Published December 31, 2017 | Version v1
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Luzonacera duan Li & Li 2017, sp. nov.

  • 1. College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar
  • 2. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Corresponding author, E-mail: zhengguo @ synu. edu. cn
  • 4. College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China

Description

Luzonacera duan Li & Li, sp. nov. (Figs 3–4, 15)

Material examined. Holotype male, Philippines, Luzon Island, Kalinga Province, Tabuk City, Pasil Area, Road to Lubuagan Village, rainforest on a steep slope, in humid litter (17º22.490’N, 121º10.864’E; elev. 915 m), 02 June 2015, leg. F. Ballarin & Y. Li. Paratypes. 2 females, same data as holotype (IZCAS).

Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin "duǎn" ("short") and refers to the relatively short embolus.

Diagnosis. Both sexes of the two species of Luzonacera gen. nov. are very similar; distinguishing them is discussed under L. chang Li & Li, sp. nov.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 3.48; carapace 0.95 long, 0.98 wide; abdomen 2.10 long, 0.69 wide. Carapace round, pink, with three longitudinal brown bands of which middle three times wider than laterals (Fig. 4C). Fovea shallow, brown. Anterior margin of thoracic region distinctly elevated. Chelicerae brown with lamina, promargin with one tooth, retromargin with two small teeth, posterior surface of fang with 22 small denticles. Clypeus slanting, brown with two pale rounded areas laterally. Labium slanting, brown. Sternum yellow, with complex patterns. Abdomen elongate, with complex patterns dorsally and ventrally. Legs brown, with white annulation; measurements: I 15.10 (4.50, 0.40, 4.20, 4.70, 1.30), II 11.48 (3.28, 0.38, 3.20, 3.52, 1.10), III 7.63 (2.25, 0.34, 2.18, 1.96, 0.90), IV 12.15 (3.68, 0.38, 3.44, 3.52, 1.13). Palp (Figs 3 A–D): tibia remarkably swollen; cymbium with distal protrusion; bulb light yellow, pyriform; conductor lacking, embolus a relatively short spiral extending subapically from bulb.

Female. Similar to male in coloration and general features but slightly smaller (Figs 4 D–E). Measurements: total length 2.97; carapace 0.88 long, 0.88 wide; abdomen 1.70 long, 1.14 wide. Leg measurements: I - (3.32, 0.32, 3.40, 3.60, -), II missing, III 6.29 (1.76, 0.31, 1.78, 1.62, 0.82), IV 8.22 (2.72, 0.34, 2.72, 1.62, 0.82). Vulva with two pairs of elongate, distally swollen spermathecae (Fig. 4A).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 15).

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Chang, Li, Fengyuan, Li, Shuqiang & Zheng, Guo, 2017, Five new genera of the subfamily Psilodercinae (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia, pp. 395-417 in Zoological Systematics 42 (4) on page 400, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201717, http://zenodo.org/record/5585652

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IZCAS
Event date
2015-06-02
Family
Ochyroceratidae
Genus
Luzonacera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Li & Li
Species
duan
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2015-06-02
Taxonomic concept label
Luzonacera duan Li & Li, 2017