Cicurina zhazuweii Li, 2017

Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Xiaoxiao, 2017, New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China, Zoological Systematics 42 (2), pp. 125-228 : 221-223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201711
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AB92E114-07FF-41A5-AF24-DF04F8232CA5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459579
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87CA-9708-FFDB-FF73-7F926B72F80D
treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	Cicurina zhazuweii Li
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cicurina zhazuweii Li View in CoL , sp. nov. ( Figs 88–89 View Figure 88 View Figure 89 , 97 View Figure 97 )

Type material. Holotype. Female, China, Guizhou, Bijie City , Jinsha County, Xiluo Town , Xishan Village , Liaoya Cave , 27º31.153'N, 106º14.793'E, elev. 936 m, 29 May 2011, Z. Zha leg., deposited in IZCAS. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of the late Mr. Zuwei Zha, the collector of the holotype; noun in apposition. Graduated with a M.Sc degree from the Guizhou Nornal Univeristy in 2011, he worked on the taxonomy of the spider families of Atypidae and Hexathelidae . Mr. Zha passed away in 2013 at the age of 30.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to C. kailiensis Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 73–77 View Figure 73 View Figure 74 View Figure 75 View Figure 76 View Figure 77 ), but can be distinguished by the longerthan-wide atrium (atrium wider than long in C. kailiensis Li , sp. nov.), the bursae reaching the apex of spermathecae (just reaching base of spermthecae in C. kailiensis Li , sp. nov.), and the laterally extended part of copulatory ducts pointing postero-medially (pointing posterior-laterally in C. kailiensis Li , sp. nov.).

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 2.51 ( Figs 89C–D View Figure 89 ). Prosoma length 1.18, width 0.90. Cephalic region width 0.57. Cephalic part flat, covered with several setae. Thoracic part light brown, fovea reduced, prosoma margin indistinct. Eight eyes, AME black, others white, all eyes encircled with black. Eye diameters: AME 0.05, ALE 0.07, PLE 0.09, PME 0.07. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, AME-ALE 0.02, AME-AME 0.02, PLE-PME 0.04, PME-PME 0.07. Eye region length 0.35, width 0.18. Clypeus height 0.08. Chelicerae length 0.57, width 0.26. Chelicerae brown, with distinct lateral condyles, 3 (1 large, 2 small) promarginal and 8 retromarginal teeth. Labium and gnathocoxae brown; sternum yellow. Labium length 0.15, width 0.22. Gnathocoxae length 0.32, width 0.20. Sternum length 0.70, width 0.60. Legs light brown. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.43 (1.00, 0.38, 0.87, 0.73, 0.45); II 3.26 (0.98, 0.38, 0.75, 0.68, 0.47); III 2.81 (0.80, 0.33, 0.60, 0.64, 0.44); IV 3.74 (1.10, 0.38, 0.88, 0.88, 0.50). Opisthosoma length 1.35, width 1.08. Opisthosoma yellow, with two rows of gray spots. No cribellum and no calamistrum.

Epigynum ( Figs 88 View Figure 88 , 89A–B View Figure 89 ). Width 0.34. Epigynum with large atrium, as wide as long, median with setae. Bursae enlarged, fused at base. Spermathecae spherical. Fertilization duct laterally attached to the spermathecae base.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 97 View Figure 97 ).