Portia bawang, Xu & Peng & Li, 2021

Xu, Xin, Peng, Xianjin & Li, Daiqin, 2021, Four new species of the jumping spider genus Portia (Araneae, Salticidae) from China, ZooKeys 1068, pp. 27-40 : 27

Portia bawang sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype: China • 1 ♀; Hainan Province, Changjiang County, Bawang National Forest Park; 19.023°N, 109.103°E, alt. 692 m; 19 July 2012; F.X. Liu, D. Li and X. Xu leg.; DL-002-013-2012. Paratypes: China • 1 ♀; same data as for the holotype; 19.027°N, 109.101°E, alt. 702 m; 7 August 2017; F.X. Liu, D. Li and X. Xu leg.; DL-003-002-2017 • 2 ♀♀; Hainan Province, Ledong County, Jianfeng National Forest Park; 19.296°N, 109.074°E, alt. 565-1005 m; 22 July 2012; F.X. Liu, D. Li and X. Xu leg.; DL-002-018-2012, DL-002-022-2012 • 1 ♀; Hainan Province, Lingshui County, Diaoluo National Forest Park; 18.400°N, 109.559°E, alt. 105 m; 21 June 2011; D. Li leg.; DL-005-006-2011.

Diagnosis.

Females of P. bawang sp. nov. resemble those of P. fimbriata , P. quei , and P. taiwanica but can be distiguished from them by the epigyne orifice being narrowest (Fig. 2C ; for comarison with known species, see fig. 8 in Wanless (1978), figs 664 and 666 in Peng et al. (1993), and fig. 4F in Zhang and Li (2005), respecitively); from those of P. labiata by the slightly straight anterior margin of posterior depression (Fig. 2C, D ; see fig. 1C in Zhu et al. (2007)); from those of P. heteroidea by lacking a median septum (Fig. 2C ; see figs 10-12 in Xie and Yin (1991)); from those of P. fajing sp. nov. and P. xishan sp. nov. by the epigyne orifice being narrowest and elliptical (Fig. 2C ); from those of P. zhaoi by a smaller elliptical epigyne orifice and a shorter copulatory duct (Fig. 2C, D ).

Description.

Female (holotype; Fig. 2A, B ). Carapace greyish brown; ocular area yellow brown, with tufts of orange brown hairs around AME. Clypeus brown with dense ventral white hairs. Chelicerae dark brown with 3 small promarginal and 3 large retromarginal teeth. Maxillae and labium black-brown with reddish brown anterior margin. Sternum light brown, densely covered with creamy white hairs. Measurements: eye sizes: AME 0.80, ALE 0.31, PME 0.23, PLE 0.32, anterior eye row 2.46 wide, posterior eye row 2.30 wide, eye area 1.70 long; clypeus height 0.57; BL 8.17-9.46; holotype BL 9.46, CL 4.19, CW 3.09, AL 5.55, AW 3.68; palp 3.96 (1.27 + 0.58 + 0.76 + 1.35), leg I 12.56 (3.19 + 1.57 + 3.06 + 3.22 + 1.52), leg II 10.25 (2.95 + 1.41 + 2.26 + 2.41 + 1.22), leg III 8.48 (2.40 + 1.20 + 1.67 + 2.11 + 1.10), leg IV 13.89 (3.59 + 1.05 + 3.15 + 4.74 + 1.36). Leg formula 4123. Legs slender, ventral portion of tibiae fringed with long black hairs. Dorsum of abdomen black brown, anterior portion light brown with grey-white hairs, middle portion with a small patch and posterior portion with two oval patches, the three patches densely covered with greyish long hairs.

Female genitalia. Epigyne orifice undivided, highly sclerotised, elliptical, anterior orifice margin distinct and posterior margin wide, slightly curved; spermathecae large and spherical (Fig. 2C, D ).

Etymology.

The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality.

Distribution.

Hainan (Changjiang, Ledong, Lingshui).

GenBank accession code of holotype.

OK235444.

Figures

Figure 2. General somatic morphology and female genital anatomy of Portia bawang sp. nov. A-D DL- 002 - 013 - 2012 (holotype) A, B female C epigyne, ventral view D vulva, dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.