Speocera batang 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 : 4-13

Speocera batang Li & Li sp. nov. ( Figs 10 , 58B )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( IZCAS), Indonesia, Sumatra, West Sumatra Province, Kab Agam Kecamatan Matur, Kanagarian Matuailia , Batang Lawang Cave (0º15.739′S, 100º18.491′E), elev. 761 m, 12.I.2014, leg. H. Zhao.

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

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. lahrak Li & Li sp. nov., but females can be distinguished by the small, oval spermathecae ( Fig. 10A ). S. lahrak Li & Li sp. nov. has very large, elongated, oval spermathecae ( Fig. 30A ).

Description. Female. Total length 1.18; carapace length 0.52; carapace width 0.43; abdomen length 0.67; abdomen width 0.45. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 10C ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide ( Fig. 10D ). 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. 58B ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; PME smallest, PLE largest ( Fig. 10C ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 10D ). Legs light yellow; leg lengths I 1.89 (0.51, 0.17, 0.54, 0.39, 0.28); II 1.73 (0.50, 0.16, 0.46, 0.36, 0.26); III, IV missing. Genitalia. Internal genitalia with short, curved afferent spermathecae, not extending past the sides of the abdomen ( Fig. 10B ); spermathecae oval ( Fig. 10A ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 10. Speocera batang 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 30. Speocera lahrak 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.