Speocera bontoc 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 : 17

Speocera bontoc Li & Li sp. nov. ( Figs 13 , 58C )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( IZCAS), Philippines, Luzon Island, Mountain Province, Bontoc Town , road to Banawe Town . Rainforest along the road, in the litter. (16º58.242′N, 121º1.505′E), elev. 1873 m, 22.V.2015, leg. F. Ballarin & Y. Li.

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

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. suratthaniensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 but can be distinguished by the large, oval spermathecae and the distinct bending of the tip of the afferent spermathecae ( Figs 13A–B ). S. suratthaniensis females have small, oval spermathecae and a straight tip of the afferent spermathecae (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995: figs 293– 294).

Description. Female. Total length 1.06; carapace length 0.51; carapace width 0.42; abdomen length 0.56; abdomen width 0.43. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 13C ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide ( Fig. 13D ). Endites light yellow suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Fig. 58C ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME and ALE subequal, PLE largest ( Fig. 13C ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 13D ). Legs missing. Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae long, straight, not extending past the sides of the abdomen, distally with a distinct bend ( Fig. 13B ); spermathecae large, oval ( Fig. 13A ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 13. Speocera bontoc 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 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.