Carrhotus qingzhaoae, Wang & Li, 2023

Wang, Cheng & Li, Shuqiang, 2023, Notes on twelve species of jumping spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 1167, pp. 159-197 : 159

Carrhotus qingzhaoae sp. nov.

Figs 1 , 2

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (TRU-JS 0682), China: Hainan: Ledong County, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Peak Mountain (18°43.11′N, 108°52.32′E, ca. 1400 m), 17.iv.2019, C. Wang & Y.F. Yang leg. Paratypes 1♂2♀ (TRU-JS 0683-0685), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name is after Mrs. Qingzhao Li (1084-1155), the most outstanding female writer in the history of Chinese literature; noun (name) in genitive case.

Diagnosis.

The male of Carrhotus qingzhaoae sp. nov. resembles that of C. atratus Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022 in the general shape of palp, but differs in: (1) the embolus being narrower than 1/5 the bulb width in ventral view (Fig. 1B ), vs. ~ 1/3 the bulb width in C. atratus ( Satkunanathan and Benjamin 2022: fig. 7C); (2) the RTA is straight and tapered in retrolateral view (Fig. 1C ), vs. slightly curved and acutely narrowed distally in C. atratus ( Satkunanathan and Benjamin 2022: figs 6F, 7D). The female resembles that of C. samchiensis Jastrzębski, 1999 in having very similar epigyne, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the copulatory openings are located posteriorly (Fig. 2A ), vs. located anteromedially in C. samchiensis ( Jastrzębski 1999: fig. 20); (2) the copulatory ducts are greater than spermathecal width in length (Fig. 2B ), vs. ca. the equal in length to spermathecal width in C. samchiensis ( Jastrzębski 1999: fig. 21).

Description.

Male (Figs 1 , 2C, D, F, G ). Total length 5.03. Carapace 2.46 long, 2.03 wide. Abdomen 2.43 long, 1.60 wide. Clypeus 0.12 high. Eye sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.53, ALE 0.30, PLE 0.28, AERW 1.83, PERW 1.93, EFL 1.07. Legs: I 5.31 (1.55, 0.90, 1.25, 0.93, 0.68), II 4.83 (1.50, 0.85, 1.10, 0.83, 0.55), III 5.39 (1.65, 0.88, 1.23, 1.00, 0.63), IV 5.47 (1.60, 0.88, 1.28, 1.13, 0.58). Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with dense white setae on the later sides of thorax, and clypeus; fovea dark, linear, longitudinal. Chelicerae red-brown, each with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Endites pale to yellow, setose, widened distally. Labium red-brown to dark brown, with pale anterior margin. Sternum red-brown, covered with long white setae. Legs dark yellow to brown, setose and spinous. Abdomen almost oval, dorsum violet-brown, covered with dense, anterior, and lateral long setae, and covered by elliptical scutum extending from anterior 1/5 to the terminus and ca. half the abdomen width; venter grey to brown, setose. Palp (Fig. 1A-C ). Tibia slightly longer than wide, with straight, tapered RTA directed towards ~ 11:00 o’clock position apically in retrolateral view; cymbium ~ 2 × longer than wide in ventral view, with thin setae of various lengths; bulb elongated, with well-developed posterior lobe extending postero-prolaterally; embolus short, tapered, originates from the apical portion of bulb, curved towards prolateral side medially, with rather pointed tip.

Female (Fig. 2A, B, E ). Total length 5.49. Carapace 2.78 long, 2.41 wide. Abdomen 2.74 long, 2.07 wide. Clypeus 0.13 high. Eye sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.55, ALE 0.33, PLE 0.30, AERW 2.15, PERW 2.33, EFL 1.33. Legs: I 5.10 (1.60, 1.00, 1.20, 0.70, 0.60), II 4.81 (1.58, 0.88, 1.00, 0.75, 0.60), III 5.71 (1.80, 1.00, 1.23, 1.05, 0.63), IV 5.87 (1.83, 0.98, 1.25, 1.18, 0.63). Carapace similar to that of male, except paler, covered with dense yellow setae and sparse dark, long setae, without white setae on the lateral of thorax, and clypeus. Abdomen oval, dorsum yellow to brown, setose, with yellow, dark markings of setae. Epigyne (Fig. 2A, B ). Wider than long, with arc-shaped basal plate almost as wide as epigyne; copulatory openings posteriorly located, separated from each other less than their width; copulatory ducts thin, paralleled extending anteromedially and followed by ~ 110° curves, and connected to the anterior portions of spermathecae distally; spermathecae irregular, separated from each other less than 1/6 their width.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality in Hainan Island, China.

Figures

Figure 1. Male palp of Carrhotus qingzhaoae sp. nov., holotype A prolateral B ventral C retrolateral. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 2. Carrhotus qingzhaoae sp. nov., male holotype and female paratype A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal C holotype habitus, dorsal D ditto, ventral E female paratype habitus, dorsal F holotype carapace, frontal G holotype chelicera, posterior. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B, G); 0.5 mm (C-F).