Crockeria kinabalu, Suresh P. Benjamin, 2016

Suresh P. Benjamin, 2016, Revision of Cebrenninus Simon, 1887 with description of one new genus and six new species (Araneae: Thomisidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 179-200 : 195-198

Crockeria kinabalu sp. nov.

Figs 92-93 , 96-99

Holotype: RMNH.ARA.15929; male; East Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu National Park, 15 year old secondary forest, 500-700 m, loc 46, fogging canopy tree 8 Vinex pinnata, refog 1 after 8 days; 10.03.1997, leg. A. Floren.

Diagnosis: Crockeria kinabalu sp. nov. can be

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distinguished from the only other know species of the genus, Crockeria laevis ( Thorell, 1890) comb. nov., by the smaller CO ( Figs 98-99 cf. Fig. 95 ).

Etymology: The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the name of the type locality.

Description: Male: Total length: 3.2; prosoma length: 1.5, width: 1.3. Leg I: femur 1.3, patella 0.5, tibia 1.3, metatarsus 1.2, tarsus 0.6. Coloration and markings as in Figs 92-93 , prosoma dark brown, much darker than opisthosoma. Palps as in Figs 96-97 , tibia with a single apical apophysis, tip tapering; tegulum oval, MA stalked, apex concave; C sclerotized, broad-based, with filiform tip; E, filiform, shorter than C. Leg formula 1243, ALE> PLE> PME> AME. AER and PER recurved, eyes on light brown-colored mounds.

Female: Total length: 4.0; prosoma length: 1.7, width: 1.7. Leg I: femur 1.5, patella 0.7, tibia 1.6, metatarsus 1.3, tarsus 0.7. In general similar to male. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 98-99 . CO with C-shaped lateral margins, CD short and tapering, S rounded.

Other material examined: RMNH.ARA.15926; 1 male, 1 female; East Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu National Park, Sorinsim, 15 year old secondary forest, 500-700 m, fogging canopy tree 8 Vinex pinnata, refog 1 after 8 days, loc 57; 6.03.1997, leg. A. Floren. – RMNH.ARA.17181; 1 male, not well preserved, some legs missing; East Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu National Park, 6º05’N 116º50’E, 40 year old secondary forest, 500-700 m, fogging canopy tree 2 Vinex pinnata, fog 1, loc 52; 5.03.1997, leg. A. Floren.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs 92 - 95. (92 - 93) Crockeria kinabalu gen. et sp. nov. (92) Male holotype from Sabah (RMNH. ARA. 15929). (93) Female from Sabah (RMNH. ARA. 15926). (94 - 95) Syntype of C. laevis comb. nov. (MCSN). (92 - 94) Habitus, dorsal view. (95) Vulva, ventral view. Scale lines = 1.0 mm (92 - 94), 0.2 mm (95).

Figs 96 - 99. Crockeria kinabalu gen. et sp. nov., male and female from Sabah (RMNH. ARA. 15926). (96) Male palp, ventral view. (97) RTA, retrolateral view. (98) Epigynum, ventral view. (99) Vulva, ventral view. Scale lines = 0.2 mm.