Alloclubionoides kimi ( Paik, 1974 )

Kim, Byung-Woo & Lee, Woncheol, 2008, The true female of Alloclubionoides kimi (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Korea, Zootaxa 1788, pp. 66-68 : 66-68

Alloclubionoides kimi ( Paik, 1974)

( Figs 1–9 )

Coelotes kimi Paik, 1974 , p. 169, figs 1–4 (description of ɗ)

Ambanus kimi: Ovtchinnikov, 1999 , p. 64 (transferred male from Coelotes ): Namkung, 2001, p. 395, fig 28.9a-c (ɗ, misidentified Ψ).

Material examined: One ɗ and one Ψ ( NIBR), two ɗ and two Ψ ( LBHU), by trap (28 August 2007 – 17 January 2008), Mt. Jirisan (GPS: 35°15’N, 127°38’E), Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, leg. B.W. Kim. All specimens were collected on the ground among stones and leaf litter by pitfall trap.

Dimensions (mm). Female: total length 9.9; cheliceral length 2.3, width 1.2, cheliceral fang length 1.1; clypeal height 0.3; dorsal shield of prosoma length 4.6, width 3.0, height 1.7; gnathocoxae length 1.4, width 0.8; labium length 0.8, width 0.7; sternum length 2.3, width 1.8; AER 0.95, PER 1.23, AME 0.14, ALE 0.21, PME 0.21, PLE 0.21. Eye formula ALE=PME= PLE>AME. Palp 4.4 (femur 1.5, patella 0.6, tibia 0.9, cymbium 1.4). First leg 10.3 (femur 3.0, patella 1.4, tibia 2.3, metatarsus 2.3, tarsus 1.3), second leg 9.1 (2.7, 1.3, 1.8, 2.1, 1.2), third leg 8.9 (2.5, 1.3, 1.6, 2.3, 1.2), fourth leg 12.4 (3.3, 1.5, 2.6, 3.5, 1.5). Leg formula IV>I>II>III. Opisthosoma length 4.8, width 3.0, height 2.7.

Description. Female: medium-sized spider, longer than male (8.9). Dorsal shield of prosoma elongate, 1.5 times as long as wide, moderately narrowed in eye area, with distinct longitudinal fovea ( Fig. 1 ). AER straight, PER slightly procurved in frontal view; AME smaller than other eyes, separated by their diameter, eye ratio 41 ( Fig. 2 ). Clypeal height 2.1 times as long as AME diameter, with pair of eyebrow-shaped chila ( Fig. 2 ). Chelicerae with numerous long setae prolaterally; condyle yellowish brown; three promarginal teeth, middle one largest; two retromarginal teeth subequal in size ( Fig. 3 ). Gnathocoxae reddish brown, widest at mid part; labium rectangular, 1.8 times as long as wide ( Fig. 4 ). Sternum heart-shaped, widest at second coxae, 1.1 times as long as wide, and slightly projected between coxae IV ( Fig. 5 ). Palp bearing one claw with 7 pectinate teeth. Legs yellowish-brown without annulation; length of leg I (patella + tibia) always shorter than length of dorsal shield of prosoma; trochanters not notched; tarsi with three claws, paired claws with 9–10 pectinate teeth (I–III: 10, IV: 9), unpaired claw with 1.

Trichobothria: Palpal tibia: 14 in three rows (5d-6d-3r), tarsus: 5 in one row (5d); leg tibiae: 18–21 in four rows (5p- 5d-5d-5r on leg I, II, 4p-5d-5d-4r on III, 5p-6d-5d-5r on IV), metatarsi: 6–7 in one row (I: 6, II–IV: 7), tarsi: 6–7 in one row (I, II, IV: 7, III: 6); tarsal organ situated close to distal end of tarsus, slightly anterior of distal trichobothrium ( Fig. 6 ).

Spination: Palpal femur: 3 (0-0-1-2d), tibia: 3 (1-2p), tarsus: 13 (3-2-1p; 1-2-1r; 0-0- 3 v); leg I femur: 4 (1-1d; 0-0- 2p), tibia: 7 (0-0-1p; 2-2-2a v), metatarsus: 6 (2-2- 2v), tarsus: none; leg II femur: 4 (1-1-0d; 0-1-1p), tibia: 5 (0-0-1p; 1- 1-2a v), metatarsus: 8 (0-1-2p; 2-1- 2 v), tarsus: none; leg III femur: 6 (1-2-2d; 0-1-0-1p), tibia: 10 (1-1p; 1-1-0r; 2-2-2a v), metatarsus: 16 (1-2-2p and r; 2-2- 2v), tarsus: 5 (0-1-1p and v; 0-1-0r); leg IV femur: 5 (1-1-3d), tibia: 10 (1-1 p and r; 2-2-2a v), metatarsus: 17 (1-0-0d; 1-2-2p and r; 2-2- 2v), tarsus: 6 (0-1-1p, r and v). Opisthosoma ovoid with scattered brownish yellow spots, indistinct chevrons on dorsal side ( Fig. 1 ). Cribellum absent.

Female epigynum ( Figs 7–9 ): Epigynal teeth absent; genital opening located on the marginal part of posterior atrium; ALR, 71; atrium, slightly 1.4 times as wide as long (length 0.62 mm, width 0.88 mm); atrial septum broad; atrial hood absent; copulatory ducts short, slightly curved; spermathecal heads cylindrical processes, situated laterally of spermathecae; spermathecae oval, with indistinctive stalks and bases, situated at the median of posterior atrium; fertilization ducts small, arising from posterior spermathecae.

Distribution: Korea (Mt. Gayasan, Mt. Jirisan).

I wish to express my sincere thanks to Mr. J. Namkung the Korean Institute of Biospeleology, Dr X. Xu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Dr X.P. Wang of the University of Florida for many valuable comments and providing several important papers. This research was supported financially by the Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2006- 005-J01901).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Alloclubionoides kimi (Paik, 1974) from Korea, female. 1 Habitus, dorsal view. 2 Eye area and clypeus, front view. 3 Chelicerae, posterior view. 4 Gnathocoxa and labium, ventral view. 5 Sternum, ventral view. 6 Forth leg, left part, prolateral view. 7 – 8 Epigynum, ventral view (7 uncleared, 8 cleared). 9 Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: AT, atrium; CD, copulatory duct; CH, chilum; EF, epigynal furrow; FD, fertilization duct; GO, genital opening; SH, spermathecal head; SP, spermatheca.