Hitobia makotoi Kamura, 2011

Wang, Cheng & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2014, Three species of Hitobia Kamura, 1992 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from south-west China, ZooKeys 464, pp. 25-34 : 30-32

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Gnaphosidae

Hitobia makotoi Kamura, 2011 Figs 17-23

Hitobia makotoi Kamura, 2011: 104, f. 3-7 (Df).

Material examined.

1♀, China, Yunnan: Tengchong County, Qingshui Township, Rehai area, Liangyong Village (24°94.919'N, 98°44.921'E, 1450 m), 1 June 2006, D. H. Kavanaugh, R. L. Brett, Dazhi Dong leg.

Description.

Female: Total length 5.08. Prosoma 2.28 long, 1.45 wide. Opisthosoma 2.63 long, 1.47 wide. Clypeus 0.06 high. Carapace blackish brown, long oval, widest at coxae II and III, covered with some white hair. Fovea, cervical grooves indistinct. AER and PER both slightly recurved, wider posteriorly. Eyes sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.09, PME 0.07, PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.09, ALE–PLE 0.13. MOA anterior width 0.18, posterior width 0.21, length 0.23. Chelicerae dark brown, with 3 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal (Fig. 21). Endites narrowed medianly and slightly convergent apically, almost parallel (Fig. 18). Labium yellowish brown, longer than wide, ligulate (Fig. 18). Sternum colored as labium, with some dark bristles, anterior straight and posterior subacute (Fig. 18). Legs femur, trochanters I and II, coxae I and II brown, others light yellow. Trochanters I and II without ventral notch, trochanters III and IV with a shallow ventral notch. Legs spinnation: femur: I, II v1-1-1; III d1-1-1, p0-0-1; IV d1-1-1, r0-0-1; patella: I, II, III, IV; tibia: I v1-1-1; II v1-0-0; III d1-1-0, p1-0-0, v1-2-1, r1-1-1; IV v1-0-2, r0-1-1; metatarsi: I d0-1-0; II v1-0-0; III d0-1-1, p0-1-1, v1-0-2, r1-0-1; IV d1-1-0, p0-1-0, v0-2-1, r0-0-1. Measurements of legs: I 4.36 (1.35, 1.65, 0.75, 0.61), II 4.28 (1.30, 1.62, 0.75, 0.61), III 4.21 (1.15, 1.31, 1.00, 0.75), IV 5.30 (1.75, 1.85, 1.00, 0.70). Dorsum of opisthosoma (Fig. 17) grayish brown, long oval, with three pairs of muscle impressions at central part and one narrow transverse white stripe posteriorly, covered with recumbent hair. Venter pale brown. Spinneret cylindrical, median spinneret long, with spigots on distal part, blackish brow.

Epigyne (Figs 19-20, 22-23) longer than wide, with a distinct anterior hood, and shallow longitudinal concavity in median part. Spermathecae big, elongated and the distal parts close to each other.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan), Japan ( Amami-öshima Is.).

Comments.

Although the spermathecae of the specimen are smaller, the distal parts close to each other (almost parallel to each other in the original description of Kamura (2011)), the following characters of the specimen are almost as same as those described in the original description: the position and form of stripes on the dorsum of opisthosoma; epigyne with a distinct anterior hood, a shallow longitudinal concavity in median part, copulatory opening indistinct; hence the specimen was identified as Hitobia makotoi Kamura, 2011.