Cheliceroides longipalpis Zabka , 1985

Lin, Long, Yang, Zhiyong & Zhang, Junxia, 2024, Revalidation of the jumping spider genus Cheliceroides Zabka, 1985 based on molecular and morphological data (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 243-253 : 243

Cheliceroides longipalpis Zabka, 1985

Figs 3-15 , 16-18

Cheliceroides longipalpis Żabka, 1985: 210, figs 76-80; Peng and Xie 1993: 81, figs 5-10; Peng 2020: 62, fig. 25a-h.

Colopsus longipalpis : Logunov 2021: 1024, figs 2-16 (transferred from Cheliceroides ).

Diagnosis.

Cheliceroides longipalpis differs from members of Hasariini by the presence of iridescent scales on the body (Figs 4 , 6 , 7 , 12 ), the elongate male chelicera, the male palp with long and whip-like embolus originating at 2 o’clock (left palp) and coiling around the rounded tegulum (Figs 9-11 , 16 ), and the female epigynum with anterior window-like structure and relatively long and coiled copulatory ducts (Figs 14 , 15 , 17 , 18 ). It is similar to Colopsus species in having modified and elongate male chelicera and a relatively long male palpal tibia (equal to or longer than the cymbium) ( Żabka 1985: 210; Logunov 2021: 1023-1024; Kanesharatnam and Benjamin 2021: 54; Fig. 3 ), but it can be distinguished by the S-shaped trajectory of the sperm duct on the tegulum of the male palp (vs C-shaped in Colopsus ; compare Figs 16 , 19 ), the longer embolus coiling in a circle around the tegulum (vs shorter and coiling in half a circle at most in Colopsus ; compare Figs 16 , 19 ), the absence of epigynal coupling pocket on epigynum (vs with two pockets in Colopsus ; compare Figs 17 , 20 ), and the long, coiled copulatory ducts (vs short and not obviously coiled in Colopsus ; compare Figs 18 , 21 ).

Description.

See the detailed descriptions by Żabka (1985: 210) and Logunov (2021: 1024-1026).

Material examined.

China • 4 ♂, 2 ♀; MHBU-ARA-00025627, MHBU-ARA-00025633; Guizhou, Shiqian County; 27.3342°N, 108.1519°E; 650 m elev.; 8 May 2023; Zhang et al. leg., HBUARA#2023-67 .

Distribution.

China, Vietnam.

Natural history.

Arboreal, living on low vegetation.

Figures

Figures 3 - 15. Cheliceroides longipalpis Zabka, 1985 3 - 6 living photos of male (3 - 4) and female (5 - 6) 7 - 8 male habitus, dorsal (7) and ventral (8) view 9 - 11 left male palp, prolateral (9), ventral (10) and retrolateral (11) view 12 - 13 female habitus, dorsal (12) and ventral (13) view 14 - 15 epigynum, ventral (14) and dorsal (15) view.

Figures 16 - 21. Comparison of genital structures of Cheliceroides longipalpis Zabka, 1985 (16 - 18) and the type species of Colopsus, Colopsus cancellatus Simon, 1902 (19 - 21, modified from Kanesharatnam and Benjamin 2021) 16, 19 left palp, ventral view 17, 20 epigynum, ventral view 18, 21 epigynum, dorsal view.