Ovia alboannulata ( Yin et al., 1997 ) Lu & Koh & Zhang & Li, 2018

Lu, Tian, Koh, Joseph K. H., Zhang, Zhi-Sheng & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, A new Ovia species (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Singapore, with the transfer of Pardosa alboannulata Yin et al., 1997, Zootaxa 4527 (3), pp. 436-450 : 437

Ovia alboannulata ( Yin et al., 1997) comb. nov.

Figures 1 , 4 , 7 , 10

Pardosa alboannulata Yin et al., 1997: 273 , fig. 129a–d (male holotype from Tiantong Mountain Nature Reserve, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Prov., China, deposited in Hunan Normal University of China, unexamined); Song et al. 1999: 329, fig. 192Q (male).

Material examined. Topotypes: China, 5 males, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo City, Mt. Tiantong , 29°47′55′′N, 121°47′33′′E, 136 m, 13 May 2016, T. Lu leg. ( SWUC) . China, 3 males, Chongqing Municipality, Mt. Jinyun, Yunhe Administrative Station , 29°50′30′′ N, 106°21′30′′E, 248 m, 21 June 2008, L.Y. Wang leg. ( SWUC) ; 2 males, Yunhe Administrative Station , 31 May 2014, X.W. Meng, T. Lu & J. Yang leg. ( SWUC) .

Remarks. Although we could not examine the holotype, we recognize this species from specimens collected from the type locality, which perfectly match the original description and illustration.

Diagnosis. The males of Ovia alboannulata can be recognized in the field by the white rings on the femora and tibiae II–IV. They can be easily distinguished from O. procurva ( Figs 6 A–D, 9A–D, 12A–B) by a single, relatively slender apical claw on cymbium and the tip of terminal apophysis hiding behind the membranous, truncated tegular lobe in ventral view.

Description. Male. The general description and measurements of the male are given in Yin et al., 1997. Male pedipalp ( Figs 1B , 4 , 7 ): cymbium with a single, long apical claw. Palea slightly sclerotized, with a strongly hooked terminal apophysis. Embolus filiform and prolaterally originated, extending ventro-retrolaterally. A square membranous tegular lobe protecting the embolus and shielding the tip of terminal apophysis ventrally. Median apophysis transverse, with a ventrally directed spur and a prolateral hyperplasia.

Female. unknown.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Chongqing).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Ovia alboannulata (Yin et al., 1997) comb. nov., male (A–E) from Chongqing. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. left cymbium, dorsal view; C. leg I of male, retrolateral view; D. leg IV of male, prolateral view; E. Male legs, dorsal view.

FIGURE 4. Ovia alboannulata (Yin et al., 1997) comb. nov., male (A–D) from Chongqing. A. Left pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Left bulbus, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 6. Ovia procurva (Yu & Song, 1988), male (A–D) and female (E–G) from Yunnan. A. Left pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Right bulbus, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Epigyne, ventral view; F. Same, ventral view clearing the tissues; G. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURE 7. Ovia alboannulata (Yin et al., 1997) comb. nov., male (A–D) from Chongqing. A. Left pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Left bulbus, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Epigyne, ventral view; F. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Em, embolus; MA, median apophysis; PP, paleal projection; TA, terminal apophysis; TL, tegular lobe.

FIGURE 10. Ovia alboannulata (Yin et al., 1997) comb. nov., male (A–B) from Chongqing. A. Left bulbus, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view.