Published December 31, 2019 | Version v1
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Speocera longyan Li & Li 2019, sp. nov.

  • 1. Life Science College, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
  • 2. Southeast Asia Biological Diversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar & Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 4. College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China Corresponding author, E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn

Description

Speocera longyan Li & Li sp. nov. (Figs 31–32, 56G)

Material examined. Holotype ♂ (IZCAS), China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hechi City, Du’an County, Xia’ao Town, Longyan Cave, 15.III.2015 (24º4.402′N, 108º3.257′E), elev. 173 m, leg. Z. Chen & Y. Li. Paratypes 2♂ 3♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

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

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. bachma Li & Li sp. nov., but males can be distinguished by the laterally strongly curved chelicerae (Fig. 56G) and the asymmetrical male palpal bulb (Figs 31A–B), and females by the tubular spermathecae (Fig. 32A). S. bachma males have unmodified chelicerae (Fig. 55C), a symmetrical male palpal bulb (Figs 5A–B), and females have oval spermathecae (Fig. 6A).

Description. Male. Total length 1.05; carapace length 0.51; carapace width 0.41; abdomen length 0.62; abdomen width 0.42. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern (Fig. 32A); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, longer than wide. Endites light yellow suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow, lateral margin strongly curved; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two small denticles (Fig. 56G). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME smallest, ALE largest (Fig. 32C). Opisthosoma oval; purplish. Legs light yellow; leg formula 4123; leg lengths I 1.97 (0.56, 0.18, 0.56, 0.38, 0.29); II 1.80 (0.51, 0.16, 0.51, 0.35, 0.28); III 1.60 (0.45. 0.14, 0.41, 0.34, 0.26); IV 2.18 (0.63, 0.16, 0.61, 0.45, 0.33). Genitalia (Fig. 31). Palpal femur long; palpal tibia as long as cymbium (Figs 31A–B). Cymbium conical, without prolateral extension. Bulb asymmetrical, elliptical, with a small apophysis distally. Embolus short, butterfly-like and without distinct associated sclerites; sperm duct initially wide, gradually narrowing distally (Fig. 31D).

Female. Total length 1.14; carapace length 0.52; carapace width 0.43; abdomen length 0.62; abdomen width 0.49. Similar to male in color and general features (Figs 32D–E) but larger. Chelicerae unmodified. Leg formula 4123; leg lengths I 1.99 (0.58, 0.16, 0.58, 0.38, 0.29); II 1.82 (0.52, 0.16, 0.50, 0.34, 0.29); III 1.70 (0.47. 0.16, 0.45, 0.36, 0.27); IV 2.18 (0.61, 0.16, 0.64, 0.46, 0.33). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, strongly curved posteriorly from the epigastric furrow, not extending past the sides of the abdomen (Fig. 32B); spermathecae tubular shaped (Fig. 32A).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, pp. 1-75 in Zoological Systematics 44 (1) on pages 38-43, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201901, http://zenodo.org/record/5366923

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IZCAS
Event date
2015-03-15
Verbatim event date
2015-03-15
Scientific name authorship
Li & Li
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Ochyroceratidae
Genus
Speocera
Species
longyan
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Speocera longyan Li & Li, 2019