Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902

Patoleta, Barbara M. & Trębicki, Łukasz, 2015, Redescription of some poorly known species of Cytaea Keyserling, 1882 (Araneae: Salticidae), with new synonymies, Zootaxa 3949 (4), pp. 555-566 : 565

Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902

Figs 56–62

Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902: 392 –393; Prószyński, 1984: 29 (male holotype from Java, Mons Teugger, Fruhstorfer, MNHN, 20576, examined); World Spider Catalog 2015.

Additional material examined. Singapur: 2♂, Mandai Lake Road, 12–14 February 1988 (LKCNHM); 1♂, Enq Konq Garden, 31 October 1988; 1♂, Malmcolm Road, 18 September 1988 (LKCNHM).

Diagnosis. Distinguishable from all members of Cytaea for the brown transverse stripe on chelicerae ( Fig. 57 ). Differs from C. carolinensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński for having a shorter embolus with one spiral and smaller anterior projection of the tegulum; also, RTA has a distal notch ( Figs 61–62 ).

Redescription. Male (holotype). Cephalothorax dark-brown, covered with sparse white scales, more numerous on the sides. Eye surroundings black. Eye field wider than long, its length 51% of CL. PME halfway between PLE and ALE. Fovea short, located between PLE. Abdomen yellowish, with many gray-brown spots, anterior part covered with white scales, sides with brown hairs ( Fig. 56 ). Spinnerets pale-yellow. Clypeus yellowish, narrower (38%) than AME diameter, covered with very long and dense white hairs ( Fig. 57 ). Chelicerae slender, vertical, whitish, with long white hairs at the base ( Fig. 57 ); promargin with three teeth, retromarginal tooth bicuspidate ( Fig. 59 ). Sternum pale, elongate ( Fig. 58 ). Venter greyish-brown. Pedipalps light-brown, tibia and patella prolaterally dark-brown, femur proximally greyish, with 1-1-1 dorsal spines. Cymbium with small posterior projection ( Fig. 60 ). Seminal reservoir meandering. RTA short and wide, slightly hooked ( Figs 60–62 ). Legs I brown, distal tibiae and patellae lighter; spination: fI: dorsal 1-1-5; pI: prolateral 1, retrolateral 1; tI: dorsal 1-0, prolateral 1-1, retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2-2; mI: prolateral 1-1, retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2. Other legs light brown. Dimensions. CL 2.72, CW 2.01, CH 1.52, AL 5.64, AW 3.06, EFL 1.39, AEW 2.03, PEW 1.88, leg I: 5,64 (1.60 + 0.96 + 1.39 + 1.15 + 0.54), leg II: 5.54 (1.63 + 0.94 + 1.27 + 1.15 + 0.55), leg III: 5.99 (1.79 + 0.97 + 1.20 + 1.51 + 0.52), leg IV: 6.03 (1.84 + 0.77 + 1.26 + 1.62 + 0.54).

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 56 – 62. Cytaea oreophila. 56 male holotype, dorsal view; 57 same, frontal view; 58 same, sternum; 59 same, chelicerae, endites and labium, ventral view; 60 same, left palp, ventral view; 61 same, schematic drawings, ventrodistal view; 62 same, retrolateral view (e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, sd: seminal duct, t: tegulum). Scale: 56 – 57 = 1 mm, 61 – 62 = as in fig.