Zoica hainan Wang, Li & Zhang, 2021

Wang, Luyu, Lu, Tian, Cai, Ducheng, Barrion, Alberto Tomas, Heong, Kong-Luen, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Zhisheng, 2021, Review of the wolf spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae: Lycosidae), Zoological Systematics 46 (1), pp. 16-74 : 70-72

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2021102

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7AA28522-9CBA-4A0E-A97B-B6A40C6DBB7B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459629

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0391BA55-FF9D-FF88-3DE4-FF1F2CA1DBCC

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scientific name

Zoica hainan Wang, Li & Zhang
status

sp. nov.

Zoica hainan Wang, Li & Zhang View in CoL , sp. nov. ( Figs 72A–H View Figure 72 , 73A–D, 74A–D)

Type material. Holotype ♂, Haikou City , Dongzhaigang Mangrove Nature Reserve, 19°57.113′N, 110°33.983′E, elev. - 2 m, 20.VIII.2007, C.X. Wang leg. ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps ; Paratypes (7♂ 8♀). 4♂ 4♀, same data as holotype ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 3♀, Haikou City , Dongzhaigang Mangrove Nature Reserve, 19°57.113′N, 110°33.983′E, elev. - 2 m, 20.VIII.2007, S. Li leg. ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps ; 2♂ 1♀, Ding’an County, Tongren Village , 19°30.953′N, 110°18.904′E, elev. 58 m, 27. VI GoogleMaps .2019, L.Y. Wang, T . Yuan, K. Yu & J.X. Zhao leg. ( SWUC) .

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. The new species resembles Z. unciformis Li, Wang & Zhang, 2013 (Li, Wang & Zhang, 2013: 30, figs 5A– E, 6A–H) but differs by the lateral apophysis with two small projections, the inner projection spinelike, the outer projection longer than wide with a sharp tip ( Figs 72C–F View Figure 72 , 73A–D, 74A–B); in Z. unciformis , the lateral apophysis is sinuous, slightly curved, with a small outgrowth. Terminal apophysis covers embolus in the new species ( Figs 72C–F View Figure 72 , 73A–D, 74A–B) but not in Z. unciformis . Spermathecae round in the new species ( Figs 72G–H View Figure 72 , 74C–D) but oval in Z. unciformis .

Description. Male. Total length 0.99–1.39. Holotype ( Fig. 72A View Figure 72 ) total length 1.05. Carapace 0.56 long, 0.40 wide; opisthosoma 0.50 long, 0.33 wide. Carapace uniformly yellow-brown. Eye region black. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.08, PME 0.12, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.02, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.05, PME–PLE 0.04. Clypeus height 0.07. Chelicerae elongate, yellowish brown, with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Labium yellowish brown. Endites yellowish brown. Sternum yellowish brown, with sparse brown setae. Legs yellowish brown. Leg measurements: I 2.57 (0.79, 0.93, 0.39, 0.46); II 2.41 (0.72, 0.82, 0.47, 0.40); III 1.69 (0.50, 0.43, 0.31, 0.45); IV 3.20 (0.91, 1.06, 0.76, 0.47). Opisthosoma brown. Venter yellowish brown.

Palp ( Figs 72C–F View Figure 72 , 73A–D, 74A–B). Lateral apophysis with two small projections, inner projection spinelike, outer projection longer than wide with sharp tip. Terminal apophysis leaf-shaped with pointed tip. Conductor wide, membranous, with a pointed tip. Embolus stout, covered by terminal apophysis.

Female (paratype, Fig. 72B View Figure 72 ) total length 1.40. Carapace 0.68 long, 0.49 wide; opisthosoma 0.65 long, 0.49 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.08, PME 0.13, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.02, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.05, PME–PLE 0.06. Clypeus height 0.05. Leg measurements: I 2.75 (0.84, 0.90, 0.55, 0.46); II 2.58 (0.78, 0.85, 0.53, 0.42); III 2.54 (0.79, 0.80, 0.54, 0.41); IV 3.16 (0.89, 1.13, 0.75, 0.39). Opisthosoma yellow-brown.

Epigyne ( Figs 72G–H View Figure 72 , 74C–D). Copulatory openings located posteriorly, separated by the diameter of the opening. Spermathecal heads round. Spermathecal stalks wide. Fertilization ducts long and hooklike.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Hainan Island, China.

Funding This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672278, 31702005), the Key Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0006) and the Investigation Project of Basic Science and Technology (2018FY100305) to Zhisheng Zhang and Luyu Wang .

Acknowledgements The manuscript benefited greatly from comments by two anonymous referees. Sarah Crews checked the English. Theo Blick checked etymology. We thank Feng Zhang and Tianlang Lv for the loan of specimens and Guiqiang Huang for his assistance during field work and collection.

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

Genus

Zoica

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