Charippus heishiding Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022

Yu, Kun, Wang, Weihang, Maddison, Wayne P. & Zhang, Junxia, 2022, Revision of the genus Charippus Thorell, 1895, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini), Zootaxa 5129 (2), pp. 151-198 : 172-176

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6500765
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scientific name	Charippus heishiding Yu, Maddison & Zhang
status	sp. nov.

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Charippus heishiding Yu, Maddison & Zhang View in CoL , sp. nov.

Figs 101–123 View FIGURES 101–106 View FIGURES 107–112 View FIGURES 113–115 View FIGURES 116–118 View FIGURES 119–123

Type material. Holotype: ♂ (MHBU-ARA-00023587), CHINA: Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing City, Fengkai County, He’erkou Town , Heishiding Nature Reserve , 23.4648°N, 111.9046°E, 215 m elev., 16 May 2021, leg. W. Wang & Y. Mu. GoogleMaps

Paratype: 1♀ (MHBU-ARA-00023588), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis. The new species resembles C. denjii sp. nov. in body pattern and shape of genitalia, but the male can be distinguished from C. denjii sp. nov. by the absence of small denticles on the embolus and the unbranched RTA ( Figs 113–117 View FIGURES 113–115 View FIGURES 116–118 ); the female can be distinguished by the different CD path ( Figs 120, 122 View FIGURES 119–123 ).

Description. Male. Habitus as shown in Figs 107–108 View FIGURES 107–112 . Carapace length 2.01; abdomen length 2.21. Measurements of eyes: AME 0.39, ALE 0.23, PME 0.08, PLE 0.24. Measurements of legs: I 3.18 (1.00, 0.54, 0.74, 0.52, 0.38), II 2.85 (0.93, 0.42, 0.67, 0.50, 0.35), III 3.36 (1.07, 0.51, 0.59, 0.74, 0.45), IV 3.84 (1.11, 0.55, 0.82, 0.89, 0.47). Chelicerae: promargin with two teeth, retromargin with one bicuspid tooth. Palp ( Figs 113–118 View FIGURES 113–115 View FIGURES 116–118 ): bulb bulging; embolus coiled about 1.5 circles, extending towards about seven o’clock direction at origin; embolic disc large and sclerotized, centrally raised, with many grooves; LED relatively thick, serrulate-edged; tegulum not obviously sclerotized, without tegular lobe; salticid radix slightly sclerotized; retrolateral sperm duct loop indistinct in ventral view; retrolateral tibial apophysis thick and wide, intermediately curved. Sternum without setal tuft. Color in alcohol ( Figs 107–108 View FIGURES 107–112 ): carapace dark brown, CPSB frontally white; dorsal abdomen slightly sclerotized, yellowish brown with dark brown markings; ventral abdomen with a large black marking; tibiae I–II, metatarsi I–II and tarsi I–II darker than other leg segments.

Female. Habitus as shown in Fig.109 View FIGURES 107–112 . Carapace length 2.00; abdomen length 2.60. Measurements of eyes: AME 0.34, ALE 0.25, PME 0.08, PLE 0.23. Measurements of legs: I 2.80 (0.85, 0.43, 0.70, 0.45, 0.37), II 2.87 (0.92, 0.52, 0.59, 0.44, 0.40), III 3.24 (1.05, 0.45, 0.63, 0.65, 0.46), IV 3.66 (1.06, 0.51, 0.78, 0.80, 0.51). Chelicerae ( Fig. 112 View FIGURES 107–112 ) as in male. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 109 View FIGURES 107–112 ): carapace as in male; abdomen dorsally grayish brown with dark markings, ventrally pale yellow, without large black marking. Sternum without setal tuft. Epigynum ( Figs 119, 121 View FIGURES 119–123 ): window large, rims sclerotized and wide, median septum weakly present; lateral depressions present, relatively deep. Vulva ( Figs 120, 122 View FIGURES 119–123 ): CD long and coiled, swerving for 10 times; AG prominent and pointing to axis; spermathecae slightly bulging.

Natural history. Specimens of the new species were collected on tree trunks.

Distribution. China (Guangdong).