Otacilia maliu, Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023

Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023, Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), Zootaxa 5338 (1), pp. 1-104 : 41-45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAA37212-3008-43F4-98DE-94D7A3FFD3B6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283853

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/364E87DE-865B-FFA5-5AA6-FB25DADD20C6

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Plazi

scientific name

Otacilia maliu
status

sp. nov.

Otacilia maliu View in CoL sp. nov. (麻DŴṚff)

Figs 31–33 View FIGURE 31 View FIGURE 32 View FIGURE 33

Type material. Holotype ♁, CHINA: Sichuan Province: Chengdu City, Chongzhou County, Wenjingjiang Town , Anzihe Conservation Area , Maliugou (30°46.790′N, 103°13.530′E, 1692 m a.s.l.), 3 Oct. 2016, leg. Luyu Wang. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 17 ♁ 19 ♀, with same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. This new species resembles O. hamata ( Wang, Zhang & Zhang, 2012) in having a similar embolus and dorsal tibial apophysis, but can be recognized by: 1) the slightly protruding femoral apophysis (vs strongly protruded, cf. Fig. 32A View FIGURE 32 and fig. 9E in Wang et al. [2012]), 2) the wider retrolateral tibial apophysis, with the tip of the prolateral edge folding inwards (vs thin and not folding, cf. Fig. 32B–D View FIGURE 32 and fig. 9F in Wang et al. [2012]), 3) the closely situated spermathecae (vs distinctly separated, cf. Fig. 32F View FIGURE 32 and fig. 9I in Wang et al. [2012]), and 4) the smaller, round copulatory openings (vs large and arch-shaped, cf. Fig. 32E View FIGURE 32 and fig. 9H in Wang et al. [2012]).

Description. Male (Holotype): total length 2.52, carapace 1.23 long, 1.08 wide; abdomen 1.29 long, 0.91 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances:AME 0.06, ALE 0.09, PME 0.05, PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE– ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.07, PLE–PLE 0.30, ALE–PLE 0.04. EAW 0.40, CRW 0.65, EAW/CRW 0.62, CRW/CW 0.53. MOA 0.18 long, anterior width 0.15, posterior width 0.17. CH 0.12, CH /AME 2.00. Labium 0.14 long, 0.18 wide. Sternum 0.77 long, 0.69 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 4.16 (1.17, 0.44, 1.12, 0.97, 0.46), II 3.62 (1.04, 0.43, 0.85, 0.87, 0.43), III 3.36 (0.91, 0.38, 0.65, 0.85, 0.57), IV 4.75 (1.22, 0.47, 1.04, 1.26, 0.76). Spination: femora I–IV d 1, femur I pl 3, femur II pl 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 6 rv 6, tibia II pv 6 rv 5, metatarsi Ⅰ–II pv 4 rv 3.

Coloration. Carapace yellow, radial striae distinct beside fovea. Abdomen off-white, with a small and narrow dorsal scutum, a pair of black triangular pattern and four chevron stripes posteriorly ( Fig. 31A, B View FIGURE 31 ). Legs yellow.

Palp as in Figs 32A–D View FIGURE 32 , 33A–C View FIGURE 33 . Femoral apophysis protruding, round, located near middle of femur. Tibia short, about half length of femur. Retrolateral tibial apophysis wide, prolateral margin of tip folding inward; dorsal tibial apophysis slender, curved towards prolateral side of cymbium in dorsal view. Tegulum wider than cymbium, posterior edge straight; tegular apophysis small, triangular, located at retrolateral tip of tegulum. Sperm duct wide and distinct, occupying more than half length of tegulum, tapering from retrolateral side of tegulum to embolus. Embolus short, base triangular, tip transverse and extending towards retrolateral side of cymbium. Conductor subtriangular, transparent.

Female (Paratype): total length 2.66, carapace 1.25 long, 1.09 wide; abdomen 1.41 long, 0.96 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.09, PME 0.05, PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.05, PLE–PLE 0.29, ALE–PLE 0.05. EAW 0.39, CRW 0.61, EAW/CRW 0.64, CRW/CW 0.56. MOA 0.18 long, anterior width 0.15, posterior width 0.18. CH 0.09, CH /AME 1.50. Labium 0.16 long, 0.20 wide. Sternum 0.83 long, 0.75 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 4.21 (1.15, 0.46, 1.15, 0.94, 0.51), II 3.50 (1.02, 0.47, 0.84, 0.79, 0.38), III 3.35 (0.87, 0.43, 0.64, 0.84, 0.57), IV 4.71 (1.22, 0.46, 1.02, 1.27, 0.74). Spination: femora I–IV d 1, femur I pl 3, femur II pl 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 6 rv 6, tibia II pv 6 rv 5, metatarsi Ⅰ–II pv 4 rv 3. Carapace color darker than male, radial striae indistinct, abdomen offwhite, without dorsal scutum, anterior half covered by fluff, several chevron stripes at posterior ( Fig. 31C, D View FIGURE 31 ).

Epigyne as in Figs 32E–F View FIGURE 32 , 33D–E View FIGURE 33 . Epigynal plate weakly sclerotized. Median septum narrow. Copulatory openings small and round, located near middle of plate. Copulatory ducts thick and curved, connecting with bursa. Connecting tubes short, narrower than copulatory ducts. Glandular appendages absent. Bursa large, transparent. Spermathecae globular, close to each other. Fertilization ducts located at anterior margin of spermathecae.

Distribution. China (Sichuan Province).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Phrurolithidae

Genus

Otacilia

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