Speocera manhao 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 : 43

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.5459969
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scientific name	Speocera manhao Li & Li
status	sp. nov.

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Speocera manhao Li & Li View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 33– 34 View Figure 33 View Figure 34 , 56E, F View Figure 56 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS), China, Yunnan Province, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture , Gejiu City , Manhao Town, Lvshuihe Tropical Forest Reserve (23º1.535′N, 103º24.063′E), elev. 477 m, 19.V.2015, leg. Z. Chen & Y. Li. Paratypes 2♂ 3♀ ( IZCAS), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality; noun.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. bicornea Tong & Li, 2007 , but males can be distinguished by the irregular spherical palpal bulb ( Figs 33A–B View Figure 33 ) and females by the long afferent spermathecae ( Figs 34B, D View Figure 34 ). S. bicornea has a spherical palpal bulb and short afferent spermathecae that do not extend to the upper sides of the abdomen (Tong & Li, 2007: fig. 7).

Description. Male. Total length 1.08; carapace length 0.50; carapace width 0.43; abdomen length 0.54; abdomen width 0.38. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 34C View Figure 34 ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, longer than wide. Endites light yellow suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow, lateral margin strongly excavated, with a very small horn-like apophysis; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Figs 56E–F View Figure 56 ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME smallest, PLE largest ( Fig. 34C View Figure 34 ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish. Legs light yellow; leg formula 4123; leg lengths I 1.95 (0.55, 0.16, 0.61, 0.36, 0.27); II 1.77 (0.51, 0.16, 0.50, 0.33, 0.27); III 1.59 (0.45, 0.14, 0.42, 0.33, 0.25); IV 2.15 (0.62, 0.15, 0.62, 0.45, 0.31). Genitalia ( Fig. 33 View Figure 33 ). Palpal femur long; palpal tibia about 1.3 times as long as cymbium ( Figs 33A–B View Figure 33 ). Cymbium conical, with large prolateral extension basally. Bulb shaped like an irregular sphere. Embolus short, dark and basally with belt-like associated sclerites; sperm duct initially wide, abruptly narrowing distally ( Fig. 33D View Figure 33 ).

Female. Total length 1.06; carapace length 0.53; carapace width 0.42; abdomen length 0.59; abdomen width 0.40. Similar to male in color and general features ( Figs 34D–E View Figure 34 ). Chelicerae unmodified. Leg lengths I 1.69 (0.49, 0.15, 0.48, 0.32, 0.26); II 1.57 (0.45, 0.15, 0.44, 0.29, 0.24); III 1.44 (0.42, 0.15, 0.36, 0.28, 0.23); IV 1.92 (0.54, 0.15, 0.54, 0.40, 0.29). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae very long, extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 34B View Figure 34 ); spermathecae oval ( Fig. 34A View Figure 34 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.