Charippus kubah Yu, Maddison & Zhang, 2022

Yu, Kun, Wang, Weihang, Maddison, Wayne P. & Zhang, Junxia, 2022, Revision of the genus Charippus Thorell, 1895, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini), Zootaxa 5129 (2), pp. 151-198 : 176-177

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6500769
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D22E04D-ED0B-FF8A-FF04-FB88FDD2FF52
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scientific name	Charippus kubah Yu, Maddison & Zhang
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Charippus kubah Yu, Maddison & Zhang View in CoL , sp. nov.

Figs 124–144 View FIGURES 124–127 View FIGURES 128–133 View FIGURES 134–136 View FIGURES 137–138 View FIGURES 139–144

Type material. Holotype: ♂ ( UBCZ; KYU-SAL394), MALAYSIA: Sarawak: Kubah N. P., Waterfall Trail , 1.605– 1.606°N, 110.185– 110.187°E, 300 m elev., 7 March 2012, leg. W.P. Maddison, E.K. Piascik & A. Ang, WPM#12- 001 GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1♀ ( UBCZ; KYU-SAL395), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all congeners by the presence of large lamina on the embolus ( Figs 136 View FIGURES 134–136 , 138 View FIGURES 137–138 ). Female resembles Charippus asper sp. nov. in the slightly bulging spermathecae with protrusions internally, but can be distinguished by the unique CD path ( Figs 141, 143 View FIGURES 139–144 ).

Description. Male. Habitus as shown in Fig. 128 View FIGURES 128–133 . Carapace length 1.31; abdomen length 0.99. Measurements of eyes: AME 0.27, ALE 0.17, PME 0.04, PLE 0.14. Measurements of legs: I 2.36 (0.73, 0.44, 0.56, 0.35, 0.28), II 1.95 (0.61, 0.31, 0.42, 0.36, 0.25), III 1.86 (0.64, 0.21, 0.35, 0.37, 0.29), IV 1.95 (0.59, 0.24, 0.41, 0.40, 0.31). Chelicerae: dark brown, with fang-like projection distally; promargin with two teeth, retromargin with one bicuspid tooth. Palp ( Figs 134–138 View FIGURES 134–136 View FIGURES 137–138 ): embolus short, with large ventral lamina, tip of embolus slightly hooked, with a small triangular process; embolic disc relatively small, not obviously sclerotized; LED narrow, serrulate-edged; tegulum slightly sclerotized, tegular lobe present; retrolateral tibial apophysis thick and wide, inner-curved distally in ventral view. Sternum without setal tuft. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 128 View FIGURES 128–133 ): carapace reddish brown, CPSB present; dorsal abdomen pale yellow, with dark anchor-shaped marking, not obviously sclerotized; ventral abdomen grayish brown; legs I–II darker than legs III–IV.

Female. Habitus as shown in Figs 129–130 View FIGURES 128–133 . Carapace length 1.11; abdomen length 1.08. Chelicerae ( Fig. 133 View FIGURES 128–133 ) as in male but without fang-like apophysis. Measurements of eyes: AME 0.21, ALE 0.16, PME 0.06, PLE 0.14. Measurements of legs: I 1.54 (0.50, 0.27, 0.33, 0.22, 0.22), II 1.39 (0.47, 0.20, 0.27, 0.25, 0.20), III 1.57 (0.53, 0.23, 0.31, 0.28, 0.22), IV 1.71 (0.54, 0.21, 0.34, 0.37, 0.25). Color in alcohol ( Figs 129–130 View FIGURES 128–133 ): carapace and dorsal abdomen as in male, ventral abdomen pale yellow. Sternum as in male. Epigynum ( Figs 139–140, 142 View FIGURES 139–144 ): window large, rims sclerotized, median septum absent; lateral depressions shallow and not obvious. Vulva ( Figs. 141, 143 View FIGURES 139–144 ): CD relatively short, swerving for six times; AG small and chilli-like; spermathecae bulging and large, internally with protrusions.

Distribution. Malaysia ( Sarawak).