Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988

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Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988

( Figs. 25-28 )

Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988a: 30 , Figs. 14-19 ; Chen & Zhang, 1991: 205, Fig. 208; Yin et al., 1997: 276, Fig. 131; Song et al., 1999: 333, Figs. 197E, K.

Material examined. – 1 female, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Sep.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar- 02-0162) ; 1 female, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Sep.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar-02-165) ; 1 male, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Sep.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar-02-161) .

Description. – Female: Total length 4.23-4.60. One specimen: total length 4.23, carapace length 2.21, width 1.65; abdomen length 2.08, width 1.35. Body with brown pubescence. Median band of carapace distinct. Anterior eye row strongly procurved, AME larger than ALE, AME-AME longer than AME-ALE. Legs yellowish-brown, without annulation; femur of leg I darker. Epigynum with two big hoods, “m”-shaped ( Fig. 25 ); copulatory tube thin and long, strongly twisted; spermathecae expanded ( Fig. 26 ).

Male. – Total length 3.80, carapace length 2.02, width 1.59, abdomen length 1.90, width 0.92. Similar to female in general shape and colour. Pedipalp brown. Cymbium tip with one thick apical seta. Median apophysis rectangular when viewed ventrally ( Fig. 27 ), posterior sclerite elongated, and directed ventrally ( Fig. 28 ).

Distribution. – Taiwan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan.

Figures

Figs. 25-28. Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988. 25-26. epigynum (25. ventral view; 26. dorsal view); 27-28. left pedipalp of male (27. ventral view; 28. retrolateral view). Scale bars: Figs. 25-28 = 0.15mm.

Figs. 11-16. Arcotosa truncata, new species. 11. carapace (female, dorsal view); 12-13. epigynum (12. ventral view; 13. dorsal view); 14- 15. left pedipalp of male (14. ventral view; 15. retrolateral view); 16. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Scale bars: Fig. 11 = 0.80mm; Figs. 12-15 = 0.15mm; Fig. 16 = 0.10mm.

Figs. 17-24. Pirata digitatus, new species. 17. carapace (female, dorsal view); 18-19. epigynum (18. ventral view; 19. dorsal view); 20-22. left pedipalp of male (20. ventral view; 21. retrolateral view; 22. prolaterla view); 23-24. right pedipalp of male (expanded, 23. ventral view; 24. dorsal view). Abbreviations:co: copulatory opening; ct: copulatory tube; em: embolus; ma:median apophysis; st: subtegulum; t: tegulum. Scale bars: Fig. 17 = 0.40mm; Figs. 18-19 = 0.05mm; Figs. 20-24 = 0.10mm.