Oxyopes complicatus, Li, Guo Tang Shuqiang, 2012

Li, Guo Tang Shuqiang, 2012, Lynx spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Oxyopidae), Zootaxa 3362, pp. 1-42 : 26-29

Oxyopes complicatus sp. nov.

Figs 24–26

Type material ( China: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Nature Reserve, leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao, canopy fogging): Holotype: Ƥ, Garbage dump, Secondary tropical forest (N21º54.380´, E101º16.815´, 627 m), 23 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19088). Paratypes: 1 3, same data as holotype (IZCAS-Ar. 19089); 1 Ƥ, Teak plantation (N21º54.770', E101º16.084', 559 m), 12 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19090); 2 Ƥ, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19091–19092); 1 Ƥ, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rainforest (N21º54.614', E101º16.890', 640 m), 14 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19093); 1 Ƥ, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.714', E101º16.935', 660 m), 16 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19094); 1 Ƥ, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N21º54.386', E101º16.803', 627 m), 22 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19095); 1 Ƥ, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N21º54.380', E101º16.815', 627 m), 22 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19096); 1 Ƥ, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N21º53.833', E101º17.001', 618 m), 25 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19097); 1 Ƥ, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N21º53.622', E101º16.955', 581 m), 26 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19098); 2 Ƥ, G213 roadside, low evergreen forest (N21º53.794', E101º17.152', 594 m), 27 November 2009 (IZCAS-Ar. 19099–19100).

Etymology. The specific name is an adjective from the Latin word complicatus (folded), and refers to the copulatory ducts folded and twisted.

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from other congeneric members by the shapes of VTA, RTA and the complicated three tegular apophyses ( Figs 25 B–D, 26A–B). Females can be distinguished by the copulatory ducts, which are twisted and folded.

Description. Female (holotype): Total length 8.20. Prosoma 2.30 long, 2.10 wide; opisthosoma 5.80 long, 1.35 wide. Carapace yellow with light brown scales. Ocular area blackish brown. Eye measurements: AME 0.10, ALE 0.22, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20, AME-AME 0.16; AME-ALE 0.12; PME-PME 0.21; PME-PLE 0.20. Eye row width measurement: I 0.34, II 0.60, III 1.00, IV 0.60. Clypeus height 0.40. Chelicera and sternum yellow, labium and endites light yellowish-brown. Legs slender, femora I–IV with 2 grayish black stripes ventrally, metatarsi usually curved, leg measurements: I 15.60 (4.10, 5.50, 4.50, 1.50); II 13.60 (3.70, 4.70, 4.00, 1.20); III 11.00 (3.20, 3.60, 3.20, 1.00); IV 14.00 (4.10, 4.50, 4.20, 1.20), leg formula: 1423. Opisthosoma dorsally grayish-yellow with a “V”-shaped grayish-black marking; laterally with grayish black stripes; ventrally with a wide grayish-black longitudinal marking mesally.

Epigynum ( Figs 24 B–C, 26C–D). Posterior sclerotized edge raised, copulatory ducts twisted and folded, spermatheca covered partly by copulatory ducts.

Male (paratype, IZCAS-Ar. 19089): Total length 7.30. Prosoma 2.60 long, 2.20 wide; opisthosoma 4.70 long, 1.10 wide. Body color slightly darker than in female. Eye measurements: AME 0.10, ALE 0.18, PME 0.16, PLE 0.17, AME-AME 0.16; AME-ALE 0.08; PME-PME 0.22; PME-PLE 0.25. Eye row width measurement: I 0.33, II 0.52, III 0.94, IV 0.50. Clypeus height 0.40. Leg measurements: I 16.50 (4.10, 5.50, 5.00, 1.90); II 14.30 (3.80, 4.60, 4.40, 1.50); III 11.60 (3.30, 3.70, 3.50, 1.10); IV 14.70 (4.10, 4.50, 4.70, 1.40), leg formula: 1423. Opisthosoma slender, markings as in female.

Palp ( Figs 25 B–D, 26A–B). VTA lamellar, RTA small, bulb with three tegular apophyses: median apophysis (MA), one small apophysis near MA and one long, curved prolateral projection; embolus sharp.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Variation. Total length: Ƥ 7.30–8.20 (n=11).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Oxyopes complicatus sp. nov. A Habitus, dorsal, B Epigynum, ventral; C Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A = 1.0 mm; B – C = 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 25. Oxyopes complicatus sp. nov. A Habitus, dorsal; B – D Palp (B Prolateral, C Ventral, D Retrolateral). Scale bars: A = 1.0 mm; B – D = 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 26. Oxyopes complicatus sp. nov. A – B Palp (IZCAS-Ar. 19089) (A Ventral, B Retrolateral); C Epigynum, ventral (IZCAS-Ar. 19088); D Vulva, dorsal (IZCAS-Ar. 19088). Scale bars: A – D = 0.1 mm.