Portia fajing, Xu & Peng & Li, 2021

Xu, Xin, Peng, Xianjin & Li, Daiqin, 2021, Four new species of the jumping spider genus Portia (Araneae, Salticidae) from China, ZooKeys 1068, pp. 27-40 : 27

Portia fajing sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype: China • 1 ♀; Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City, Fajing Temple; 30.234°N, 120.095°E; alt. 79 m; 13 July 2013; F.X. Liu, D. Li, X. Xu and Z.T. Zhang leg.; DL-001-016-2013. Paratypes: China • 4 ♀♀; same data as for the holotype, 30.228°N, 120.091°E; alt. 117 m; DL-001-015-2013, DL-002-016-2013, DL-003-016-2013, DL-003-017-2013.

Diagnosis.

Females of P. fajing sp. nov. can be distinguished from those of P. bawang sp. nov., P. labiata , P. quei , and P. taiwanica by the slit-like epigynal orifice, the anterior orifice margin nearly parallel to the posterior orifice margin ventrally, and the W-shaped posterior epigynal margin (Fig. 4A, B ; see fig. 1C in Zhu et al. (2007), fig. 664 and 665 in Peng et al. (1993), and fig. 4F in Zhang and Li (2005), respecitively); from those of P. xishan sp. nov. by the W-shaped posterior orifice margin (Fig. 4B ); from those of P. fimbriata and P. zhaoi by the copulatory duct being shortest (Fig. 4B ; see fig. 8D, E in Wanless (1978))

Description.

Female (holotype). Carapace brown; ocular area yellow-brown, with tufts of orange-brown hairs around AME. Clypeus brown with dense ventral white hairs. Chelicerae dark brown with 3 small promarginal and 3 large retromarginal teeth. Maxillae and labium reddish brown with yellow-brown anterior margin. Sternum yellow-brown, densely covered with creamy white hairs. Measurements: eye sizes: AME 0.68, ALE 0.30, PME 0.21, PLE 0.29, anterior eye row 2.01 wide, posterior eye row 1.87 wide, eye area 1.55 long; clypeus height 0.35; BL 6.56-7.64; holotype BL 7.64, CL 3.23, CW 2.58, AL 4.71, AW 3.22; palp 2.80 (0.77 + 0.48 + 0.59 + 0.96), leg I 8.74 (2.37 + 1.10 + 2.01 + 2.23 + 1.03), leg II 7.17 (2.01 + 1.06 + 1.60 + 1.61 + 0.89), leg III 6.61 (1.83 + 0.90 + 1.35 + 1.74 + 0.79), leg IV 10.84 (2.76 + 1.12 + 2.43 + 3.62 + 0.91). Leg formula 4123. Legs brown, the ventral portion of tibiae fringed with long black hairs. Dorsum of abdomen greyish brown, posterior portion with two circular patches densely covered with grey-white long hairs.

Female genitalia. Epigyne orifice undivided, highly sclerotised, transverse, slit-like, posterior orifice margin W-shaped; spermatheca large and spherical (Fig. 4B ).

Etymology.

The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality.

Distribution.

Zhejiang (Hangzhou).

GenBank accession code of holotype.

OK235443.

Figures

Figure 4. Female genital anatomy of Portia fajing sp. nov. A, B DL- 001 - 016 - 2013 (holotype) A epigyne, ventral view B vulva dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.