Cataleptoneta semipinnata, Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2010

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Two new species of the spider genus Cataleptoneta from Balkan Peninsula (Araneae, Leptonetidae), Zootaxa 2730, pp. 57-68 : 58-68

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.200151
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6207910
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/371087F1-FFAF-FFE6-6DB9-F8CFFD1AFED2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cataleptoneta semipinnata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cataleptoneta semipinnata View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 5–8 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 , 9 View FIGURE 9

Type material. Holotype: male ( RMNH), Aghia Sophia cave, m 60, Mylopotamos [36°14'36.35ʺN, 22°56'39.70ʺE], Island Kythira, Greece, 10 March 1984, P.R. Deeleman leg. Paratypes: 2 females, same data as holotype; 1 male, same but on 2 March 1983, E. Gittenberger leg.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin “semi” and “pinna”, meaning “half” and “pinna”, and refers to the half pinnate-shaped, chitinous median apophysis of the male palpal bulb; term in apposition.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to C. aesculapii ( Brignoli, 1968) , but can be distinguished by the palpal femur armed with eleven spines retrolaterally, which erected from small tubercles ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 D, 7A), the palpal tibia with one digitiform apophysis prolaterally ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 C, 7B), three strong spines and two, pudgy spines retrolaterally ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 D, 7A), and the palpal bulb with one half pinnate-shaped median apophysis in the male ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 C, 7B).

Description. male (holotype): total length 1.62 ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A–B). Prosoma 0.70 long, 0.50 wide. Opisthosoma 0.82 long, 0.62 wide. Sternum 0.50 long, 0.50 wide. Prosoma whitish. Six eyes. Eye measurements: ALE 0.04, PLE 0.05, PME 0.03; ALE-PME 0.06, PLE-PLE 0.04; PLE-PME 0.04. AER 0.08, PER 0.15. Median groove indistinct, cervical grooves and radial furrow distinct, yellowish. Clypeus 0.09 high, slightly sloped anterioly. Chelicerae ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 C) stubby, yellow, with eight promarginal teeth, and four small retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium yellow. Sternum and legs yellowish. Leg measurements: I 10.65 (2.65, 0.25, 3.40, 2.85, 1.50); II 6.87 (2.00, 0.25, 2.05, 1.70, 0.87); III 5.71 (1.62, 0.22, 1.62, 1.40, 0.85); IV 7.87 (2.20, 0.25, 2.37 2.05, 1.00). Leg formula: I-IV-II- III. Male palp ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 C – D, 7A–B): femur armed with five strong spines prolaterally and eleven spines retrolaterally, which erected from small tubercles; patella with one short spine dorsodistally; tibia with three trichobothriae dorsally, one digitiform apophysis prolaterally and three strong spines, two pudgy spines retrolaterally; tarsus with one falciform spine retrolaterally. Tip of the bulb: median apophysis chitinous, half pinnate-shaped; conductor translucent; embolus pointed, weakly sclerotized.

Female (one of the paratypes): similar to male in coloration and general features, but with larger body size and longer legs ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 A–B). Total length 1.75. Prosoma 0.65 long, 0.50 wide. Opisthosoma 1.05 long, 0.75 wide. Sternum 0.55 long, 0.50 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Leg measurements: I 10.70 (2.75, 0.25, 3.65, 2.65, 1.40); II 6.85 (2.00, 0.25, 2.00, 1.70, 0.90); III 5.12 (1.75, 0.22, 1.50, 1.05, 0.6); IV 7.92 (2.37, 0.25, 2.25, 2.05, 1.00). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Genital area ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A) covered with long hairs. Internal genitalia ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C, 8B) with a pair of spermathecae and distinctly coiled and weakly sclerotized sperm ducts.

Variation. Total length: males 1.60–1.62 (n = 2); females (1.75–1.78) (n = 2).

Distribution. Greece (Kythira) ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ).