Thiania tenuis, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3581, pp. 53-80 : 73

Thiania tenuis sp. nov.

Figs 85–87

Type material. Holotype: male, MALAYSIA: Sabah, coll. K. Ober, 2000, 0 0.418 (UBC-SEM AR00188).

Etymology. Latin tenuis (slender), referring to the thin and long embolus of the male palp.

Diagnosis. Differs from all other Thiania species by the long and whip-like embolus of the male palp ( Figs 86–87 ).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00188). Carapace length 3.9; abdomen length 4.6. Chelicera: dark brown; promargin with one bicuspid tooth, retromargin with one tooth. Palp ( Figs 86–87 ): yellow brown to gray brown. Palpal bulb narrow; proximal tegular lobe absent; embolic disc small; embolus long and whip-like; retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-like. First tibia with four pairs of ventral macrosetae. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 85 ): carapace dark brown, covered with white setae; abdomen dark brown, only with a few yellowish speckles; legs light yellow to dark brown.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 85 – 87. Thiania tenuis sp. nov. 85 male holotype, dorsal view; 86 male left palp, ventral view; 87 male left palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 85, 2.0 mm; 86 – 87, 0.2 mm.