Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiao-Qi, Wang, Wei-Hang, Gan, Jia-Hui, Irfan, Muhammad, Zhong, Yang & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2023, Notes on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China (Araneae: Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 902, pp. 1-91 : 48-51

Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015

Figs 30–31 , 58

Phintella wulingensis Huang et al., 2015: 38 , figs 11a–c, 12a–b (♀, female holotype, examined).

Diagnosis

The female was thoroughly diagnosed by Huang et al. (2015). The male of Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 is similar to that of P. popovi (Prószyński, 1979) , but it can be distinguished by the following: (1) the palpal tibia being obviously longer than wide ( Fig. 30A–C ), whereas about as long as wide in P. popovi ( Peng 2020: figs 556–558); (2) the RTA being distinctly wider than long in retrolateral view ( Fig. 30B ), whereas about longer than wide in P. popovi ( Peng 2020: fig. 556).

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♀; Guizhou, Songtao County, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Wuluo Township , Taoyuan Village ; 28°00.03′ N, 108°46.80′ E; 880 m a.s.l.; 31 Jul. 2014; X.J. Peng et al. leg.

Paratypes

CHINA • 1 ♀; Hunan, Shimen County, Hupingshan Township, Daling Village ; 30°01.68′ N, 110°37.68′ E; 677 m a.s.l.; 18 Jun. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg . • 1 ♀; Daling Village ; 30°02.18′ N, 110°37.46′ E; 710 m a.s.l.; 19 Jun. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg .

Other material examined

CHINA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Guizhou, Songtao County, Wuluo Township, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Taohuayuan ; 27°57.77′ N, 108°47.30′ E; 757 m a.s.l.; 9–10 Jul. 2012; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0311–0312 • 1 ♀; Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Dayuanzhi Village , Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Huguosi ; 27°54.72′ N, 108°28.62′ E, 1500 m a.s.l.; 12 Jun. 2013; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0313 • 4 ♀♀, 5♂♂; Jiangkou County, Taiping Township, Kuaichang Village , Macaohe ; 27°49.08′ N, 108°51.52′ E; 680 m a.s.l.; 8 Jul. 2015; C. Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.; TRU-JS 0314–0322 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Songtao County, Wuluo Township, Lengjiaba Village ; 27°54.93′ N, 108°36.70′ E; 1150 m a.s.l.; 10 Jul. 2015; C.Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.; TRU-JS 0323–0324 • 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Wuluo Township, Yuanyangzui ; 28°6.85′ N, 108°46.74′ E; 935 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2015; C.Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.; TRU-JS 0325–0330 • 1 ♀; Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve , Mabaoshu Grand Canyon ; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0331 • 1 ♀; Shiqian County, Pingshan Township, Foding Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tuanshan ; 27°21.59′ N, 108°9.37′ E; 890 m a.s.l.; 12 Jul. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0332 • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Jiangkou County, Dewang Township, Nangan Nature Reserve ; 28°16.84′ N, 107°52.86′ E; 748 m a.s.l.; 4 Aug. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0343–0345 • 8 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shangsi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park; 21°53.87′ N, 107°54.26′ E; 370 m a.s.l.; 14 Aug. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0346–0357 .

Description

Female

See Huang et al. (2015).

Male (TRU-JS 0354)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.72. Carapace 1.77 long, 1.27 wide. Abdomen 1.67 long, 1.23 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.40, ALE 0.20, PLE 0.21, AERW 1.19, PERW 1.11, EFL 0.84. Clypeus 0.15. Legs: I 4.42 (1.18, 0.63, 1.15, 0.98, 0.48), II 3.84 (1.13, 0.53, 0.93, 0.85, 0.40), III 4.41 (1.30, 0.55, 1.03, 1.13, 0.40), IV 4.72 (1.38, 0.55, 1.13, 1.18, 0.48).

HABITUS. Carapace yellow, eye field pale, covered with white scale-like setae at anterior margin ( Fig. 31C, F ). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth and distal flange of fang ( Fig. 31G ). Legs yellow. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum pale yellow, with pairs of irregular dark patches posteromedially; venter colored as dorsum, with irregular longitudinal green-brown stripe medially ( Fig. 31C–D ).

PALP. Tibia longer than wide; RTA tapered in ventral view and acutely narrowed to pointed tip distally in retrolateral view; bulb elongated, with posterior lobe extended downward in ventral view; tegular bump sub-triangular; lamellar process small, sub-triangular; embolus short, slightly curved retrolaterally to blunt tip ( Fig. 30 ).

Distribution

China (Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi) ( Fig. 58 ).

Figures

Fig. 30. Male palp of Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 (TRU-JS 0354). A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 31. Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015. A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0346). C–D, F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS 0354). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 58. Distributional records of Phintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985, P. fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019, P. liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 and P. sancha Cao & Li, 2016.