Nesticella jingpo, Lin, Yucheng, Ballarin, Francesco & Li, Shuqiang, 2016

Lin, Yucheng, Ballarin, Francesco & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, A survey of the spider family Nesticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Asia and Madagascar, with the description of forty-three new species, ZooKeys 627, pp. 1-168 : 21-22

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Nesticidae

Nesticella jingpo sp. n. Figs 18, 82

Type material.

Holotype ♀ (IZCAS), CHINA: Yunnan Province, Tengchong County, Gaoligongshan Mountain National Park (24.82898°N, 98.76758°E, 2177 m), 3.XII.2013, Y. Li & J.C. Liu leg.

Etymology.

The species is named after the Jingpo people, an ethnic minority living in the Gaoligongshan region of Yunnan Province; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

This new species is closely related to Nesticella lisu sp. n. (Fig. 20 F–G), but can be distinguished from the latter species by the subglobular spermathecae (S) (piriform in Nesticella lisu sp. n.), the more compact and less coiled fertilization ducts (Fd) and the wider copulatory openings (Co) (Fig. 18 E–F vs. Fig. 20 F–G). The strongly coiled fertilization ducts (Fd) and the general shape of scape (Sp) and copulatory ducts (Cd) allow the separation of Nesticella jingpo sp. n. from all other species of the brevipes -group.

Description.

Habitus as in Fig. 18 A–C. Carapace pale yellow, darker near the center and the margins. Ocular area with several setae. Cervical groove and fovea distinct. Mouthparts pale yellow. Sternum dark greyish, bearing sparse setae. Legs and female palps yellowish, distally darker in metatarsi and tarsi. Opisthosoma with four pairs of pigmented marks on the dorsal side, the first pair extended to laterals. Ventral side with a wide median band.

Epigyne (Fig. 18 D–F): reddish brown surrounded by an extensive dark area (Fig. 18D). Scape short, translucent, nearly as wide as the diameter of the spermathecae (Fig. 18E). Spermathecae ovoid, separated from each other by about 1.5 diameters (Fig. 18 E–F). Fertilization ducts thin and long, coiling into 4.5 loops before reaching the spermathecae (Fig. 18 E–F). Copulatory ducts thick, short, basally narrower (Fig. 18F).

Female (holotype). Total length 2.18. Carapace 0.98 long, 0.89 wide. Opisthosoma 1.30 long, 1.08 wide. Clypeus height 0.17. Sternum 0.65 long, 0.62 wide. Leg measurements: see Appendix A.

Male. Unknown.

Habitat.

Forest leaf litter, under stone and rock.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 82).