Speocera dongjing 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 : 26-27

Speocera dongjing Li & Li sp. nov. ( Figs 21 , 58E )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( IZCAS), China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region , Baise City , Tianyang County, Dongjing Town , behind the small gas station, Liangdong Yan (23º40.125′N, 106º33.957′E), elev. 464 m, 4.III.2016, leg. X. Zhang & Z. Chen.

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

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. cuyapo Li & Li sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the very short copulatory duct that connects the spermathecae to the afferent spermathecae and the size of the spermathecae ( Fig. 21A ). S. cuyapo Li & Li sp. nov. has a long, curved copulatory duct and small spermathecae ( Fig. 20A ).

Description. Female. Total length 1.08; carapace length 0.50; carapace width 0.41; abdomen length 0.53; abdomen width 0.42. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, slightly suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 21C ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide ( Fig. 21D ). 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. 58E ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes, nearly equal sized, surrounded by black pigmentation ( Fig. 21C ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 21D ). Legs light yellow; leg formula 4123; leg lengths I 1.72 (0.49, 0.15, 0.50, 0.31, 0.27); II 1.57 (0.45, 0.15, 0.43, 0.29, 0.25); III 1.34 (0.38, 0.13, 0.33, 0.28, 0.23); IV 1.82 (0.50, 0.16, 0.51, 0.38, 0.28). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, straight, tip slightly curved posteriorly, not extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 21B ); spermathecae large, spherical ( Fig. 21A ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 20. Speocera cuyapo 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 21. Speocera dongjing 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.