Speocera huifengi 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 : 33

Speocera huifengi Li & Li sp. nov. ( Figs 27 , 58G )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( IZCAS), Thailand, Loei Province, Phu Kradueng District, Pha Nok Khao, Tham Wat Phu Sang (16º49.062′N, 101º56.433′E), elev. 385 m, 29.XI.2016, leg. H. Zhao.

Etymology. The specific name is taken after the collector, Dr. Huifeng Zhao; name in genitive case.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. phangngaensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 but can be distinguished by the very short copulatory duct and the large spherical spermathecae ( Figs 27A–B ). S. phangngaensis has a long copulatory duct and small oval spermathecae (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995: fig. 290).

Description. Female. Total length 1.08; carapace length 0.59; carapace width 0.41; abdomen length 0.60; abdomen width 0.35. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 27C ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide ( Fig. 27D ). Endites light yellow with serrula; labium light yellow. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Fig. 58G ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation, ALE, PME subequal, PLE largest ( Fig. 27C ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 27D ). Legs light yellow; leg lengths I, II, IV missing; III 1.87 (0.51, 0.16, 0.50, 0.41, 0.29). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, curved posteriorly from epigastric furrow, not extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 27B ); spermathecae spherical ( Fig. 27A ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 27. Speocera huifengi Li & Li sp. nov., holotype, female. A. Genitalia, dorsal view. B. Genitalia, ventral view. C–E. Habitus, dorsal, ventral and lateral views. Scale bars: A–B=0.05mm; C–E=0.30 mm.

Figure 58. Female chelicerae of Speocera spp., anterior view. A. S. balikpapan Li & Li sp. nov. B. S. batang Li & Li sp. nov. C. S. bontoc Li & Li sp. nov. D. S. cuyapo Li & Li sp. nov. E. S. dongjing Li & Li sp. nov. F. S. griswoldi Li & Li sp. nov. G. S. huifengi Li & Li sp. nov. H. S. huisun Li & Li sp. nov. I. S. melinh Li & Li sp. nov. J. S. tabuk Li & Li sp. nov. Scale bars=0.1mm.