Althepus muangensis Li et Li, 2017

Liu, Chang, Li, Fengyuan, Wongprom, Prasit, Zheng, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand, Zootaxa 4350 (3), pp. 469-499 : 485-491

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049533
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5326CD46-FFEE-FFE5-A096-A045FF74FECD
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scientific name	Althepus muangensis Li et Li
status	sp. nov.

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Althepus muangensis Li et Li sp. nov.

Figs 14–15 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 , 21–22 View FIGURE 21 View FIGURE 22

Type material. Holotype: Male ( IZCAS), Thailand, Phangnga Province, Muang District, Phung Chang Cave , 08°26.580'N, 98°30.990'E, altitude 33m, 0 9 October 2015 GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 2 females, same data as holotype ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis. The species resembles A. lakmueangensis sp. nov. ( Figs 10–11 View FIGURE 10 View FIGURE 11 ) with the male palp, but can be distinguished by the smooth surface of the distal embolus ( Figs 14A–D View FIGURE 14 ), by the large conductor as well as by the short spermathecae ( Fig. 15E View FIGURE 15 ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 3.41; carapace 1.00 length, 1.39 width; abdomen 2.28 length, 1.38 width. Carapace rounded ( Fig. 15G View FIGURE 15 ), yellow, with three longitudinal brown bands of different width, among them, the middle wider than both sides. Clypeus black-brown. Cheliceral promargin with two teeth, followed by a lamina, retromargin with two small teeth ( Fig. 21H View FIGURE 21 ). Labium brown. Sternum black-brown. Abdomen elongate, brown, with one longitudinal yellow band and two latitudinal yellow chevron bands dorsally, and two narrow white bands ventrally. Legs brown, femur and tibia annulated with white. Leg measurements: I 36.96 (11.79, 1.25, 10.83, 19.55, 3.27), II 17.50 (4.75, 1.25, 4.45, 5.77, 1.28), III 27.47 (6.60, 1.25, 6.67, 9.23, 3.72), IV 23.82 (6.54, 1.25, 6.41, 7.63, 1.99). Male palp ( Figs 14A–D View FIGURE 14 ): tarsus with three slightly curved, serrated bristles and one wart-like protrusion at the top of cymbial protrusion ( Fig. 14A View FIGURE 14 ), one hooked spine with tip directed towards proximally ( Fig. 14c View FIGURE 14 ), one strong spine arising from a small tubercle; bulb bright yellow, ovate; embolus arising distally from bulb, short and surface smooth; conductor arising prolatero-distally from bulb, flat; embolus and conductor widely separated (the distance is less than diameter of bulb).

Female (paratype). Similar to male in coloration and general features ( Figs 15H–I View FIGURE 15 ), but with a larger body size. Internal genitalia with a pair of transparent spermathecae ( Fig. 15E View FIGURE 15 ). Measurements: total length 3.69; carapace 1.00 length, 1.46 width; abdomen 2.48 length, 1.48 width. Legs I 35.41 (9.11, 0.40, 9.87, 12.50, 3.53), legs II 21.54 (5.96, 0.40, 5.19, 8.40, 1.59), III 14.01 (3.50, 0.40, 3.55, 5.00, 1.56), IV 18.98 (4.48, 0.40, 5.83, 6.67, 1.60).

Variation. Carapace: females 1.00–1.13 length, 1.17–1.46 width, tibia I 9.29–9.87. Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ).