Chalcoscirtus vietnamensis (Zabka, 1985)

Yu, Kun, Hoang, Quang Duy, Maddison, Wayne P. & Zhang, Junxia, 2023, Review of Chalcovietnamicus Marusik, 1991, with description of four new species (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini), Zootaxa 5336 (4), pp. 451-480 : 472

vietnamensis -species group

Members of this group can be distinguished from species of daiqini -group by the presence of a large apical flag-like embolic apophysis (EA) on the back side of the embolus ( Figs 116 , 134). Body is rather dark, with three conspicuous golden setal bands of scale setae on carapace and dorsal abdomen ( Fig. 108 ; except for the male of C. vietnamensis , which has the bands on the lateral sides reduced).

Species included. Chalcovietnamicus lii (Lei & Peng, 2010) , C. vietnamensis (Żabka, 1985) .

Figures

FIGURES 109–117. Chalcovietnamicus lii (Lei & Peng, 2010), male (112–113, 116–117) and female (109–111, 114–115) from Menglun, Xishuangbanna. 109–110. Habitus; 111. Posterior part of sternum, ventral view; 112–113. Palp, ventral (112) and retrolateral (113) view (modified from Wang & Li, 2022); 114. Epigynum, ventral view; 115. Vulva, dorsal view; 116–117. Embolus, in retrolateral (116) and ventral (117, slightly turning retrolaterally to show the EA) view. Abbreviations: aE = apical extension of embolus; EA = embolic apophysis; G = groove; SD = sperm duct.

FIGURES 105–108. Living Chalcovietnamicus lii (Lei & Peng, 2010), female from Menglun, Xishuangbanna. Figures are copyright © Weihang Wang.