Langona maculata, Peng & Li & Yang, 2004

Peng, Xian-Jin, Li, Shuqiang & Yang, Zi-Zhong, 2004, The Jumping Spiders From Dali, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Salticidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 413-417 : 415-416

Langona maculata , new species

( Figs. 2 A-E)

Material examined. – Holotype – female ( IZCAS), Fenyi District (32.9 oN, 111.5 oE), Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, 7 Nov.2000, coll. Z. Z. Yang.

Diagnosis. – The new species is allied to L. simoni Heciak & Prószynski ´, 1983 (219, Figs. 24, 30-31), but can be separated from the latter by: 1. promarginal incision of epigynal hood much shallower, that of L. simoni very deep, almost divides the hood into two parts; 2. copulatory opening is far away from the hood versus connects to hood in L. simoni ; 3. the course of copulatory ducts; 4. markings on abdomen.

Etymology. – The specific name is derived from the distinct patterns on the abdomen.

Description. – Female (holotype): Measurements: TL 5.70. CL 3.00, CW 2.20, AL 3.70, AW 2.30, AER 1.60, PER 1.60, EFL 1.00, AME 0. 37, ALE 0.27, PLE 0.23, CLYH 0.30. Leg I 4.30 (1.50, 1.70, 0.60, 0.50); II 3.90 (1.40, 1.50, 0.60, 0.40); III 6.00 (2.00, 2.10, 1.20, 0.70); IV 6.20 (2.00, 2.10, 1.30, 0.80); leg formula 4, 3, 1, 2.

Carapace ( Fig. 2A ) brown, margin black with a circle of brown hairs; ocular area black, clothed in dense short black and brown hairs, long black setae sparse; anterior portion of ocular area with bar-shaped hairs; two lightly colored longitudinal bands in thoracic median area; fovea invisible; cervical and radial grooves dark brown. Sternum brown, flask-shaped, clothed in light brown hairs, margin dark brown, median area reticulated. Clypeus light brown, anterior margin and lateral sides with grayish black markings, clothed in brown hairs and sparse long black setae. Chelicerae brown to dark brown, two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal. Endites light brown, distal area light yellow with black hairs. Labium triangular, dark brown, distal area light yellow with black hairs. Legs brown with black annuli and lightly colored circles, hairs long and black; spines sparse and long, spination: tibiae I & II v1-1-2, Metatarsus I without lateral spine, Metatarsus II pr 1-1ap. rt 1-0ap or 0-0, Metatarsus I & II v2-2. Abdomen wide oval, slightly wider anteriorly; dorsum densely clothed in grayish black and black hairs; markings clear: median area darker with six pairs of lightly colored patches, lateral areas scattered with many black dots. Ventral side yellowish brown, scattered with many dark patches. Spinnerets short cylindrical, brown.

Male. – Unknown.

Distribution. – China (Yunnan).

Figures

Fig. 2. Langona maculata, new species. A. Body of female; B. Epigynum; C. Vulva; D. Spermatheca and canal, dorsal; E. Cheliceral teeth. Scale bars = 1.00 (A), 0.10 (B-C).