Coddingtonia erhuan, Feng, Chengcheng & Lin, Yucheng, 2019

Feng, Chengcheng & Lin, Yucheng, 2019, Three new species of the genus Coddingtonia from Asia (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae), ZooKeys 886, pp. 113-126 : 118

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.886.35492

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1483AA09-339E-4FB4-976B-D6921BDC62C7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/15CE2D97-4B6B-4CD7-B117-CE15B9FF1A1E

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scientific name

Coddingtonia erhuan
status

sp. nov.

Coddingtonia erhuan sp. nov. Fig. 4 View Figure 4

Type material.

Holotype ♀, paratypes 5♀ and 1♂ juv. (NHMSU) CHINA: Yunnan Province, Gaoligongshan, the west of Nujiang River, Shibali Village, 27°08.28'N, 98°49.34'E, ca. 1850 m, 19 Aug. 2018, Y. Lin et al. leg.; Two paratypes 1♂ juv. and 1♀ used for sequencing, same data as preceding, GenBank: MN211319 and MN211318.

Other material examined.

2♀ (NHMSU) CHINA: Yunnan Province, Gongshan County, Sijitong Village, on the banks of Nujiang River, 8°03.27'N, 98°35.76'E, ca. 1620 m, 12 Aug. 2018; 1♀ (NHMSU) CHINA: Yunnan Province, Longling County, Mangkuan Town, Baihualing Village, Zaotang River, subtropical broadleaf forest, 25°18.27'N, 98°48.04'E, ca. 1640 m, 21 Aug. 2018; 2♀ (NHMSU) CHINA: Yunnan Province, Longling County, Longjiang Town, Xiaoheishan Nature Reserve, Gucheng Hill, broadleaved deciduous forest, in surface leaf litter, 24°49.73'N, 98°45.55'E, ca. 2010 m, 22 Aug. 2018; 2♀ (NHMSU) CHINA: Yunnan Province, Gongshan County, the road of from Bingzhongluo Town to Puhuasi Temple, broadleaved deciduous forest litter, 28°01.42'N, 98°36.13'E, ca. 1870 m, 12 Aug. 2018, Y. Lin et al. leg.; 1♀ (NHMSU) CHINA: Yunnan Province, Fugong County, Shangpa Village, broadleaves deciduous forest, 26°53.66'N, 98°51.16'E, ca. 1470 m, 2 Jul. 2016, Y. Li leg.

Etymology.

Formed from the Chinese words for two ( èr 二) and circle ( huán 环), referring to the paired loops of copulatory ducts ( Fig. 4E View Figure 4 ); noun.

Diagnosis.

This new species can be distinguished from other congeners by the 2 coils of the unilateral copulatory ducts around the spermathecae ( Fig. 4 E–F View Figure 4 ).By having a posterior tubercle on the abdomen ( Fig. 4 A–C View Figure 4 ) it differs from C. huifengi sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 A–D View Figure 2 ), C. anaktakun and C. discobulbus ( Labarque and Griswold 2014: figs 5 A–C, 6 A–C, 7 A–C).

Description.

Female (holotype): Carapace pear-shaped, black. Sternum tan. Legs dark brown. Abdomen obovate with posterior tubercle, dark black, ventrally darker than dorsally, covers sparse setae ( Fig. 4 A–C View Figure 4 ). Measurements: Total length 1.66. Carapace 0.62 long, 0.60 wide. Clypeus 0.14 high. Sternum 0.37 long, 0.38 wide. Abdomen 1.21 long, 1.04 wide. Length of legs: I 2.03 (0.65, 0.25, 0.43, 0.39, 0.31); II 1.80 (0.55, 0.23, 0.38, 0.34, 0.30); III 1.39 (0.42, 0.18, 0.26, 0.28, 0.25); IV 1.78 (0.55, 0.23, 0.40, 0.34, 0.26).

Epigyne ( Fig. 4 D–F View Figure 4 ): plate weakly sclerotized, nearly rectangular, with an indistinct central pit and pair of posterolateral pockets. Spermathecae barely visible through the integument; lateral wings well developed, with sclerotized glandular ducts in the dorso-medial; spermathecae globose, closely spaced and almost adjacent; copulatory ducts form a half loop in the ventral later wings, followed by 2 complete loops surround the spermathecae, and finally connect to the spermathecae ( Fig. 4E View Figure 4 ); fertilization ducts short and twisty, arise from the dorsal side of spermathecae ( Fig. 4F View Figure 4 ).

Male. unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ).