Speocera melinh 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 : 43-44

Speocera melinh Li & Li sp. nov. ( Figs 35 , 58I )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( IZCAS), Vietnam, Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong National Park, MeLinh Station for Biodiversity (21º23.233′N, 105º42.617′E), elev. 81 m, 31.V.2016, leg. Q. Zhao & Z. Chen.

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

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. bulbiformis Lin, Pham & Li, 2009 but can be distinguished by the very long afferent spermathecae ( Fig. 35B ). S. bulbiformis has short afferent spermathecae (Lin et al., 2009: figs 4B, E).

Description. Female. Total length 1.21; carapace length 0.54; carapace width 0.44; abdomen length 0.60; abdomen width 0.48. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 35C ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, longer than wide ( Fig. 35D ). Endites light yellow, suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow, suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Fig. 58I ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME and ALE subequal, PLE largest ( Fig. 35C ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 35D ). Legs light yellow; leg lengths I 1.98 (0.56, 0.16, 0.59, 0.38, 0.29); II 1.79 (0.52, 0.16, 0.50, 0.35, 0.27); III, IV missing. Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae long, extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 35B ); spermathecae long, oval ( Fig. 35A ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 35. Speocera melinh 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.