Speocera tabuk Li & Li 2019, sp. nov.

Speocera tabuk Li & Li sp. nov. (Figs 42, 58J)

Material examined. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS), Philippines, Luzon Island, Kalinga Province, Tabuk City, road to Tabuk, forest along the road near a narrow water channel (17º24.757′N, 121º16.384′E), elev. 408 m, 2.VI.2015, leg. F. Ballarin & Y. Li.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality; noun.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. cuyapo Li & Li sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the longer afferent spermathecae (cf. Figs 42B, 20B).

Description. Female. Total length 1.00; carapace length 0.48; carapace width 0.41; abdomen length 0.51; abdomen width 0.36. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern (Fig. 42C); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide (Fig. 42D). Endites light yellow with serrula; labium light yellow. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles (Fig. 58J). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation, nearly subequal (Fig. 42C). Opisthosoma oval; purplish. Legs light yellow; leg lengths I 1.76 (0.50, 0.15, 0.51, 0.34, 0.25); II 1.63 (0.46, 0.16, 0.45, 0.32, 0.25); III 1.43 (0.41, 0.14, 0.36, 0.30, 0.22); IV missing. Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, straight, not extending past the sides of the abdomen (Fig. 42B); spermathecae amorphous (Fig. 42A).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.