Octonoba bicornuta, Seo, 2018

Seo, Bo Keun, 2018, New species and records of the spider families Pholcidae, Uloboridae, Linyphiidae, Theridiidae, Phrurolithidae, and Thomisidae (Araneae) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 7 (4), pp. 251-290 : 257

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2018.7.4.251

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Octonoba bicornuta
status

sp. nov.

Octonoba bicornuta View in CoL n. sp.

ĝḇâṴHḑ (ṉÿ) ( Fig. 4 View Fig G-K)

Material examined. Holotype: $, grassland (36°49 ʹ 38 ʺ N, 128°58 ʹ 09 ʺ E, alt. 321 m), Jaesan-myeon, Bonghwa-gun , Gyeongsangbuk-do, 22 June 2010, J. C. Lim GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1$, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective “ bicornutus ” (two-horned), referring to a pair of anterior projections of epigynum.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to O. kentingensis Yoshida, 2012 and O. lanyuensis Yoshida, 2012 in the anterior projection of epigynum, but different from the latter two species by the size of epigynal projection, the shapes of copulatory ducts and spermatheca ( Fig. 4 View Fig I-K).

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 6.10. Habitus as in Figure 4 View Fig G-H. Carapace reddish brown except brownish medial posterior, 1.80 long, 1.55 wide. Clypeus height 1.6 times of diameter of AME. AER 0.85, PER 0.87. AME 0.14, ALE 0.09, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13, AME-AME 0.07, AME-ALE 0.22, PME-PME 0.22, PME-PLE 0.16, AME-PME 0.20, and ALE-PLE 0.21. Median ocular quadrangle, posterior side>height>anterior side (35:33:25). Chelicera with four promarginal teeth and 40 microscopic teeth at distal part of fang furrow. Sternum 1.24 long, 0.85 wide. Labium 0.26 long, 0.33 wide. Leg measurements: I 10.00 (3.00, 0.90, 2.50, 2.55, 1.05), II 6.05 (1.90, 0.65, 1.20, 1.55, 0.75), III 4.50 (1.45, 0.55, 0.75, 1.10, 0.65), IV 6.95 (2.15, 0.75, 1.55, 1.50, 1.00). Leg I/c 5.56. Fem. I/c 1.67. Tib. I/c 1.39. Met. I/c 1.42. Pat. I + tib. I/c 1.89. Met. I/tar. I 2.43. Met. IV/tar. IV 1.50. Calamistrum on two-thirds of Metatarsus IV. Abdomen oval and distended anteriorly, and 4.25 long, 2.95 wide. Epigynum: atrium wide with a pair of anterior projections around copulatory openings; internal genitalia with a pair of spermathecae and short copulatory ducts. ( Fig. 4 View Fig I-K).

Habitat. Grassland.

World Distribution. Korea (Gyeongsangbuk-do).

Deposition. NIBR.

Identifier. Bo Keun Seo.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Uloboridae

Genus

Octonoba

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