Otacilia shennongjia, Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023

Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023, Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), Zootaxa 5338 (1), pp. 1-104 : 48-52

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAA37212-3008-43F4-98DE-94D7A3FFD3B6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283866

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/364E87DE-865C-FFBA-5AA6-FB19DA362203

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Plazi

scientific name

Otacilia shennongjia
status

sp. nov.

Otacilia shennongjia View in CoL sp. nov. (θḢXŴṚff)

Figs 37–39 View FIGURE 37 View FIGURE 38 View FIGURE 39

Type material. Holotype ♁, CHINA: Hubei Province: Shennongjia Forestry District, Hongping Town (31°41′41.62″N, 110°25′40.44″E, 1753 m a.s.l.), 24 Oct. 2020, leg. Luyu Wang. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 4 ♀, with same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. This new species resembles O. triangula Mu, Jin & Zhang, 2022 in having a similarly shaped embolus and spermathecae, but can be recognized by: 1) the absence of a scar on the embolus (vs with scar, cf. Fig. 38B, C View FIGURE 38 and fig. 11B, C in Mu et al. [2022]), 2) the longer retrolateral tibial apophysis, with a slightly curved tip (vs short, not curved, cf. Fig. 38B View FIGURE 38 and fig. 11B in Mu et al. [2022]), 3) the rectangular conductor (vs triangular, cf. Fig. 38C View FIGURE 38 and fig. 11C in Mu et al. [2022]), and 4) the anteriorly wide, posteriorly narrow median septum (vs anteriorly narrow, posteriorly wide, cf. Fig. 38E View FIGURE 38 and fig. 11E in Mu et al. [2022]).

Description. Male (Holotype): total length 3.13, carapace 1.62 long, 1.38 wide; abdomen 1.51 long, 1.01 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances:AME 0.09, ALE 0.09, PME 0.09, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE– ALE 0.23, PME–PME 0.11, PME–PLE 0.06, PLE–PLE 0.43, ALE–PLE 0.08. EAW 0.56, CRW 0.73, EAW/CRW 0.77, CRW/CW 0.53. MOA 0.28 long, anterior width 0.22, posterior width 0.30. CH 0.13, CH /AME 1.44. Labium 0.13 long, 0.24 wide. Sternum 0.88 long, 0.84 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 6.39 (1.67, 0.59, 1.88, 1.50, 0.75), II 5.10 (1.36, 0.55, 1.31, 1.17, 0.71), III 4.24 (1.15, 0.48, 0.92, 1.11, 0.58), IV 6.75 (1.84, 0.60, 1.58, 1.84, 0.89). Spination: femur I d 0 pl 4, femur II d 1 pl 1, femur III d 0, femur IV d 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 7 rv 7, tibia II pv 7 rv 6, metatarsus Ⅰ pv 4 rv 4, metatarsus II pv 4 rv 3.

Coloration. Carapace yellow, with two black longitudinal stripes. Abdomen gray, with short narrow dorsal scutum, tip black, with five black transverse stripes posteriorly ( Fig. 37A, B View FIGURE 37 ). Legs yellow.

Palp as in Figs 38A–D View FIGURE 38 , 39A–C View FIGURE 39 . Femoral apophysis well developed, near middle of femur. Tibia short, about half length of femur. Prolateral tibial apophysis distinct, round. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long, tip slightly curved, vertical in retrolateral view. Tegulum pyriform, retrolateral margin straight; tegular apophysis long, clavate-shaped. Sperm duct distinct, tapering from retrolateral side of tegulum to embolus, occupying about half length of tegulum. Embolus thick, strongly curved. Conductor nearly rectangular, membranous.

Female (Paratype): total length 4.01, carapace 1.64 long, 1.36 wide; abdomen 2.37 long, 1.58 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.10, PME 0.09, PLE 0.10; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.23, PME–PME 0.11, PME–PLE 0.06, PLE–PLE 0.40, ALE–PLE 0. 08. EAW 0.54, CRW 0.71, EAW/CRW 0.76, CRW/CW 0.52. MOA 0.27 long, anterior width 0.23, posterior width 0.29. CH 0.11, CH /AME 1.10. Labium 0.15 long, 0.25 wide. Sternum 0.96 long, 0.88 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 6.12 (1.65, 0.63, 1.78, 1.41, 0.65), II 5.01 (1.33, 0.56, 1.30, 1.13, 0.69), III 4.32 (1.18, 0.51, 0.85, 1.14, 0.64), IV 6.47 (1.67, 0.60, 1.51, 1.82, 0.87). Spination: femur I d 0 pl 4, femur II d 1 pl 2, femora III–IV d 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 7 rv 7, tibia II pv 7 rv 6, metatarsus Ⅰ pv 4 rv 4, metatarsus II pv 4 rv 3. Legs yellow. Other characters as in male, except carapace darker and dorsal scutum absent ( Fig. 37C, D View FIGURE 37 ).

Epigyne as in Figs 38E–F View FIGURE 38 , 39D–E View FIGURE 39 . Epigynal plate sclerotized, slightly depressed in center. Median septum wide anteriorly, narrow posteriorly. Copulatory openings oval, separated by more than 1.5 diameter of spermathecae. Copulatory ducts short. Connecting tubes long and curved, bow-shaped. Glandular appendages short, mastoid-shaped. Bursa large, transparent, kidney-shaped. Spermathecae oval, separated by about 1/4 their diameter. Fertilization ducts located at anterior margin of spermathecae.

Distribution. China (Hubei Province).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Phrurolithidae

Genus

Otacilia

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