Speocera cucphuong Li & Li, 2019

Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 44 (1), pp. 1-75 : 18-26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201901
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:044F94BB-26D6-486A-95B6-F137F5C9AACB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459945
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C73287EE-1065-3375-FF2D-7140FD6DD4DE
treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	Speocera cucphuong Li & Li
status	sp. nov.

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Speocera cucphuong Li & Li View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 18–19 View Figure 18 View Figure 19 , 55H, I View Figure 55 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS), Vietnam, Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong National Park, on the path to the Old Tree , 20.VIII.2015 (20º20.972′N, 105º35.600′E), elev. 437 m, leg. Q. Zhao, Y. Li & Z. Chen. Paratype 1♀ ( IZCAS), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality; noun.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. bulbiformis Lin, Pham & Li, 2009 , but males can be distinguished by the laterally excavated chelicerae with a horn-like apophysis ( Figs 55H–I View Figure 55 ) and by the nearly spherical male palpal bulb ( Figs 18A–B View Figure 18 ), and females by the very long, curved afferent spermathecae ( Fig. 19B View Figure 19 ). S. bulbiformis males have unmodified chelicerae, a more flattened palpal bulb, and females have very short, nearly straight afferent spermathecae (Lin et al., 2009: figs 3–4).

Description. Male. Total length 1.13; carapace length 0.51; carapace width 0.44; abdomen length 0.57; abdomen width 0.40. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 18C View Figure 18 ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide. Endites light yellow with serrula; labium light yellow. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; external margin strongly excavated, anterior face with one horn-like apophysis; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Figs 55H–I View Figure 55 ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation, PME smallest, PLE largest ( Fig. 18C View Figure 18 ). Opisthosoma oval; light gray. Legs light yellow; leg lengths I, II missing; III 1.56 (0.42, 0.14, 0.43, 0.32, 0.25); IV 2.16 (0.60, 0.16, 0.63, 0.45, 0.32). Genitalia ( Fig. 18 View Figure 18 ). Palpal femur long; palpal tibia as long as cymbium ( Figs 18A–B View Figure 18 ). Cymbium conical, with a prolateral extension basally. Bulb spherical, as long as wide. Embolus short, black, associated sclerites absent; sperm duct initially wide, gradually narrowing distally ( Fig. 18D View Figure 18 ).

Female. Total length 1.41; carapace length 0.57; carapace width 0.46; abdomen length 0.80; abdomen width 0.58. Similar to male in color and general features ( Figs 19D–E View Figure 19 ) but larger. Chelicerae unmodified. Legs light yellow; leg lengths I 1.85 (0.50, 0.16, 0.52, 0.37, 0.29); II missing; III 1.64 (0.45, 0.15, 0.43, 0.47, 0.34); IV 2.22 (0.40, 0.13, 0.30, 0.29, 0.23). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae elongated, curved, extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 19B View Figure 19 ); spermathecae oval ( Fig. 19A View Figure 19 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.