Hongkongia wuae Song & Zhu, 1998

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Hongkongia wuae Song & Zhu, 1998

Figs 7A, B , 8C

Hongkongia wuae Song & Zhu, 1998: 104, fig. 1A-E (♂); Song et al. 1999: 452, fig. 263P (♂); Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 518, figs 886-888 (♂); Song et al. 2004: 157, fig. 92A-E (♂); Zhang et al. 2009: 63, figs 1-7 (♂).

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, China, Hongkong: New Territories, Duong Dong, 40 m, 19.III.2009, K.-Y. Wu, not examined.

Other material examined.

3♂ 4♀ (IZCAS-Ar44449-Ar44455), China, Yunnan: Menglun Town: Xishuangbanna, Tropical Botanical Garden , 21.9033°N, 101.2820°E, ca 608 m, 16-30.IV.2007, Paramichelia baillonii plantation, pitfall traps, Guo Zheng leg.

Diagnosis.

Females of this species can be easily distinguished from the congeners by the absence of epigynal hood and presence of a long, obvious glandular appendage of spermatheca (Fig. 7A, B ). Diagnosis of males see Zhang et al. (2009).

Description.

Female (IZCAS-Ar44449) (Fig. 8C ). Total length 5.25; carapace 1.85 long, 1.52 wide, opisthosoma 3.17 long, 1.95 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.14, PME 0.17, PLE 0.16, AME-AME 0.02, AME-ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0, PME-PLE 0.01, AME-PME 0.04, ALE-PLE 0.02. Anterior eye row slightly procurved, posterior eye row recurved. Chelicerae with three promarginal and one retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 5.45 (1.57, 2.02, 1.01, 0.85), II 5.64 (1.59, 2.17, 1.03, 0.85), III 3.98 (1.13, 1.33, 0.91, 0.61), IV 5.87 (1.57, 1.97, 1.37, 0.96). Opisthosoma oval, venter dark brown, without scutum. Spinnerets dark brown.

Epigyne (Fig. 7A, B ). Epigynal plate almost 1.5 × longer than wide. Copulatory opening (CO) wide, ~ 1/2 epigynal plate width, copulatory openings converging slanting at angle ca 45°, with almost right angle. Copulatory ducts (CD) translucent, n-shaped, median part of copulatory duct with wrinkles. Glandular appendage (GA) straight, directed anteriorly. Secondary spermathecae (SS) oval. Primary spermatheca (PS) elongate, with a 90° bent at two-thirds, terminal parts inflated. Fertilization ducts (FD) sickle-shaped, directed at 2:30 o’clock position from spermathecae.

Male. See Song and Zhu (1998).

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sulawesi), China (Yunnan, Hongkong).

Notes.

The female is described here for the first time.

Figures

Figure 7. Hongkongia wuae, female A epigyne, ventral view B vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct, CO = copulatory opening, FD = fertilization duct, GA = glandular appendage, PS = primary spermatheca, SS = secondary spermathecae.

Figure 8. Hongkongia liutang sp. nov. (A, B) and H. wuae, habitus (C), dorsal view A male holotype B female paratype C female.