Psechrus jaegeri Bayer, 2012

Bayer, Steffen, 2014, Seven new species of Psechrus and additional taxonomic contributions to the knowledge of the spider family Psechridae (Araneae), Zootaxa 3826 (1), pp. 1-54 : 20-21

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B6414C18-599A-44CE-9FCA-F20C845DE79D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255954

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383AE33-C873-FFA9-D2B4-FBF2FDADF076

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scientific name

Psechrus jaegeri Bayer, 2012
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Psechrus jaegeri Bayer, 2012 View in CoL View at ENA

Figs 25 View FIGURE 25 C, 26C

Psechrus jaegeri Bayer 2012: 90 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 48a–d, 49a–g, 50f, 81g, 83c, 85n, 88n, 91n (Description & illustration of ♂ and ♀).

Material examined (1 ♂, 1 s.a. ♂): LAOS: Champasak Prov.: Bolaven Plateu , Muang Bachieng , Ban Lak 35, That I-Tou, 15°11'37.7''N, 106°06'06.3''E, 810 m, coffee plantation with remnants of secondary forest, in vegetation, P. Jäger leg. at night, 16.XI.2012, ♂ ( SB 1248 ), s.a. ♂ ( SB 1249 ), SMF 64074 . GoogleMaps

Remarks. In Bayer (2012) only one male of this species was available for examination. To provide readers with some appreciation of the intraspecific variation a description of the male listed above and images of its copulatory organ ( Figs 25 View FIGURE 25 C, 26C) are given.

Description. Male: Body and eye measurements: Carapace length 7.0, maximal carapace width 4.8, anterior width of carapace 2.9, opisthosoma length 10.2, opisthosoma width 3.6. Eyes: AME 0.37, ALE 0.43, PME 0.44, PLE 0.44, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.34, AME–PME 0.61, ALE–PLE 0.39, clypeus height at AME 0.86, clypeus height at ALE 0.76.

Cheliceral furrow with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth.

Spination: Palp: 131, 0 10, 1101 (all spines less than half as long as those on palpal femur); legs: femur I 566{555}, II 556{566}, III–IV 555; patella I–IV 000; tibia I–II 3038, III 3034, IV 3036{3035}; metatarsus I–IV 3035.

Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 8.5 [3.2, 1.4, 1.1, 2.8], I 57.4 [15.1, 3.2, 15.7, 16.5, 6.9], II 46.3 [12.7, 2.9, 12.2, 13.0, 5.5], III 32.2 [9.5, 2.2, 7.9, 8.8, 3.8], IV 48.5 [13.2, 2.6, 12.6, 14.2, 5.9]. Leg formula: 1423. FEMI+MTT-I/CL=4.51. Thus, legs short to medium-sized. In males of the himalayanus -group this value is usually slightly higher (on average ca. 5).

Palpal femur without modification and virtually straight.

Intraspecific variation of male copulatory organs: This male only shows slight differences to the paratype male ( Bayer 2012, figs 48a–d, 50f, 85n). In comparison to the paratype male the position of the conductor of the present male seems slightly shifted retrolaterally ( Figs 25 View FIGURE 25 C). The shape and position of the embolus is similar to that of the paratype male.

Colouration. As described in Bayer (2012, p. 94), but in the new male the lateral bands on carapace are not distinctly narrow (ca. 1.25 diameter of PME).

Distribution. Laos, Thailand.

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Psechridae

Genus

Psechrus

Loc

Psechrus jaegeri Bayer, 2012

Bayer, Steffen 2014
2014
Loc

Psechrus jaegeri

Bayer 2012: 90
2012
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