Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiao-Qi, Wang, Wei-Hang, Gan, Jia-Hui, Irfan, Muhammad, Zhong, Yang & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2023, Notes on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China (Araneae: Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 902, pp. 1-91 : 51-54

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.902.2319

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10165852

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8ADA7A52-4274-4D7E-A2BE-263D617C8DC3

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng
status

sp. nov.

Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.

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Figs 32–33 View Fig View Fig , 59 View Fig

Phintella aequipeiformis Xie, 1993: 358 View in CoL , figs 8–10 (♂, misidentified).

Diagnosis

The male of Phintella wandae sp. nov. resembles that of P. aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985 in the general shape of the palp, but differs in: (1) the cymbium being about 1.8 times as long as wide in ventral view ( Fig. 32A View Fig ), whereas more than two times as long as wide in P. aequipeiformis ( Fig. 12A View Fig ); (2) the distance between the cymbial and embolic tip being less than the lamellar process length ( Fig. 32A View Fig ), whereas about 1.3 times the lamellar process length in P. aequipeiformis ( Fig. 12A View Fig ); (3) there is a distinct boundary line between the lamellar process and tegulum ( Fig. 32A View Fig ), whereas absent in P. aequipeiformis ( Fig. 12A View Fig ). The female resembles that of P. jiugongensis sp. nov. in having similar habitus and epigyne, but it can be easily distinguished by the slit-shaped copulatory openings and the round spermathecae ( Fig. 33A–D View Fig ), whereas round copulatory openings and pear-shaped spermathecae in P. jiugongensis ( Fig. 18A–B View Fig ).

Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Wanda Wesołowska, who has contributed significantly to the taxonomy of the genus Phintella ; noun (name) in genitive case.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; Hunan, Guidong County, Bamian Mountain National Nature Reserve ; 26°00.12′ N, 113°42.10′ E; 1678 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2019, C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0358 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes

CHINA • 7 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0359–0370 GoogleMaps 7 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Guizhou, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, Yixiantian ; 28°12.79′ N, 107°10.07′ E; 1466 m a.s.l.; 24 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0371–0378 GoogleMaps 12 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; Wangjiashuiku ; 28°12.49′ N, 107°10.41′ E; 1458 m a.s.l.; 25 Jul. 2015; same collectors as for preceding; TRU-JS 0379–0398 GoogleMaps 3 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; Zhubaotai ; 28°12.71′ N, 107°10.01′ E; 1513 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2015; same collectors as for preceding; TRU-JS 0399–0408 GoogleMaps 2 ♀♀; Leishan County, Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve ; 26°22.99′ N, 108°12.08′ E; 1994 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0409–0410 GoogleMaps 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shangxi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park; 21°52.97′ N, 107°54.88′ E; 722 m a.s.l.; 6 Oct. 2018; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0411–0414 GoogleMaps .

Description

Male (holotype)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.87. Carapace 1.87 long, 1.58 wide, abdomen 2.05 long, 1.18 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.37, PERW 1.31, EFL 0.95. Legs: I 5.54 (1.55, 0.83, 1.58, 1.08, 0.50), II 4.35 (1.30, 0.65, 1.00, 0.90, 0.50), III 4.86 (1.45, 0.63, 1.08, 1.20, 0.50), IV 5.08 (1.50, 0.63, 1.20, 1.25, 0.50).

HABITUS. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with short dark and white scale-like setae, with cluster of white scale-like setae on lateral sides of eye field, yellow fan-shaped area medially on thorax, and yellow lateral marginal bands bearing white scale-like setae ( Fig. 33E, H View Fig ). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, as well as distal flange of fang ( Fig. 33I View Fig ). Legs pale to brown, mingled with green. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum green, with pair of lateral pale bands, alternate transverse dark brown and white bands formed by setae posteromedially, and dark brown spots at terminus; venter pale yellow laterally, with green-brown longitudinal band medially ( Fig. 33E–F View Fig ).

PALP. Tibia wider than long; RTA short, broadened at base, and tapered to pointed tip posteromedially; bulb longer than wide, with posterior lobe tapered to blunt terminus; tegular bump medio-retrolaterally located, almost triangular in retrolateral view; lamellar process almost semicircular; embolus short, tapered, curved medially and blunt apically in ventral view ( Fig. 32 View Fig ).

Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0359)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.04. carapace 1.69 long, 1.37 wide. Abdomen 2.21 long, 1.58 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.31, PERW 1.27, EFL 0.91. Legs: I 3.47 (1.01, 0.60, 0.88, 0.60, 0.38), II 3.06 (0.95, 0.53, 0.65, 0.58, 0.35), III 3.66 (1.10, 0.53, 0.80, 0.85, 0.38), IV 4.14 (1.25, 0.50, 1.00, 1.01, 0.38).

HABITUS. Similar to that of male except with distinct irregular pale yellow pattern on anterior-dorsum of abdomen ( Fig. 33G View Fig ).

EPIGYNE. Slightly wider than long, with bow-shaped basal plate; copulatory openings anteriorly located, slit-shaped, close to each other; copulatory ducts extended as transverse S-shape to connect to prolateral edges of spermathecae; spermathecae almost spherical, touched; fertilization ducts lamellar, extended transversely ( Fig. 33A–D View Fig ).

Distribution

China (Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi) ( Fig. 59 View Fig ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Phintella

Loc

Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiao-Qi, Wang, Wei-Hang, Gan, Jia-Hui, Irfan, Muhammad, Zhong, Yang & Peng, Xian-Jin 2023
2023
Loc

Phintella aequipeiformis

Xie L. P. 1993: 358
1993
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