Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015

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 : 37-40

Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015

Figs 22–23 , 57

Phintella panda Huang et al., 2015: 33 , figs 6a–c, 7a–b (D ♀, female holotype, examined).

Diagnosis

The male of Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 resembles that of P. subpanda sp. nov. in having a very similar palp, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the lamellar process is about four times as long as wide ( Fig. 22A ), whereas less than three times as long as wide in P. subpanda ( Fig. 28A ); (2) the cheliceral fang has a distal flange ( Fig. 23G ), whereas being absent in P. subpanda ( Fig. 29G ). The female was thoroughly diagnosed by Huang et al. (2015).

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♀; Hunan, Shimen County, Hupingshan Township, Daling Village ; 30°02.36′ N, 110°37.30′ E; 892 m a.s.l.; 19 Apr. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg.

Other material examined

CHINA • 1 ♂; Guizhou, Jiangkou County, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Taohuayuan ; 27°57.77′ N, 108°47.30′ E; 757 m a.s.l.; 9–10 Jul. 2012; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0168 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Dewang Township, Jinghe Village ; 27°47.18′ N, 108°35.40′ E; 615 m a.s.l.; 3–5 Oct. 2012; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0169–0170 • 1 ♂; Shiqian County, Ganxi Township, Fuyan Village , Jiuchashu ; 27°20.62′ N, 108°3.56′ E; 1405 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0171 • 5 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂; same locality as for preceding; 15 Jul. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0172–0182 • 2 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; Shiqian County, Pingshan Village, Yaoshang ; 27°20.54′ N, 108°9.50′ E; 638 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0183–0189 • 3 ♂♂; Leishan County, Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Xiangshuiyan ; 26°22.99′ N, 108°12.08′ E; 1994 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0190–0192 • 3 ♀♀; Guiyang City, Donglinsi Park ; 26°39.60′ N, 106°38.00′ E; 1297 m a.s.l.; 3 May 2018; C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0193–0195 • 5 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 10 May 2018; TRU-JS 0196–0209 • 4 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 18 May 2018; TRU-JS 0210–0219 • 8 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 23 May 2018; TRU-JS 0220–0236 • 3 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 21 Jun. 2018; TRU-JS 0237–0246 • 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Dayuanzhi Village , Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Huguosi ; 27°54.72′ N, 108°28.62′ E; 1500 m a.s.l.; 24 Apr. 2020; X.Q. Mi and C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0247–0252 • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 9 May 2020; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0253 .

Description

Female

See Huang et al. (2015).

Male (TRU-JS 0201)

MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.71. Carapace 1.80 long, 1.45 wide. Abdomen 1.98 long, 1.22 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.44, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.24, AERW 1.31, PERW 1.24, EFL 0.90. Legs: I 4.71 (1.30, 0.73, 1.25, 0.98, 0.45), II 3.93 (1.15, 0.60, 0.93, 0.80, 0.45), III 4.31 (1.30, 0.58, 0.90, 1.08, 0.45), IV 4.72 (1.38, 0.58, 1.18, 1.13, 0.45).

HABITUS. Carapace yellow to dark brown, with fan-shaped yellow area on thorax medially, a pair of latero-marginal yellow bands bearing white scale-like setae, and two clusters of white scale-like setae between PLEs and PMEs, covered with white and dark scale-like setae ( Fig. 23C, F ). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth and small distal flange of fang ( Fig. 23G ). Legs pale yellow to red-brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum green-brown, with alternate green-brown and pale yellow transverse bands posteromedially; venter pale yellow laterally, with green-brown longitudinal band medially ( Fig. 23C–D ).

PALP. Tibia wider than long; RTA acutely narrowed medially to pointed tip; bulb elongated, with posterior lobe extended postero-retrolaterlly; tegular bump lamellar, almost triangular; lamellar process about four times as long as wide; embolus sclerotized, short, slightly curved ( Fig. 22 ).

Distribution

China (Hunan, Guizhou) ( Fig. 57 ).

Figures

Fig. 22. Male palp of Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 (TRU-JS 0201). A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 23.Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015. A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0196). C–D, F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS 0201). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 57. Distributional records of Myrmarachne hamata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., Phintella liae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015, Toxeus fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. and Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.

Fig. 28. Male palp of Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0266). A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 29. Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0267). C–D, F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0266). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.