Aoaraneus octumaculalus (Han & Zhu, 2010) Wu & Wang & Wu & Zhang & Mi, 2023

Wu, Yibei, Wang, Cheng, Wu, Nanfei, Zhang, Mengfei & Mi, Xiaoqi, 2023, On four new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from southern China, ZooKeys 1160, pp. 169-190 : 169

Aoaraneus octumaculalus (Han & Zhu, 2010) comb. nov.

Fig. 10

Araneus octumaculalus Han & Zhu, 2010: 58, figs 1-6. (Type material not examined.)

Material examined.

1♀ (TRU- Araneidae -174), China: Hainan Province, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Jianfeng Township, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve , around Tianchi pond (18°44.45'N, 108°51.49'E, ca 860 m), 11.IV.2019, C. Wang & Y.F. Yang leg. ; 1♀ (TRU- Araneidae -175), same locality and collectors (18°45.24'N, 108°51.57'E, ca 850 m), 14.IV.2019 ; 1♀ (TRU- Araneidae -176), Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, around the peak of Jianfengling (18°43.11'N, 108°52.32'E, ca 1400 m), 16.IV.2019 , same collectors; 1♂ (TRU- Araneidae -177), Hainan Province, Wuzhishan City, Shuiman Township, around Yatai Rainforest Hotel (18°54.37'N, 109°40.70'E, ca 750 m), 11.VIII.2020 , X.Q. Mi et al. leg.

Description.

See Han and Zhu (2010).

Comments.

The type locality of A. octumaculalus is in Changjiang County, Hainan Province. The type specimens were not examined because this species was well described and illustrated ( Han and Zhu 2010), and both male and female specimens of this species from nearby localities in Hainan were examined. The new combination is based on the following characters of Aoaraneus : long, wrinkled and flexible scape with bent tip; long terminal and subterminal apophyses, median apophysis with apical and basal projections; male endite with lateral tooth, male coxa I with ventral hook, and male femur II with groove.

Figures

Figure 10. Distribution map of the species.