Clubiona bicuspidata, Wu, Pan-Long & Zhang, Feng, 2014

Wu, Pan-Long & Zhang, Feng, 2014, One new species of the Clubiona obesa-group from China, with the first description of Clubiona kropfi male (Araneae, Clubionidae), ZooKeys 420, pp. 1-9 : 4

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Clubionidae

Clubiona bicuspidata sp. n. Figs 13-19

Type material.

Holotype ♂, China: Xizang Autonomous Region (29°12'N, 94°12'E), Mainling County, Mingsheng Zhu leg., 18 August 2002 (collected in subadult stage, matured 29 August 2002). Paratype: 1 ♂, China: Shaanxi Province, Zhouzhi County, Taibai Mt (33°57'N, 107°45'E), 25 May 2009, Zhisheng Zhang leg.

Diagnosis.

The new species resembles Clubiona baishishan (Zhang et al., 2003: f. 1 A–F), but differs by the shorter embolus, two pointed distal EP apophyses, and the tip of RTA without a concavity in dorsal view.

Etymology.

The species name is an adjective, derived from the shape of EP apophyses.

Description.

Male. Total length 4.65-4.74. Holotype: body 4.65 long; carapace 2.21 long, 1.69 wide; abdomen 2.43 long, 1.26 wide. Carapace (Fig. 13) yellow. Cephalic region yellowish, slightly elevated above thorax. Median furrow longitudinal. Anterior eye row slightly recurved (in dorsal view), posterior eye row almost straight. AME black, and other eyes white. Eyes sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.13, PME 0.14, PLE 0.11; AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.12, ALE–PLE 0.07. MOA 0.31 long, front width 0.28, back width 0.45. Clypeal height 0.03. Chelicerae yellow, promargin with five teeth, retromargin with three teeth. Endites yellowish, serrula dark. Labium yellow brown, 0.51 long, 0.28 wide. Abdomen tan, with white speckles; cardiac mark yellow brown. Spinnerets and legs yellow. Measurements of legs: leg I 5.83 (2.03, 0.86, 1.18, 1.10, 0.66), II 6.48 (2.05, 0.78, 1.85, 1.15, 0.65), III 5.12 (1.54, 0.57, 1.29, 1.28, 0.44), IV 7.35 (2.15, 0.60, 1.65, 2.28, 0.67). Male palp as in Figs 14-19: RTA strongly expanded, forked, ventral branch with two processes, one incus-shaped and the other thumb-shaped. Embolus arching behind tegulum and directing prolaterally. Tegulum with two pointed EP apophyses, one small and one large. Conductor small, rod-like, membranous.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Xizang, Shaanxi).