Batueta similis Wunderlich & Song, 1995

Zhao, Qingyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2014, A survey of linyphiid spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Linyphiidae), ZooKeys 460, pp. 1-181 : 8

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Linyphiidae

Batueta similis Wunderlich & Song, 1995 Figs 13, 14, 15, 16

Batueta similis : Wunderlich and Song 1995: 345, figs 9-10 (♂).

Material examined.

2♂, CHINA, Yunnan: Menglun Town: Xishuangbanna, Tropical Botanical Garden 21°54.200'N, 101°16.923'E, elevation ca 608 m, 16.-24.11.2006, Paramichelia baillonii plantation, pitfall traps; 1♂, 21°53.823'N, 101°17.072'E, elevation ca 613m, 1.-9.12.2006, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, pitfall traps; 1♂, 21°54.772'N, 101°16.043'E, elevation ca 556 m, 16.-24.12.2006, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, pitfall traps; 1♀, 21°54.200'N, 101°16.923'E, elevation ca 608 m, 19.-25.01.2007, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, hand-collecting; 1♀, 21°53.823'N, 101°17.072'E, elevation ca 613 m, 19.-26.03.2007, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, pitfall traps; 2♀, 21°53.823'N, 101°17.072'E, elevation ca 613 m, 1.-15.04.2007, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, pitfall traps; 1♀, 21°54.772'N, 101°16.043'E, elevation ca 556 m, 10.-20.06.2007, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, hand-collecting; 1♀, 21°54.200'N, 101°16.923'E, elevation ca 608 m, 1.-15.07.2007, Parameioneta baillonii plantation, pitfall traps.

Diagnosis.

This species is distinguished from Batueta cuspidata sp. n. by a small dorsal fig of epigyne, shorter route and fewer turnings of copulatory ducts (Figs 15C, 16B). The spermathecae are not obviously present in this species (Fig. 15C).

Description.

Male. Well described, e. g. by Wunderlich and Song (1995).

Female (one of females from Xishuangbanna). Total length: 1.00. Carapace 0.50 long, 0.47 wide, earthy yellow. Sternum 0.28 long, 0.29 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Chelicerae promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.05, AME-AME/AME 0.40, PME-PME/PME 0.50, AME-ALE/ALE 0.20, PME-PLE/PLE 0.50, coxae IV separated by 1.22 times their width. Length of legs: I 1.85 (0.45, 0.15, 0.50, 0.40, 0.35), II 1.70 (0.44, 0.16, 0.43, 0.36, 0.31), III 1.23 (0.28, 0.09, 0.31, 0.30, 0.25), IV 1.80 (0.47, 0.16, 0.47, 0.39, 0.31). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. TmI 0.24, TmIV absent. Tibial spine formula: 1-1-1-1. Abdomen greenish brown. Epigyne: ventral fig half-rounded, posterior margin smooth and hairless (Figs 15A, 16A); dorsal fig small, elliptical (Fig. 15C); copulatory ducts long, forming a helical structure (Figs 15C, 16B); fertilization openings conspicuous, close to copulatory openings (Fig. 15B).

Distribution.

China.

Remarks.

Female of the species is reported for the first time.