Pancorius medog, Wang & Mi & Li & Xu, 2024

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiaoqi, Li, Shuqiang & Xu, Xiang, 2024, Taxonomic notes of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 1221, pp. 205-277 : 205-277

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1221.135640

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scientific name

Pancorius medog
status

sp. nov.

Pancorius medog sp. nov.

Figs 20 View Figure 20 , 47 View Figure 47

Type material.

Holotype ♀ ( TRU - JS 0761 ), China: • Xizang Autonomous Region, Medog County, Beibeng Township , Deergong Village , Yarlung Zangbo National Nature Reserve (29 ° 10.84 ' N, 95 ° 8.67 ' E, ca 1670 m), 25. V. 2024, X. Q. Mi et al. leg GoogleMaps . Paratypes • 3 ♀ ( TRU - JS 0762–0764 ), same data as for holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology.

The specific name is named after the type locality, Medog County; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

Pancorius medog sp. nov. resembles that of P. nyingchi Wang, Mi & Li, 2024 in having a central epigynal hood (H), longitudinal band on the dorsum of abdomen, but can be easily distinguished by the following: 1) epigynal hood opened posteriorly (Fig. 20 A View Figure 20 ) vs opened ventro-posteriorly ( Wang et al. 2024: fig. 12 A); 2) the distinct spermathecae (S) (Fig. 20 B View Figure 20 ) vs indistinct ( Wang et al. 2024: fig. 12 B); 3) presence of central yellow area bearing pale thin setae on carapace (Fig. 20 C View Figure 20 ) vs absent ( Wang et al. 2024: fig. 12 E).

Description.

Female (Fig. 20 View Figure 20 ). Total length 5.19. Carapace 2.31 long, 1.78 wide. Abdomen 3.01 long, 2.03 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.52, ALE 0.27, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.67, PERW 1.67, EFL 1.03. Legs: I 4.08 (1.25, 0.75, 1.00, 0.63, 0.45), II 3.72 (1.13, 0.70, 0.88, 0.58, 0.43), III 4.18 (1.40, 0.63, 0.90, 0.80, 0.45), IV 4.72 (1.45, 0.68, 1.08, 1.03, 0.48). Carapace orange-brown on cephalon and dark on thoracic part, with central yellow area bearing pale thin setae, covered with pale, dark brown and golden setae. Chelicerae red-brown, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Legs pale, spiny. Dorsum of abdomen grey-brown, with longitudinal, sub-fusiform central stripe extended across whole surface; venter mainly pale brown, with central, longitudinal, non-consecutive, dark patches.

Epigyne (Fig. 20 A, B View Figure 20 ) longer than wide, with central, posteriorly opened hood (H) with inverted V-shaped margin; atrium (At) sub-square, located anteriorly; copulatory openings (CO) slit-shaped; copulatory ducts ( CD) short, curved into U-shape and then folded to connect to antero-inner portions of spermathecae; spermathecae (S) almost spherical, with anterior extended extensions.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality in Xizang, China (Fig. 47 View Figure 47 ).

TRU

Royal Cornwall Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Pancorius