Cebrenninus banten, Suresh P. Benjamin, 2016

Suresh P. Benjamin, 2016, Revision of Cebrenninus Simon, 1887 with description of one new genus and six new species (Araneae: Thomisidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 179-200 : 180-181

Cebrenninus banten sp. nov.

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Holotype: RMNH.ARA.15937; male; Indonesia, Banten Province, West Java, Udjung Kulon Reserve, 6°44′48″S 105°20′1″E, 11.-12.1986, leg. Suharto Djojosudharmo; left legs 1, 2 and 3 missing.

Diagnosis: Easily distinguishable from other known congeners by distinctive shape of E (fine tapered tip), C (weakly sclerotized, more or less the same width along its entire length, concave tip) and RTA (fine tapered tip; Figs 2-3 ).

Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the name of the province in which the type locality lies.

Description: Male: Total length: 4.2; prosoma length: 2.0, width: 1.8. Leg I: femur 2.4, patella 0.8, tibia 2.5, metatarsus 2.3. tarsus 0.8. Prosoma red-brown, rounded, eight eyes, LE on light brown-colored mounds, mounds distinct but not touching ( Fig. 1 ). ALE> PLE> PME> AME, AER and PER recurved. Opisthosoma dorsally with irregular black diffused spots, with brown circular spots towards the center and laterally with black spots connected to form bands. Legs uniformly yellow-brown. Leg formula 1243. Chelicera with three promarginal and three retromarginal teeth. Palps as in Figs 2-3 .

Cymbium of male palp lacking trichobothria, C with concave tip, E stout with a short filiform tip. Female: Unknown.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig 1. Cebrenninus banten sp. nov., male holotype from Indonesia. (1) Prosoma, dorsal view. Scale line = 1.0 mm.

Figs 2 - 3. Cebrenninus banten sp. nov., male holotype from Indonesia. (2 - 3) Left male palp (2 ventral, 3 retrolateral view). Scale lines = 0.2 mm.