Speocera octodentis, Tong & Li, 2007

Tong, Yanfeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2007, First Records Of The Family Ochyroceratidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From China, With Descriptions Of A New Genus And Eight New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1), pp. 63-76 : 72

Speocera octodentis , new species

( Figs. 8A–E, 10 )

Material examined. – Holotype: male ( IZCAS), Mountain Wuzhishan (18 ° 49'N 109 ° 39'E), Wuzhishan City, Hainan Island, China, coll. Y. Song, 16 Apr.2005.

Diagnosis. – The new species can be easily recognized from all the other congeneric species by the row of 8 teeth on cheliceral promargin and the ear-shaped horn on anterior face of chelicerae.

Description. – Male: Total length 0.96. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.42 wide; abdomen 0.51 long, 0.40 wide. Carapace with pattern. Sternum pale violet, without radiating streak. Abdomen pale. Chelicerae laterally excavated, anterior face with a pair of ear-shaped horn. Cheliceral promargin with row of 8 teeth. Legs pale yellow, spineless. Leg measurements: I 1.89 (0.55, 0.16, 0.54, 0.37, 0.27); II 1.72 (0.51, 0.16, 0.45, 0.34, 0.26); III 1.49 (0.43, 0.15, 0.36, 0.31, 0.24); IV 2.0 (0.57, 0.16, 0.54, 0.43, 0.30). Leg formula: 4 1 2 3. Palp measurements: 0.7 (0.24, 0.09, 0.16, 0.21), bulb 0.17 long, 0.20 wide. Apical bulbal appendage small, tip of tarsus acute.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology. – The specific name is from the Latin “ octo = eight, and dens = teeth”, and refers to the row of eight promarginal teeth on male chelicerae.

Figures

Fig. 10. Collection localities of Chinese Ochyroceratidae.