Althepus qiqiu Li et Li, 2017

Liu, Chang, Li, Fengyuan, Wongprom, Prasit, Zheng, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand, Zootaxa 4350 (3), pp. 469-499 : 491

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049537
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scientific name	Althepus qiqiu Li et Li
status	sp. nov.

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Althepus qiqiu Li et Li sp. nov.

Figs 16 View FIGURE 16 , 21–22 View FIGURE 21 View FIGURE 22

Type material. 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 GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps .

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 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 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 View FIGURE 16 ).

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 View FIGURE 16 ), 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 View FIGURE 21 ). 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 View FIGURE 16 ): 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 type locality ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ).