Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982

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 : 114-115

Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982 (巧ĤƦ)

Figs 1 , 47–62

Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński 1982: 283 , fig. 34; Wesołowska 1986: 222, fig. 775; Rakov & Logunov 1997: 70, figs 10–20.

Material examined. CHINA: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (MHBU-ARA-00026709), Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Wenquan County, Haribuhu Town , 44.8171°N, 81.1562°E, 1550 m a.s.l., 16 May 2023, B. Liu, W. Fan & C. Liu leg. 1 ♀ (MHBU-ZZS-0407), Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Gongliu County, Saerbuqun , 43.4560°N, 85.2499°E, 1202 m a.s.l., 9 June 2014, L. Wang & X. Jiang leg. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: 1 ♀ (MHBU-ZZS-0773), Ordos City, Ejin Horo Banner, Kangbashen District , Honghaizi Wetland Park , 39.5699°N, 109.8176°E, 1291 m a.s.l., 21 June 2015, T. Lu, G. Huang, L. Wang, & L. Hu leg.

Diagnosis. This species is most similar to H. lineiventris Simon, 1868 and H. turanicus Charitonov, 1969 in the branched tip of palpal femur apophysis and the lamellar vRTA. It can be distinguished from H. lineiventris by the slender and slightly curved embolus ( Figs 52, 55 , 60 ; vs. embolus stronger and distinctly curved in H. lineiventris , see Miller 1958: 154, fig. 3); CO posteriorly positioned ( Figs 58 , 61 ; vs. located more anteriorly in H. lineiventris , see Miller 1958: 154, figs 4–5); the indistinct posterior rim of the epigynal depression ( Figs 58–59 , 61–62 ; vs. obvious and almost centrally located in H. lineiventris , see Miller 1958: 154, figs 4–5); and the vulva visible in ventral view within epigynal depression ( Figs 58–59 , 61–62 ; vs. outside epigynal depression in H. lineiventris , see Miller 1958: 154, figs 4–5). It differs from H. turanicus by the distinctly curved tip of the embolus ( Figs 52, 55 ; vs. embolus exhibiting a slight curve near its midpoint in H. turanicus , see Rakov & Logunov 1997: 99, fig. 132); copulatory ducts forming an angle of about 120° ( Figs 59 , 62 ; vs. an angle of about 180° in H. turanicus , see Wesołowska 1996: 30, fig. 15C).

Description. See Rakov & Logunov (1997: 73, figs 10–20).

Natural history. Bush and rock dwellers.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia) ( Fig. 1 ), Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan.

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 47–50. Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982, male (47, 49–50) and female (48). 47–48, 50 Habitus (47–48 dorsal, 50 frontal). 49 Chelicerae, posterior.

FIGURES 51–57. Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982, male. 51–53, 57 Left palp. 55 Bulb. 54–56 Left palpal femur (51 prolateral; 52, 55 ventral; 53 retrolateral; 54 retrolateral; 56 prolateral; 57 dorsal).

FIGURES 58–59. Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982, female. 58 Epigyne, ventral. 59 Vulva, dorsal. AG—accessory gland, CD—copulatory duct, CO—copulatory opening, FD—fertilization duct, S—spermatheca.

FIGURES 60–62. Heliophanus chovdensis Prószyński, 1982, male, left palp (60), female (61 epigyne, 62 vulva) (60–61 ventral, 62 dorsal). AG—accessory gland, CD—copulatory duct, CO—copulatory opening, dRTA—dorsal branch of retrolateral tibial apophysis, E—embolus, FD—fertilization duct, S—spermatheca, vRTA—ventral branch of retrolateral tibial apophysis.