Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiao-Qi, Wang, Wei-Hang, Gan, Jia-Hui, Irfan, Muhammad, Zhong, Yang & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2023, Notes on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China (Araneae: Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 902, pp. 1-91 : 45-48

Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.

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Phintella arcuata Huang et al., 2015: 26 , figs 1a–d, 2a–c, 3a–e (♀, paratypes of P. arcuata , mismatched, examined).

Diagnosis

The male of Phintella subpanda sp. nov. resembles that of P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 in habitus and palpal structure, but differs in: (1) the lamellar process being less than three times as long as wide ( Fig. 28A ), whereas about four times as long as wide in P. panda ( Fig. 22A ); (2) the cheliceral fang lacking the distal flange ( Fig. 29G ), whereas present in P. panda ( Fig. 23G ). The female also resembles that of P. panda in the epigynal structures, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the atrial ridges being far away from the copulatory openings about one-third the spermathecal length ( Fig. 29A ), whereas almost touching the copulatory openings in P. panda ( Fig. 23A ); (2) the spermathecae being pear-shaped ( Fig. 29B ), whereas almost spherical in P. panda ( Fig. 23B ).

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the similarity with Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 ; substantive.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve , Mabaoshu Grand Canyon ; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0266.

Paratypes

CHINA • 25 ♀♀, 19 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0267–0310 .

Other material examined

CHINA • 1 ♀; Hunan, Shimen County, Hupingshan Township, Daling Village ; 30°02.34′ N, 110°37.50′ E; 436 m a.s.l.; 18 Oct. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg . • 1 ♀; Daling Village ; 30°01.63′ N, 110°37.54′ E; 341 m a.s.l.; 19 Sep. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg . • 1 ♀; Daling Village ; 30°01.68′ N, 110°37.68′ E; 677 m a.s.l.; 18 Jun. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg .

Description

Male (holotype)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.92. Carapace 2.04 long, 1.62 wide. Abdomen 1.85 long, 1.27 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.27, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.40, PERW 1.34, EFL 0.96. Legs: I 4.93 (1.25, 0.78, 1.40, 1.05, 0.45), II 4.29 (1.38, 0.68, 1.10, 0.73, 0.40), III 4.80 (1.38, 0.58, 1.18, 1.23, 0.43), IV 5.34 (1.63, 0.58, 1.30, 1.35, 0.48).

HABITUS. Carapace brown, covered with white scale-like setae on anterior and lateral margins, and area between ALEs and PLEs, and dark scale-like setae on thorax, with big fan-shaped area medially on thorax ( Fig. 29C, F ). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, without distal flange of fang ( Fig. 29G ). Legs pale to brown. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum with pair of anterolateral white stripes formed by setae, irregular yellow patch, alternate transverse dark and white bands formed by setae medially, and big arc-shaped yellow transverse band posteriorly; venter pale yellow, with pale broad longitudinal band medially ( Fig. 29C–D ).

PALP. Tibia almost as long as wide; RTA broadened at base and acutely narrowed to triangular distal half in retrolateral view; posterior lobe of bulb beak-shaped; tegular bump sub-triangular; lamellar process about 2.8 times as long as wide; embolus sclerotized, slightly curved, with blunt tip ( Fig. 28 ).

Female

See Huang et al. (2015).

Distribution

China (Guizhou, Hunan) ( Fig. 59 ).

Figures

Fig. 28. Male palp of Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0266). A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 29. Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0267). C–D, F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0266). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 59. Distributional records of Phintella fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981), P. subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. and Ptocasius dian Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.

Fig. 22. Male palp of Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 (TRU-JS 0201). A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 23.Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015. A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0196). C–D, F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS 0201). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.