Draconarius cucphuongensis, Liu & Li & Pham, 2010

Liu, Jie, Li, Shuqiang & Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2010, 2377, Zootaxa 2377, pp. 1-93 : 34-35

Draconarius cucphuongensis sp. nov.

Figs 29–30, 87

Type material. Holotype female, 2 female paratypes, VIETNAM: Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong National Park (20º21.44’N, 105º34.21’E), March 2007 to March 2008, Dinh-Sac PHAM leg.

Etymology. The specific epithet is taken from the type locality, adjective.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Draconarius huongsonensis Wang & Jäger, 2008 in having the rounded spermathecae, but can be distinguished from the latter by the presence of epigynal teeth, the distinct copulatory ducts and the visible spermathecal heads from dorsal view ( Figs 29A–B, 30B–C).

Description. Female. Total length 4.75–5.00. Holotype total length 5.00, prosoma 2.25 long, 1.50 wide; opisthosoma 2.75 long, 1.75 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.05; ALE 0.15; PME 0.13; PLE 0.15; AME– AME 0; AME–ALE 0.01; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.05; PME–PLE 0.03. Clypeus height 0.10. Leg formula: IV, II, III; leg measurements: I: 5.30 [1.50, 1.75, 1.25, 0.80]; II: 4.75 [1.40, 1.65, 1.00, 0.70]; III: 4.10 [1.20, 1.25, 1.05, 0.60]; IV: 6.10 [1.75, 2.00, 1.65, 0.70]. Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth ( Fig. 29C). Epigynal teeth large, situated posteriorly and laterally, widely separated ( Figs 29A, 30B); atrium small, extremely close to epigastric furrow ( Figs 29A, 30B); copulatory ducts long, situated between spermathecae ( Figs 29B, 30C); spermathecal heads short, situated anteriorly on spermathecae, moderately separated ( Figs 29B, 30C); spermathecae large, rounded and slightly separated ( Figs 29B, 30C).

Male. Unknown.

Habitat preferences. These specimens were collected by leaf-litter sieving, this species mostly lives in leaf litter.

Distribution. Vietnam (Ninh Binh) ( Fig. 87).