaning eel-like, referring to the eel-like copulatory ducts; adjective.

Description.

Male unknown. Female (holotype): Total length 2.06. Prosoma 0.91 long, 0.80 wide, brownish yellow, with black margin. Sternum 0.55 long, 0.51 wide, yellow, peltate, with sparse setae. Opisthosoma 1.45 long, 1.16 wide, dorsum black, with two pairs of transverse patterns in the shape of mustache and a longitudinal stripe, irregular white spots distributed in the patterns and the stripe; venter yellowish, with few bright white spots. Anal tubercle yellow. Spinnerets surrounded with black ring, without colulus (Fig. 7A-C View Figure 7 ). Diameters of eyes: AME 0.07, ALE 0.08, PME 0.09, PLE 0.07. Interdistances of eyes: AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.05. Clypeus 0.16 high, yellow. Chelicerae yellow, promargin with 2 teeth. Endites yellow. Labium 0.19 long, 0.05 wide, yellow and rectangular, fused with sternum. Measurements of legs: I 3.58 (1.12, 0.29, 0.80, 0.89, 0.48), II 2.50 (0.77, 0.29, 0.47, 0.56, 0.41), III 1.90 (0.60, 0.22, 0.32, 0.42, 0.34), IV 3.00 (0.98, 0.32, 0.62, 0.66, 0.42). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Femur and patella light yellow, tibia, metatarsus and tarsus orange yellow. Femur, tibia and metatarsus with dark brown ring. Epigynum: atrium depression, small and oval; copulatory pores distinguishable, close to each other, located on the middle and anterior part of atrium; copulatory ducts long, winding, lightly sclerotized, connected with spermathecae from anterior-ventral part; spermathecae spherical; fertilization ducts short, curved and tapering (Fig. 7E, F View Figure 7 ).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan) (Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theridiidae

Genus

Campanicola