Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand
Liu, Chang
Li, Fengyuan
Wongprom, Prasit
Zheng, Guo
Li, Shuqiang
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-20
4350
3
469
499
Li et Li
Liu & Li & Wongprom & Zheng & Li
2017
[151,426,452,478]
Arachnida
Ochyroceratidae
Althepus
Animalia
Araneae
22
491
Arthropoda
species
qiqiu
sp. nov.
Typematerial. Holotype: Female( IZCAS), Thailand, Satun Province, La Ngu District, a cave without name, 06°59.390'N, 99°48.393'E, altitude 50m, 0 4 December 2013. Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype ( IZCAS).
Etymology.The specific name is derived from the Chinese pinyin 'qì qiú', which means ' balloon', referring to balloon-like females internal genitalia; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.The species resembles A. muangensis sp. nov.( Figs 14–15) with the female internal genitalia, but can be distinguished by the different numbers ( A. qiqiu sp.nov.have five pairs but A. languensis sp.nov.have four) of transparent spermathecae ( Fig. 16A).
Description. Female ( holotype).Total length 3.75; carapace 1.14 length, 1.23 width; abdomen 2.19 length, 1.41 width. Carapace rounded ( Figs 16C–E), yellow, with three longitudinal brown bands of different width, among them, the middle one two times wider than the lateral ones. Anterior margin of thoracic region distinctly elevated. Clypeus black-brown. Cheliceral promargin with two teeth, followed by a lamina, retromargin with two small teeth ( Fig. 21I). Labium brown. Sternum brown. Abdomen elongate, with one longitudinal yellow band and two latitudinal yellow bands dorsally, and two narrow white bands ventrally. Legs brown, tibia annulated with white. Leg measurements: I missing, II 26.97 (6.92, 0.5, 7.18, 10.32, 2.05), III 20.82 (5.96, 0.5, 5.77, 6.35, 2.24), IV 17.48 (5.12, 0.5, 4.49, 5.77, 1.60). Female epigyne ( Fig. 16E): Internal genitalia with symmetric five pairs of transparent spermathecae. Male:Unknown Variation.Carapace: females 1.14–1.25 length, 1.23–1.30 width, tibia I 10.06 (leg I lost in female holotype).
Distribution.Known only from the typelocality ( Fig. 22).
1701220239
2013-12-04
IZCAS
Thailand
50
6.9898334
La Ngu District
1
99.80655
Female
22
491
2
Satun Province
holotype
1701220230
[841,1421,586,611]
2013-12-04
IZCAS
Thailand
50
6.9898334
La Ngu District
1
99.80655
Female
22
491
1
1
Satun Province
paratype