Orcevia, Thorell, 1890

Yu, Kun, Maddison, Wayne P. & Zhang, Junxia, 2023, Taxonomic revision of Orcevia Thorell, 1890, with description of fifteen new species (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini), Zootaxa 5384 (1), pp. 1-79 : 19

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5384.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10376346

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scientific name

Orcevia
status

sp. nov.

Orcevia View in CoL View at ENA zu Yu & Zhang, sp. nov. (aeĸ尔¤)

Figs 14 View FIGURES 13–17 , 20, 22 View FIGURES 18–23 , 353–379 View FIGURES 353–358 View FIGURES 359–366 View FIGURES 367–379

Type material. Holotype: ♂ (MHBU-ARA-00023643), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Fugong County, Gumujia Village, Lajiamu , 26.8757°N, 98.8723°E, 1187 m elev., 18 July 2021, leg. K. Yu, W. Wang, Y. Mu & L. Zhang, HBUARA#2021-301 GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 1♀ (MHBU-ARA-00023635), same data as holotype GoogleMaps ; 1♂ (MHBU-ARA-00023636), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Gongshan County, 4 May 2004, leg. Z. Yang ; 1♂ (MHBU-ARA-00023637), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Fugong County, Lumadeng Village , 27.097°N, 98.8769°E, 1449 m elev., 19 July 2021, leg. K. Yu, W. Wang, Y. Mu & L. Zhang, HBUARA#2021-302 GoogleMaps ; 2♂ 3♀ (MHBU-ARA-00023638~MHBU-ARA-00023640), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Longyang District, Hanlongzhai , 25.3063°N, 98. 7983°E, 1772 m elev., 19 July 2021, leg. K. Yu, W. Wang, Y. Mu & L. Zhang, HBUARA#2021-307 GoogleMaps ; 9♂ 6♀ (MHBU-ARA-00023599~MHBU-ARA-00023613), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Kunming City, Xishan Forest Park, 24.961560°– 24.956137°N, 102.657679°– 102.638294°E, 1900–2100 m elev., 30 May 2022, leg. W. Wang, HBUARA#2022-77 GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific epithet is from the Chinese “ ae (zǔ)”, meaning “elders above paternal generation”; it is in honor of the grandparents of the first author who have given him tremendous love; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. The new species resembles O. feitongae sp. nov. in the body form, the shape of male palp and the presence of a small nick on prolateral side of embolus ( Fig. 364 View FIGURES 359–366 ), but the males can be distinguished by the absence of apophysis on embolic disc ( Fig. 376 View FIGURES 367–379 ; vs. AE is present in O. feitongae sp. nov.) and the prolateral process on distal half of embolus that is not obviously triangular ( Fig. 361 View FIGURES 359–366 ; vs. the process is obviously triangular in O. feitongae sp. nov.); females can be distinguished by the drop-like starting part of copulatory duct ( Figs 370–375 View FIGURES 367–379 ), whereas the starting part of copulatory duct is inverted triangular in dorsal view of vulva in O. feitongae sp. nov..

Description. Male. Habitus as shown in Fig. 359 View FIGURES 359–366 . Measurements of holotype: carapace length 2.57; abdomen length 2.51; measurements of eyes: AME 0.45, ALE 0.27, PME 0.07, PLE 0.21; measurements of legs: I 4.92 (1.35, 1.05, 1.16, 0.82, 0.54), II 4.04 (1.28, 0.82, 0.76, 0.71, 0.47), III 4.14 (1.31, 0.76, 0.73, 0.81, 0.53), IV 4.61 (1.38, 0.78, 0.99, 0.95, 0.51); leg formula 1432. Body dark, cephalon with yellow setal band on each lateral side and dorsal front area; front edge of clypeus with one row of sparse white setae; dorsal abdomen with dense yellow setae around and on posterior half of axis. Melanic area on legs I–II distinct than III–IV.

Palp ( Figs 361–363 View FIGURES 359–366 ): palpal bulb rather swollen, lobe-like protrusion of tegulum short and stout; embolus straight, short sword-like in ventral view, surface of embolus rough; apophysis on embolic disc absent; basal and median part of RTA wide, distal portion gradually narrowed; pro-ventral hump of tibia pointing pro-ventrally, semicircular in prolateral view ( Fig. 362 View FIGURES 359–366 ); ventral femoral bump shark fin-like in lateral view ( Figs 362–363 View FIGURES 359–366 ).

Female. Habitus as shown in Fig. 360 View FIGURES 359–366 . Measurements of paratype: carapace length 2.56; abdomen length 2.69; measurements of eyes: AME 0.48, ALE 0.29, PME 0.06, PLE 0.20; measurements of legs: I 3.46 (1.06, 0.81, 0.61, 0.56, 0.42), II 3.53 (1.12, 0.76, 0.67, 0.55, 0.43), III 3.82 (1.20, 0.69, 0.69, 0.77, 0.47), IV 4.51 (1.34, 0.78, 1.00, 0.88, 0.51); leg formula 4132. Coloration like male but setae on cephalon sparse.

Epigynum ( Fig. 365 View FIGURES 359–366 ): area above atria forming triangular concave area; atria oval, close to each other and far away from genital furrow. Vulva ( Fig. 366 View FIGURES 359–366 ): enlarged area of starting part of copulatory duct drop-shaped; accessory glands (AG) relatively long, distal part pointing upwards; spermathecae dark, one loop of duct formed at dorsal side of basal part of spermathecae.

Natural History. All specimens were collected in cracks of rocks, walls, or tree trunks.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

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