Orcevia meinei Yu, Maddison & Zhang 2023, sp. nov.

Orcevia meinei Yu, Maddison & Zhang, sp. nov. (梅Oiĸ尔¤)

Figs 142–155, 278, 285, 288, 293

Laufeia keyserlingi (Thorell, 1890): Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 30, figs 517–523 (misidentified).

Laufeia cf. keyserlingi (Thorell, 1890): Zhang & Maddison, 2015: figs 866–867.

Orcevia keyserlingi Thorell, 1890: Prószyński, 2017: 86, fig. 39L (misidentified).

Type material. Holotype: ♂ (UBCZ; KYU-SAL507), MALAYSIA: Selangor, Ulu Gombak Field Station, 3.325°N, 101.753°E, 250 m elev., 16–19 May 2005, leg. W.P. Maddison, D. Li, I. Agnarsson, J. Zhang, WPM#05-026; Paratypes: 4♀ (UBCZ; KYU-SAL520), same data as holotype.

Other material examined. 1♂ (UBCZ; DNA Voucher: KYU100), same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific epithet is in honor of Klaus Meine, the frontman of the German band Scorpions; many classic rock songs he wrote accompanied the growth of the first author.

Diagnosis. Resembles O. timburtoni Yu, Maddison & Zhang, sp. nov. in the overall shape of RTA (Fig. 285), but it can be distinguished by the relatively flat front edge of tip of RTA in top view (Fig. 288). Females can be distinguished from O. timburtoni sp. nov. by the lighter and black and white coloration of legs III–IV (Fig. 144).

Description. Male (holotype). Habitus as shown in Fig. 145. Carapace length 1.98; abdomen length 1.67; measurements of eyes:AME 0.38, ALE 0.26, PME 0.08, PLE 0.22; measurements of legs: I 3.43 (1.04, 0.66, 0.81, 0.51, 0.41), II 2.77 (0.92, 0.52, 0.53, 0.46, 0.34), III 2.86 (0.98, 0.44, 0.54, 0.54, 0.36), IV 3.07 (1.01, 0.46, 0.64, 0.58, 0.38); leg formula 1432. Carapace dark, cephalon and dorsal abdomen covered by relatively dense pale setae; front edge of clypeus with one row of white setae; pale setae on legs III–IV relatively sparse than I–II. Leg I, femora I–IV and patella to tibia II dark, tibiae III–IV dark in distal half, distal metatarsi III–IV slightly dark, other parts of legs light-colored.

Palp (Figs 147–149): lobe-like protrusion of tegulum relatively long, tip relatively blunt; embolus slender, Sshaped in ventral view, basal part of embolus with many shallow grooves along extending direction of embolus; RTA bent basally, lobe on tip of RTA well defined and almost perpendicular to main part of RTA, half-round with serrulated outline in retrolateral view (Fig. 288).

Female. Habitus as shown in Fig. 146. Measurements of paratype: carapace length 2.10; abdomen length 2.30; measurements of eyes: AME 0.42, ALE 0.27, PME 0.08, PLE 0.23; measurements of legs: I 3.13 (1.01, 0.61, 0.70, 0.42, 0.39), II 3.05 (1.02, 0.61, 0.53, 0.48, 0.41), III 3.18 (1.08, 0.54, 0.55, 0.57, 0.44), IV 3.74 (1.20, 0.55, 0.82, 0.72, 0.45); leg formula 4312. Coloration like male but setae sparse and more yellow.

Epigynum (Fig. 150): atria small, far from each other with distance ca. 1.5 times as long as diameter of atrium. Vulva (Fig. 151): top of starting part of copulatory ducts lower than top rims of atria.

Distribution. Malaysia (Selangor).