Phintella yi, 1906

Yang, Zhiyong, Wang, Weihang & Zhang, Junxia, 2024, On a new genus and seven species of Chrysillini from China (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), Zootaxa 5477 (2), pp. 101-135 : 124

Phintella yi spec. nov. (ḆDZÞƦ)

Figs 1 , 111–120

Type material. CHINA: Yunnan Province: Holotype: ♂ (MHBU-ARA-00023861), Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Chuxiong City, Zixi Mountain , 25.0063°N, 101.4333°E, 2172 m a.s.l., 25 June 2022, L. Zhang, W. Wang, M. Xu, & Z. Liu leg.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, and refers to the Yi (Ḇ) people, a main ethnic group living in the type locality.

Diagnosis. The new species resembles Phintella cholkei Prajapati, Kumbhar, Caleb, Sanap & Kamboj, 2021 and P. longapophysis Lei & Peng, 2013 in the long RTA and short embolus. It can be distinguished from P. cholkei by RL not elongated ( Figs 118, 120 ; vs. RL elongated in P. cholkei , see Prajapati et al. 2021: 234, figs 16–17); the distinctly bent tip of RTA ( Figs 118, 120 ; vs. weakly bent in P. cholkei , see Prajapati et al. 2021: 234, figs 16–17). It differs from P. longapophysis by the embolus (left palp) pointing to 10 o'clock in ventral view ( Figs 118, 120 ; vs. pointing to 1 o'clock in P. longapophysis , see Lei & Peng 2013: 101, figs 2a–b); the RTA being nearly perpendicular to the cymbium ( Figs 116, 118, 120 ; vs. RTA and cymbium at acute angle in P. longapophysis , see Lei & Peng 2013: 101, figs 2a–b).

Description. Male. Habitus as in Figs 111–112 . Measurements of holotype: carapace 1.55 long, 1.38 wide; opisthosoma 1.75 long, 1.11 wide; eyes: AME 0.37, ALE 0.19, PME 0.09, PLE 0.16; legs: Ⅰ 2.95 (0.89, 0.45, 0.73, 0.46, 0.42), II 2.46 (0.72, 0.37, 0.53, 0.44, 0.40), III 2.94 (0.87, 0.38, 0.59, 0.58, 0.52), IV 3.35 (1.06, 0.38, 0.71, 0.71, 0.49); leg formula 4132. Carapace brown, with white lateral margins ( Fig. 111 ). Chelicerae brown, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth, front with white scales and a bump ( Figs 114–115 ). Opisthosoma yellow, covered with white scales except black median band dorsally and a black venter ( Fig. 111 ). Legs yellow, expect black femur Ⅰ and tibia Ⅰ ( Fig. 113 ).

Palp (116–120): embolus minute; RTA long, perpendicular to cymbium, and strongly bent at tip; PL short and pointing to prolateral side in ventral view.

Natural history. Foliage dwellers.

Distribution. China (Yunnan) ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distributional recordsof Cosmophasis ombria (Thorell, 1877), Heliophanoides ultramarine spec. nov., Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982, Okinawicius tokarensis (Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987), Phintella chunfen spec. nov., P. yi spec. nov. and Qingattus wulan spec. nov. in China.

FIGURES 111–115. Phintella yi spec. nov., holotype male. 111–112 Habitus (111 dorsal, 112 frontal). 113 Left leg I, prolateral. 114–115 Chelicerae (114 frontal, 115 posterior). Red arrow indicating bump.

FIGURES 116–120. Phintella yi spec. nov., holotype male, left (116–118, 120) and right (119) palp (116, 119 dorsal; 117 retrolateral; 118, 120 ventral). BH—basal haematodocha, E—embolus, PL—proximal lobe of tegulum, RL—retrolateral lobe of tegulum, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, SM—spermophor.