Speocera huisun Li & Li, 2019

Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 44 (1), pp. 1-75 : 33-38

Speocera huisun Li & Li sp. nov. ( Figs 28 , 58H )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( IZCAS), China, Taiwan Province , Nantou County, Huisun Forest Farm (24º5.279′N, 121º2.078′E), elev. 788 m, 30.VI.2013, leg. S. Li.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality; noun.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. suea Li & Li sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the oval spermathecae and long afferent spermathecae (cf. Figs 28A–B and Figs 41A–B ).

Description. Female. Total length 1.27; carapace length 0.52; carapace width 0.42; abdomen length 0.71; abdomen width 0.53. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 28C ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide ( Fig. 28D ). Endites light yellow with serrula; labium light yellow. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Fig. 58H ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME and ALE subequal, PLE largest ( Fig. 28C ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 28D ). Legs missing. Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae long, extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 28B ); spermathecae oval ( Fig. 28A ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 28. Speocera huisun Li & Li sp. nov., holotype, female. A. Genitalia, dorsal view. B. Genitalia, ventral view. C–E. Habitus, dorsal, ventral and lateral views. Scale bars:A–B=0.05mm; C–E=0.30 mm.

Figure 41. Speocera suea Li & Li sp. nov. A, B, D, E. Paratype, female. C. Holotype, male. A. Genitalia, dorsal view. B. Genitalia, ventral view. C. Habitus, dorsal view. D. Habitus, dorsal view. E. Habitus, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B=0.05mm; C–E=0.30mm.

Figure 58. Female chelicerae of Speocera spp., anterior view. A. S. balikpapan Li & Li sp. nov. B. S. batang Li & Li sp. nov. C. S. bontoc Li & Li sp. nov. D. S. cuyapo Li & Li sp. nov. E. S. dongjing Li & Li sp. nov. F. S. griswoldi Li & Li sp. nov. G. S. huifengi Li & Li sp. nov. H. S. huisun Li & Li sp. nov. I. S. melinh Li & Li sp. nov. J. S. tabuk Li & Li sp. nov. Scale bars=0.1mm.