Speocera trapezialis Li & Li, 2019

Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 44 (1), pp. 1-75 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201901
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:044F94BB-26D6-486A-95B6-F137F5C9AACB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459981
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C73287EE-1043-335B-FF2D-77D5FD6DD22F
treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	Speocera trapezialis Li & Li
status	sp. nov.

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Speocera trapezialis Li & Li View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 43–44 View Figure 43 View Figure 44 , 56I View Figure 56 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS), Vietnam, Quang Binh Province, Phong Nha-ke Bang National Park, Botanic Garden (17º33.150′N, 106º18.083′E), elev. 117 m, 14.V.2016, Leg. Q. Zhao & Z. Chen. Paratype 1♀ ( IZCAS), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from ancient Greek and refers to the trapezoidal male palpal bulb; adjective.

Diagnosis. The males of this new species can be distinguished from all the other congeners by the trapezoidal palpal bulb ( Figs 43A–B View Figure 43 ) and the females by the very long, tubular spermathecae ( Fig. 44A View Figure 44 ).

Description. Male. Total length 0.99; carapace length 0.51; carapace width 0.43; abdomen length 0.53; abdomen width 0.36. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 44C View Figure 44 ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide. Endites light yellow suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow, laterally slightly curved; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Fig. 56I View Figure 56 ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME and ALE nearly subequal, PLE largest ( Fig. 44C View Figure 44 ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish. Legs light yellow; leg formula 4123; leg lengths I 2.04 (0.59, 0.14, 0.61, 0.41, 0.28); II 1.88 (0.55, 0.16, 0.54, 0.37, 0.26); III 1.63 (0.48. 0.13, 0.43, 0.34, 0.25); IV 2.15 (0.63, 0.14, 0.59, 0.47, 0.32). Genitalia ( Fig. 43 View Figure 43 ). Palpal femur long; palpal tibia as long as cymbium ( Figs 43A–B View Figure 43 ). Cymbium conical, without prolateral extension. Bulb nearly trapezoidal. Embolus short, dark and basally without distinct associated sclerites; sperm duct initially wide, narrowing distally ( Fig. 43D View Figure 43 ).

Female. Total length 1.19; carapace length 0.51; carapace width 0.42; abdomen length 0.50; abdomen width 0.37. Similar to male in color and general features ( Figs 44D–E View Figure 44 ) but larger. Chelicerae unmodified. Leg lengths I 1.96 (0.55, 0.16, 0.58, 0.40, 0.28); II missing; III 1.57 (0.44. 0.14, 0.41, 0.34, 0.24); IV 2.11 (0.59, 0.15, 0.61, 0.46, 0.31). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae very short, strongly curved posteriorly from the epigastric furrow, not extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 44B View Figure 44 ); spermathecae long, tubular ( Fig. 44A View Figure 44 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.