Habrocestoides szechwanensis

Peng Xian-jin & Xie Li-ping, 1995, Spiders of the genus Habrocestoides from China (Araneae: Salticidae), Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10, pp. 57-64 : 57

Habrocestoides szechwanensis Prószyñski, 23-28) 1992 (F igs.

Habrocestoides szechwanensis Prószyfiski, 1992 a: 94, figs. 22-27 (♂ ♀).

Material: The type specimens were collected from Sichuan, China, damaged and deposited in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. I have had no opportunity to examine them, and no new representatives have been found. The following diagnosis and figures are after Prószynski (1992a).

Diagnosis: The male of this species resembles that of H. sinensis , but differs from the latter by: (1) embolus shorter and more slender (Figs. 23, 24); (2) tibial apophysis shorter (Fig. 24); (3) bulb without small outgrowth (Fig. 24) found in that of H. sinensis (Figs. 19,20); patch of white setae dorsally on cymbium shorter (Fig. 25).

The female is similar to that of H. emeiensis , but differs from the latter by: (1) accessory gland located at the middle of the distal part of the copulatory canal (Figs. 27, 28); (2) fertilisation duct far away from posterior plate, and almost parallel to the distal part of the copulatory canal (as arrowed in Fig. 27); (3) copulatory canal longer. Epigyne: Fig. 26.

Distribution: China (Sichuan).